Disney Channel (India)
Indian TV channel
Disney Channel is an Indian pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. The channel is the Indian equivalent to the original American network, and was launched on 16 December 2004. Disney Channel is available as a pay television channel on most subscription television providers in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil.
The channel became the fifth most watched kids channel across all genres with TRP as of October 2020.
History
On 16 December 2004, Disney Channel India and its sister channel Toon Disney launched in India, both broadcasting in English and Hindi. At first, the programming of the channel consisted of Disney's original shows imported from the US, such as Lizzie McGuire, That's So Raven, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place, Sonny with a Chance, The Suite Life on Deck, Jonas LA and Phineas and Ferb.
Disney India has produced local adaptations of international live action series. The first local adaptation, Best of Luck Nikki premiered on 3 April 2011. The Disney Channel Original Movie, Phineas and Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension premiered on the channel on 25 September 2011.
2012 saw the channel's second local adaptation, The Suite Life of Karan and Kabir premiering on 8 April, as well as the first Disney Channel India Original Movie, Luck Luck Ki Baat.
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