La Chaine Disney

Country	Canada
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Network	Disney Channel
Headquarters	Montreal , Quebec
Programming
Language(s)	French
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Teletoon Canada, Inc. ( Corus Entertainment ), (Branding licensed from Disney Branded Television )
Sister channels	Disney Channel Teletoon Disney Junior Disney XD ABC Spark
History
Launched	September 1, 2015 ; 8 years ago  ( 2015-09-01 )
Replaced	Teletoon Retro
Links
Website	La Chaine Disney

La Chaine Disney is a Canadian French language specialty channel owned by Teletoon Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment under license from The Walt Disney Company , and launched on September 1, 2015, replacing Teletoon Retro . It is a localized version of the U.S. subscription network Disney Channel , broadcasting live-action and animated programming aimed at children in French in Canada.

The launch of the network came alongside a licensing deal reached between Disney and Corus, who acquired Canadian rights to Disney Channel's programming library, and the announcement of a Canadian version of Disney Channel broadcasting in English that launched concurrently. Previous rightsholder DHX Media never operated any Disney Channel-branded services in English or French, and its only French-language Disney-branded property was a French-language Canadian version of the preschool children's brand Disney Junior .

History [ edit ]

French-language dubs of Disney Channel programs were historically aired by Radio-Canada and later Vrak.TV . The latter channel was co-owned with Family Channel . Vrak.TV was separated from Family with the acquisition of Astral Media by Bell Media ; in an attempt to relieve concerns surrounding Bell's total market share in English-language television following the merger, Bell elected to divest Family Channel and its sister networks to DHX Media , which included Astral's French-language version of Disney Junior . ^[1]

On April 16, 2015, Corus Entertainment announced that it had acquired long-term, Canadian multi-platform rights to Disney Channel's programming library; the cost and duration of the licensing deal were not disclosed. Alongside the licensing deal, Corus announced that it would officially launch a Canadian version of Disney Channel; the service will consist of linear television channels in English and French, along with TV Everywhere and video-on-demand services for digital platforms. ^{[2] [1]}

The French-language service, La chaine Disney, launched concurrently with its English-language counterpart on September 1, 2015. It replaced Teletoon Retro in its previous channel allotments, and operates under the same CRTC license. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2018, the channel was rebranded to match its English-language counterpart while keeping its logo.

Programming [ edit ]

La Chaine Disney's programming mainly consists of French-language dubs of existing programs from Disney Channel . As no French versions of each brand exist, Disney XD and Disney Junior programs are also included, as part of their respective programming blocks, Disney Junior sur la chaine Disney ^[5] and, previously, XD Zone (shown on air as Disney XD Zone ). Disney Channel shows also air on the blocks based on their respective themes. ^{[6] [7]}

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Official website