Disney Channel was a Turkish free-to-air television network owned and operated by Disney Televizyon Yayıncılık A.Ş.[1] (transl.: Disney Television Broadcasting Inc.); part of The Walt Disney Company Turkey. Broadcasting for children and youth-oriented shows in Turkish, targeted for ages 7 to 14 years old. There was also a Disney Junior block from 6am to 11am Monday through Thursday. In this way, it also appealed to smaller audiences. It is based on original United States channel of the same name.
History
It launched on 29 April 2007 on Digiturk.[2][3] All the programming were dubbed in Turkish, while the network was headquartered in Etiler, Istanbul. On 1 May 2011, Disney Channel updated the logo by putting the Mickey Mouse silhouette in a smartphone application icon. The same thing happened in other countries from Europe and CEE.
On 21 December 2011, Disney started the test transmission for the Turkish Disney Channel and started broadcasting mainly promotional ads; no advertising or programs included.