Disney Channel Hong Kong
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Programming
Every month, Disney Channel is releasing one or more of new episodes or new seasons, new movies, new original movie, new original series as well as new Third-Party titles.Upcoming premieres including the premieres of new DCOMs Starstruck
Starstruck (2010 film)
Starstruck is a 2010 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Sterling Knight and Danielle Campbell. The movie was filmed in Los Angeles.-Plot:...
and Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars
Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars
Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars is a 2010 Canadian/American television film starring Jennifer Stone which premiered on March 26, 2010, on Disney Channel. It is the second film adaptation of the book, Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh, after the 1996 Harriet the Spy film that starred Michelle...
on June 20 and June 27, respectively. Another new movie Taking Five
Taking Five
Taking Five is a 2007 movie about two high school girls who kidnap a pop rock band. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, April 28, 2007. The movie was filmed at Juan Diego Catholic High School in Draper, Utah and at Hillcrest High School in Midvale, Utah...
premiered on June 13.
Motion pictures from Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney...
are usually premiered sooner than US counterpart.
Schedules
Disney Channel Asia has made a lot of scheduling changes which started in July 2007 to present. This is due to a lot of series have been removed and they're replaced with a different show/s. The last change was made on April 10, 2009.Movies are shown at 6.30pm (VIE/THAI) everyday and additionally at 1pm (VIE/THAI) everyday and at 9pm on weekend. In some special events, movies are shown at some different slots, thus, leads to changing showing time of other shows or sometimes, advancing to the next show on the uniformed schedule.
Several Disney Channel Original Series are currently being shown on very late time slots, starting at 10pm (VIE/THAI) with Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb is an American animated television comedy series. Originally broadcast as a preview on August 17, 2007, on Disney Channel, the series follows Phineas Flynn and his English stepbrother Ferb Fletcher on summer vacation. Every day the boys embark on some grand new project, which...
, following by The Suite Life on Deck
The Suite Life on Deck
The Suite Life on Deck is an American sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008 to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/spin-off of the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody...
, Sonny with a Chance
Sonny With a Chance
Sonny with a Chance is an American children's sitcom which aired on Disney Channel, created by Steve Marmel, that follows the experiences of teenager Sonny Munroe, portrayed by Demi Lovato, who becomes the newest accepted cast member of her favorite live comedy show, So Random!.The series debuted...
while Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place is a Disney Channel Original Series that premiered on October 12, 2007. It won "Outstanding Children's Program" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009...
, Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
and JONAS
Jonas
- Jonah name :* Jonah Metropolitan of Moscow , also known as Saint Jonas* Jonah, Old Testament prophet-Places:* Jonas , a hamlet in the municipalities Epe and Apeldoorn in the Netherlands* Jonas, Pennsylvania- Other :...
is being shown in the afternoon time slots.
A detailed schedule is shown here.
Playhouse Disney Channel
Playhouse Disney is the pre-schooler's channel that was once aired in BruneiBrunei
Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, Malaysia, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
. On 1 January 1994, it was separated into a different channel called "Playhouse Disney Channel Asia".
Disney Junior
In 2011, Disney announced that Playhouse DisneyPlayhouse Disney Asia
Playhouse Disney in Asia was a 24-hour commercial-free television channel that was launched on January 1, 1994. It's formerly a programming block on Disney Channel Asia weekdays from noon to 2:00 PM. The programs are similar to the Playhouse Disney in the United States of America...
would be replaced by a new channel, Disney Junior
Disney Junior (Asia)
Disney Junior in Asia is a 24-hour commercial-free television channel that was launch on July 11, 2011, replaced Playhouse Disney Asia since January 1 1994 .The programs are similar to the Disney Junior in the United States of America...
. Playhouse Disney Asia
Playhouse Disney Asia
Playhouse Disney in Asia was a 24-hour commercial-free television channel that was launched on January 1, 1994. It's formerly a programming block on Disney Channel Asia weekdays from noon to 2:00 PM. The programs are similar to the Playhouse Disney in the United States of America...
will be ceased broadcast on July 10, 2011 and was replaced with Disney Junior Asia
Disney Junior (Asia)
Disney Junior in Asia is a 24-hour commercial-free television channel that was launch on July 11, 2011, replaced Playhouse Disney Asia since January 1 1994 .The programs are similar to the Disney Junior in the United States of America...
launched on July 11, 2011.
Criticism
Since Disney Channel Hong Kong mostly follows Disney ChannelDisney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
guideline, the channel has met similar criticism with its US counterpart: the channel moved from premium, more limited cable to more basic, widespread cable; pulled away from the characters that the networks parent company was based on
Mickey Mouse universe
The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional universe where some cartoon characters created by the The Walt Disney Company live, the most famous of which is Mickey Mouse. It is coexistent with the Duck universe, a spin-off of the Mickey Mouse universe which centers around Mickey's friend Donald Duck...
and programs on Disney Channel geared only toward pre-teens and teenage girls.
As a channel of Disney, in Asia, Disney Channel Hong Kong did not air many teen-themed films
Teen film
Teen films is a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the special interests of teenagers, such as coming of age, first love, rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst, and alienation...
of Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney...
. It lost the premieres to STAR Movies
STAR Movies
STAR Movies is an Asian movie channel owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, subsidiaries of News Corporation.-History:STAR Movies was launched on 1 May 1994...
in recent years.
Enchanted was only the first movie to issue this - which the fact is it featured animation, show the first time on the channel on January 9, 2010 though it first aired on STAR Movies
STAR Movies
STAR Movies is an Asian movie channel owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, subsidiaries of News Corporation.-History:STAR Movies was launched on 1 May 1994...
about 2 years ago.
See also
- Disney ChannelDisney ChannelDisney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
- Disney Channel AsiaDisney Channel AsiaDisney Channel Asia, a franchise of Disney Channel, airs in most parts of Southeast Asia.- Programming :Disney Channel Asia airs a variety of shows, aimed particularly at children and teenagers. Most of the programming is similar to the American counterpart with some shows exclusive to the Asian...
- Playhouse DisneyPlayhouse DisneyPlayhouse Disney was Disney Channel's television block for programs aimed at entertaining preschool aged children, often airing as its own channel outside the United States. It was introduced in 1997 after Disney Channel's move to basic cable from premium cable, with a target audience of children...
- Playhouse Disney AsiaPlayhouse Disney AsiaPlayhouse Disney in Asia was a 24-hour commercial-free television channel that was launched on January 1, 1994. It's formerly a programming block on Disney Channel Asia weekdays from noon to 2:00 PM. The programs are similar to the Playhouse Disney in the United States of America...
- Disney Junior Asia