After more than a decade, the giant American children’s channel Disney Channel has decided to stop broadcasting its signal in one of the European countries where it has the longest history and where it has a large audience: Spain.
The renowned television network has decided to say goodbye to the European country after 27 years of history, closing an era in which several generations were able to enjoy series and programs such as ‘Hannah Montana’, ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’, ‘Zack and Cody’, ‘Phineas and Ferb’ and ‘Gravity Falls’.
Disney Channel will end its broadcast in Spain next January 7, 2025after the celebration of Three Kings Day, a decision that was confirmed Walt Disney Company a Vertele.
The reason for the closure is that the television giant seeks to get the public that still tunes in to the channel to go to the Disney+ platform, which is where users will be able to find all the content.
For its part, Disney said in a statement that it appreciates the support it has had from users in Spain, but I reiterate that they can continue enjoying all the content that they like so much on the streaming platform.
As for the children’s channel, Disney Junior, The company stated that it will continue to be available to everyone in the country through payment operators and will continue to maintain “a portfolio of linear channels”.
“Consumer habits continue to evolve. “We continue to invest in both DTC and linear businesses, with the goal of providing our fans with multiple entry points to our content and our brand.”the company added.
With this, Disney says goodbye to 27 years of history after its arrival in Spain in 1998 as a pay channel that marked a before and after in several generations in children’s and youth television.
Faced with the news, thousands of users said goodbye to the channel that, according to many, marked and made their childhood much happier.
“Thank you for making an entire generation happy”, “Thank you Disney Channel for filling us with hours and hours of childhood”, “The end of an era”, “Closing a cycle that many of us have enjoyed” and “My childhood is leaving me”are some of the comments.
