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Broadcast area | Netherlands Belgium (Flanders; formerly) |
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Headquarters | Bergweg 50 Hilversum, Netherlands |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Dutch (dubbing) English (subtitled in Dutch; formerly) |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) BV The Walt Disney Company |
Sister channels | Disney Channel Disney Junior (Belgium and Flanders only) |
History | |
Launched | 2 August 1997 13 February 2005 (as Jetix) 1 January 2010 (as Disney XD) | (as Fox Kids)
Closed | 31 July 2018 | (24-hour channel feed)
Former names | Fox Kids (1997-2005) Jetix (2005-2010) |
Links | |
Website | tv.disney.nl |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digitenne | Channel 9 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
Ziggo GO | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
Disney XD is a Dutch children's television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company. It broadcasts 14 hours a day, time-sharing with Dutch TV station Veronica, and is primarily aimed at children roughly between the ages of 7 and 15. The channel used to have a pay television 24-hour feed that was distributed throughout the Netherlands and Belgium (Flanders); however, it was closed down on 31 July 2018.[1] Viewers in Belgium (Wallonia) and Luxembourg received Disney XD France, until that feed was later shut down in 2020.[2]
All series on the channel air in Dutch, either dubbed or originally produced in that language. However, the 24-hour feed of the network used to offer an optional English audio track for most programming. Dutch subtitles were distributed through teletext-page 888, as there is currently no DVB subtitle track available.
Prior to its aforementioned shutdown near the end of July 2018, the 24-hour version of Disney XD used to broadcast certain shows in English subtitled in Dutch, mainly in the evening and night.