Disney Cinemagic
Introduction '''Disney Cinemagic''' was a European television brand that consisted of a group of television channels owned by Walt Disney Company Limited (UK) plus two programming blocks by Disney Channels Worldwide. It used to be broadcast on most countries in Western Europe; currently, formerly-branded Disney Cinemagic channels in France (Disney Cinema) and the United Kingdom and Ireland (Sky Movies Disney) are run by third parties which primarily airs films by the Walt Disney Studios.
History  Disney Cinemagic was launched in the UK and Ireland on 16 March 2006 on BSkyB's premium package. On 4 September 2007, the France market version of Disney Cinemagic was launched.In November 2008 at 8:30pm, Disney Cinemagic HD debuted in France, broadcasting on CANALSAT from 6am to 1am daily, making Disney Cinemagic the first children and family HDTV channel in a French market. In December 2008, Disney Cinemagic HD was launched in the UK with programming in high definition with initial availability through Sky+ HD with a Sky Movies subscription.In October 2008, Disney Cinemagic Portugal was launched and in January 2009, it launched Disney Cinemagic HD being the first children's channel in Portugal to have an HD feed, with SIC K being the second.In November 2012, Disney Cinemagic Portugal was replaced by Disney Junior, while its HD feed was rebranded as Disney Movies on Demand.On 28 March 2013, Disney Cinemagic was replaced in the UK with Sky Movies Disney, as part of a deal between BSkyB and Disney which allowed Sky to stream Disney movies on Sky's video on demand services and the last program on Disney Cinemagic UK was an episode of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. In a similar move in Australia, Foxtel has launched Foxtel Movies Disney in April 2014, along with Disney XD.Disney Cinemagic in Spain closed in January 2015.Disney Cinemagic in France was replaced by Disney Cinema in . Sky rebranded its Sky Movies channels to Sky Cinema, including Sky Movies Disney, in July 2016.On 31 December 2020, Sky Cinema Disney closed.Duplicating Sky Movies Disney arrangement in the UK, Movistar+ launched Movistar Disney in December 2017.The channel shutdown, films moved to Disney+.Disney Cinemagic along with all other international Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD were transferred from Disney–ABC Television Group, half of Disney Media Networks segment, to Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International segment on 14 March 2018.The last program on Disney Cinemagic Germany was ''Zenon: Z3'' on 30 September 2019, which finished at 11:53 pm. The final Disney Cinemagic, the Germany version, was replaced with Sky Cinema Special on 30 September 2019, thus bringing an end to Disney Cinemagic after 13 years, 6 months, and 2 weeks. The first movie on Sky Cinema Special in Germany was ''The Greatest Showman'' at 12am on 1 October 2019.
Versions  Market  Name   Type  Formerly  Launch date  Replacement  Replace date United Kingdom, Ireland  Cinemagic  channel  Toon Disney     Sky Movies Disney   France, Belgium  Cinemagic  channel  Toon Disney     Disney Cinema    Spain  Cinemagic  channel  Toon Disney     discontinued   Germany, Austria, Luxembourg  Cinemagic  channel   4  Sky Cinema Special   Cinemagic HD  channel, HD   Sky Cinema Special HD  United Kingdom, Ireland  Cinemagic +1   channel, timeshift    discontinued   France, Belgium  Cinemagic +1  channel, timeshift  Toon Disney +1  Disney Cinema +1    Spain  Cinemagic +1  channel, timeshift   discontinued   Portugal  Cinemagic  channel  1   Disney Junior   France, Belgium  Cinemagic HD  channel, HD     Disney Cinema    Spain  Cinemagic HD  channel, HD     discontinued    United Kingdom, Ireland  Cinemagic HD  channel, HD     Sky Movies Disney HD    Portugal  Cinemagic HD  channel, HD     Disney Movies on Demand   Italy  Cinemagic  block, weekends on Sky Cinema Family    discontinued   Scandinavia  Cinemagic  block, weekends 19:00 CET on Disney Channel      2014=== Other channels === Market  Name   Type  Formerly  Launch date  Replacement  Replace date United Kingdom, Ireland  Sky Cinema Disney   channel  Cinemagic   Sky Cinema Five Star Movies31 December 2020 Sky Cinema Disney HD  channel, HD  Cinemagic HD   Sky Cinema Five Star Movies HD Australia  Foxtel Movies Disney   channel     Foxtel Movies Kids   France, Belgium  Disney Cinema  channel, HD  Cinemagic     Disney+     New Zealand  Sky Movies Disney channel, HD     Sky Movies Family   Spain  Movistar Disney  channel, HD      Disney+   Middle East and North Africa  OSN Movies Disney  channel HD
See also *Foxtel Movies*Sky Cinema*OSN Movies
References
External links *  cinemagic.disney.de*  Sky Cinema Disney, UK channel*  Foxtel Movies Disney, Australia channel*  Disney Cinema, French and Belgium channel