Disney Channel's France & Spain Feeds To Shut Down Commercial-Free Services in January 2025

 After 28 years of television magic, Disney Channel is unfortunately starting 2025 on a very sour note by shutting down two of its award-winning international networks.

Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD's France operations that have been on the air since the iconic Red & Blue/Circles Idents since March 22nd, 1997 will be shutting down its commercial-free operations at the stroke of Times Square 12am midnight after the ball drops on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on Wednesday January 1st, 2025. The France version opened in March 1997 with a montage set to the TaleSpin theme soong.

Moving west out of Europe and south into Latin America, Disney Channel's Spanish feeds in Madrid, Spain which have been featured in the Spanish channel islands ever since its Spring/Easter bank holiday launch on April 17, 1998 will be terminated a week afterwards with the Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD Spain channels removed on Tuesday, January 7th.

However these channels might not be terminated forever as Disney is currently in talks to keep the Spanish and French Disney networks in these countries alive, but relaunch them as a typical TV offering as a paid cable TV network, which would make sense as commercial-free international TV networks are currently on the decline aas we speak.

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