Disney Cinemagic

Disney Cinemagic is a former European pay television channel which was owned by Walt Disney Company Limited. It used to be broadcast on most countries in Western Europe.

History
Disney Cinemagic was launched in the UK and Ireland on 16 March 2006 on BSkyB's premium package. On September 4 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 and only children's channel in Portugal to have an HD feed.

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. 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, despite protest on Twitter to save the channel. Disney Cinemagic in France was replaced by Disney Cinema in May 2015. Sky rebranded its Sky Movies channels to Sky Cinema, including Sky Movies Disney, in July 2016.

Duplicating Sky Movies Disney arrangement in the UK, Movistar+ launched Movistar Disney in December 2017. The channel shutdown, films moved to Disney Plus

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 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. The first movie on Sky Cinema Special in Germany was The Greatest Showman at 12am in October 2019.