Disney Channel (Nesionytan Islands)

Disney Channel (formerly Jetix from 2005 to 2009) is a pan-Nesionytan pay television channel owned by the Asia-Pacific unit of, owned by , established on July 20, 2005 as Jetix. The channel's corporate offices are located in Sigiyan, Ulakisonia, and Jokani, Obanacia, and its four studios are located in Sheze, Jokani, Banonkor, and Bholejat.

Disney Channel's programming mainly consists of acquired programming from its American. From 2014 to 2017, Disney Channel's Nesionytan feed aired several original programming, mostly remakes of original Disney Channel programming. It also airs original movies during primetime hours. However, during most of its day, mainly during daytime hours, Disney Channel airs animated programming, due to Ulakisonian children's television guidelines requiring television channels dedicated to children to air animated programming for at least seven hours a day. Disney Channel in Nesionyta is split into four regional feeds.

The Nesionytan feed of Disney Channel was announced to cease transmissions after announced its availability in the entire archipelago region in mid-2022, but the date was not formally announced yet, although many suggest the shutdown date to be approximately in 2022. However, the shutdown of the channels was cancelled in June 2022 and they continued broadcasting.

History
Prior to 2005, no Disney-owned channel in the Nesionytan Islands existed, and Disney programming was aired on several local channels. Several countries in the archipelago relied on the of Disney Channel. On July 20, 2005, Jetix entered the Nesionytan market, launching the Ulakisonian and Obanacian feeds in UlakKabel and Sky.

By September 2005, both feeds merged into one Nesionytan feed, simulcasting the same programming in different languages. In 2006, Jetix was launched in the markets of the entire Southern Nesionyta region and in Dajankagru, Adrian Islands, and Ucia. It also began broadcasting in Northern Nesionyta in mid-2006. In December 2006, Toon Disney was launched in the Neisonytan Islands.

In January 2007, the Borundian government initiated a ban on Jetix as its programming was seen as a negative influence on children, but the ban was lifted after less than four months, and allowed The Walt Disney Company to establish a studio in Banonkor. In October 2007, the Dajankagrash government proposed a ban on Jetix after several television series, including ', ', , and others, have been accused for being negative influences on children due to the presence of violence in these shows, but the ban never took place. Its sister, Jetix Play, dedicated to younger children, was launched on June 8, 2008.

As the Jetix brand began to retire worldwide, it was projected to be replaced with Disney Channel in the Nesionytan Islands, to also replace the Australian feed that had been airing in several Nesionytan countries. A Nesionytan feed for Disney XD was also proposed in mid-2009, originally to replace Toon Disney but the channel, however, retained even though it retired in the rest of the world. The reason why Toon Disney retained in the Nesionytan Islands, according to the Asia-Pacific unit of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, it was because the channel was very popular among Nesionytan children, more popular than Jetix.

The last programming in the Nesionytan feed of Jetix was an episode of , premiered on November 27, 2009, and after that, the message, "this channel is no longer available, Disney Channel and Disney XD starts from Nov 28", is displayed. The next day, Jetix was split into Disney Channel and Disney XD, and Jetix Play was rebranded to Playhouse Disney. In 2012, Playhouse Disney was renamed to Disney Junior.

Disney Channel Nesionyta did not broadcast any live-action shows due to limitations by the Ulakisonian government, but was finally allowed to in 2013, with the debut of  in the Nesionytan Islands, since then, older Disney Channel live-action shows debuted on the channel for Nesionytan audiences. The channel rebranded in June 2014, and two sub-feeds originating from Bhikalar and Borundia were launched. Disney Channel changed their aspect ratio to in 2016. In early 2017, Disney Channel removed all animated shows from its schedule and being to focus on live-action shows, although retaining the Disney Junior block.

In December 2021, with the announcement about the launch of in the Nesionytan Islands in the middle of 2022, The Walt Disney Company announced the closure of all the Disney channels in the archipelago at that time. This caused distress from fans who grew up with the channel alongside Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. The shut down date was later revealed to be on August 15, 2022, which was also the date for the launch of Disney+ in all Nesionytan countries, as with the growing demand for OTT platforms. However, as the Ulakisonian government disapproved the closure as they stated that not all Nesionytans, let alone Ulakisonians, would have access to the platform due to slow internet connections in certain areas, the closure of the channels were withdrawn by Disney in June 2022, although Disney+ was officially launched in the region on September 12, 2022, after delays.