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=== Other services === {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#fff;" |- style="color:white;" ! style="background:darkRed;"| Service ! style="background:darkRed;"| Description |- | style="text-align:center; width:200pt;"|'''Disney Channel HD''' || Disney Channel HD is a high-definition simulcast feed of Disney Channel that broadcasts in the [[720p]] resolution format; the feed first began broadcasting on April 2, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=DirecTV adds Disney Channel HD, Toon Disney HD and ESPNews HD |url=https://www.engadget.com/2008-04-02-directv-adds-disney-channel-hd-toon-disney-hd-and-espnews-hd.html |website=Engadget |date=2 April 2008 |publisher=Darren Murph |access-date=20 July 2024}}</ref> Most of the channel's original programming since 2009 is produced and broadcast in HD, along with feature films, Disney Channel original movies made after 2005, and select episodes, films, and series produced before 2009. Disney XD and Disney Jr. also offer their own high-definition simulcast feeds. |- | style="text-align: center; width:200pt;"| {{anchor|Disney Channel On Demand}}''' Disney Channel On Demand''' || Disney Channel On-Demand is the channel's [[Video on demand|video-on-demand]] service, offering select episodes of the channel's original series and Disney Junior programming, along with select original movies and behind-the-scenes features to digital cable and IPTV providers. |- | style="text-align:center; width:200pt;"|'''[[DisneyNow]]'''|| [[DisneyNow]] is a [[TV Everywhere]] service that allows subscribers to Disney Channel on participating television providers to stream the channel's programming live and on-demand.<ref name="tc-disneynow">{{Cite news|last=Perez|first=Sarah|title=Disney releases DisneyNow, a new app that combines live TV, on-demand, games and music|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/29/disney-releases-disneynow-a-new-app-that-combines-live-tv-on-demand-games-and-music/|website=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327204929/https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/29/disney-releases-disneynow-a-new-app-that-combines-live-tv-on-demand-games-and-music/|url-status=live}}</ref> The service succeeds Disney Channel's original TV Everywhere service, "Watch Disney Channel", which launched in June 2012;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Disney launches streaming apps for the iPhone and iPad, Comcast gets them first|website=[[The Verge]]|date=13 June 2012|url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/6/13/3083336/disney-launches-streaming-apps-iphone-ipad-comcast|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=30 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930084820/https://www.theverge.com/2012/6/13/3083336/disney-launches-streaming-apps-iphone-ipad-comcast|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mcn-modelforfuture">{{cite web|last=Reynolds|first=Mike|date=9 January 2012|title=Comcast-Disney Deal a Model for Future|url=http://multichannel.com/news/policy/comcast-disney-deal-model-future/264273|work=Multichannel News|publisher=NewBay Media|access-date=2 January 2014|archive-date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115726/http://multichannel.com/news/policy/comcast-disney-deal-model-future/264273|url-status=live}}</ref> in September 2017, Disney replaced the separate apps for Disney Channel Jr. and XD with DisneyNow.<ref name="tc-disneynow"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=28 February 2017|title=As 'Kids' Upfront' Kicks Off, Disney Woos Madison Avenue|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/disney-tv-upfront-2017-advertising-kids-1201998365/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=28 September 2017|archive-date=12 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112191019/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/disney-tv-upfront-2017-advertising-kids-1201998365/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center; width:200pt;"|'''[[Disney+]]''' || Launched in November 2019, Disney+ is a [[video on demand|subscription video-on-demand]] [[streaming media|streaming]] service owned and operated by the [[Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution|Direct-to-Consumer & International]] (DTCI) (now the ''Media & Entertainment Distribution'') division of [[the Walt Disney Company]]. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|the Walt Disney Studios]] and [[Disney General Entertainment Content]], with the service advertising content from Disney's [[Marvel Studios|Marvel]], [[National Geographic Partners|National Geographic]], [[Pixar]] and ''[[Star Wars]]'' brands.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gebhart|first=Andrew|date=7 September 2017|title=Marvel and Star Wars films will ditch Netflix for Disney's own service|website=[[CNET]]|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/marvel-and-star-wars-films-will-ditch-netflix-for-disney/|access-date=7 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907190259/https://www.cnet.com/news/marvel-and-star-wars-films-will-ditch-netflix-for-disney/|archive-date=2017-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kastrenakes|first=Jacob|date=8 August 2017|title=Disney to end Netflix deal and launch its own streaming service|website=[[The Verge]]|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/8/16115254/disney-launching-streaming-service-ending-netflix-deal|access-date=5 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406102020/https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/8/16115254/disney-launching-streaming-service-ending-netflix-deal|archive-date=6 April 2018}}</ref> |- style="color:white;" ! style="background:darkRed;" colspan="2" | Former services |- | style="text-align:center; width:200pt;"|'''Disney Family Movies''' || Disney Family Movies is a defunct subscription video-on-demand service that launched on December 10, 2008, replacing Disney's previous service [[MovieBeam]], which used a data stream from over-the-air television stations to offer purchasable films from the studio via a set-top box. The service offered a limited selection of movies and [[short film]]s from the Walt Disney Pictures film catalog for a fee of about $5 to $10 per month, making it similar in structure to Disney Channel's original model as a premium service.<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney Family Movies|url=http://dadt.com/dfm/|work=[[Disney–ABC Domestic Television]]|access-date=November 3, 2013|archive-date=4 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104102254/http://dadt.com/dfm/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Now available On Demand: Disney Family Movies|url=http://www.cox.com/sandiego/newsroom/service/2008/20081210-disney.asp|website=[[Cox Communications]]|location=[[San Diego]], [[California]]|access-date=3 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725140224/http://www.cox.com/sandiego/newsroom/service/2008/20081210-disney.asp|archive-date=25 July 2011}}</ref> Disney Family Movies was discontinued on October 31, 2019, prior to the launch of [[Disney+]], which offers a wider film selection beyond cable on-demand provider deliveries.<ref>{{cite news|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=18 October 2019|title=Disney Family Movies SVOD Service Is Shutting Down Ahead of Disney Plus Debut|url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/disney-plus-disney-family-movies-shutdown-1203375291/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-date=26 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026033030/https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/disney-plus-disney-family-movies-shutdown-1203375291/|url-status=live}}</ref> |}
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