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| February 1 2025 | Completion of Disney Channel's rebranding, fully transitioning to the new logo design. |
| 2024 | Dlife (Disney channel in Japan) revived |
| September 30 2024 | Disney Channel introduced a new logo for the first time in 10 years, incorporating only Disney's corporate logo without the Mickey Mouse head shape. The 2019 version of the 2014 logo remained a secondary logo until February 1, 2025. |
| June 2024 | During the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Meredith Roberts discussed the studio's future strategies, including exploring new content genres and platforms like gaming and web-based content. |
| March 15 2023 | Disney Channel HD launched in India. |
| March 14 2023 | Disney Channel presented its first live sporting event, an alternate telecast of an NHL game produced by ESPN. |
| January 2023 | The studio announced a revival of Phineas And Ferb with two brand new seasons for Disney Channel and Disney+. |
| August 2022 | Disney announced a partnership with Audacy Inc. to launch nine additional Disney-branded audio feeds through the Audacy mobile app, expanding their music channel offerings to include diverse genres and themed channels. |
| August 12 2022 | Zombies 3 had its cable premiere, immediately followed by the series premiere of Hamster & Gretel. |
| July 28 2022 | Radio Disney ceased broadcasting in Russia via Disney.ru. |
| July 15 2022 | Zombies 3 was released on Disney+, becoming the first Disney Channel Original Movie to debut on the streaming platform. |
| June 2022 | Meredith Roberts was promoted to Executive Vice President of Animation at Disney Branded Television. |
| March 31 2022 | Disney Channel in Turkey closed |
| 2021 | Radio Disney Music Awards ceremonies continued to be on hold. |
| November 2021 | Lisa Fragner, a former Blue Sky Studios executive, joined as vice-president of development for Disney+, and Elizabeth Waybright Taylor was promoted to vice-president of development. |
| April 14 2021 | Radio Disney was quietly discontinued at 10 am PT, switching to a simulcast of sister station KSPN. The final song played was 'Unwritten' by Natasha Bedingfield. |
| April 14 2021 | Radio Disney ceased broadcast when its last terrestrial station, KRDC in Los Angeles, was changed to a simulcast of ESPN Radio. |
| March 25 2021 | Disney launched Disney Hits exclusively on SiriusXM as a replacement service for Radio Disney, focusing solely on music from The Walt Disney Company's productions. |
| January 22 2021 | The Radio Disney app and website were shut down. |
| January 15 2021 | Bunk'd became the first Disney Channel Original Series to reach a fifth season, with special guest Peyton List. This also marked the premiere of Disney Channel's first horror series, Secrets of Sulphur Springs. |
| January 1 2021 | Radio Disney switched to an automated throwback playlist featuring songs from its 24-year history. |
| 2020 | BTS' 'Dynamite' hits the top of Radio Disney's Top 50 Songs. |
| 2020 | Disney begins syndicating Radio Disney through HD Radio subchannels. |
| 2020 | Radio Disney Music Awards ceremonies remained suspended for a second time. |
| 2020 | Disney Channel lost 33% of cable viewers due to the success of Disney+, leading to channel shutdowns worldwide outside the US. |
| December 31 2020 | Radio Disney began winding down operations, with DJs hosting their final shows and discontinuing service on SiriusXM. Radio Disney Country was completely shut down at noon Pacific Time. |
| December 3 2020 | Disney announced the shutdown of Radio Disney and Radio Disney Country, planned for the first quarter of 2021. |
| February 2020 | The studio announced The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, a sequel series to the original 2001 series for Disney+. |
| January 6 2020 | Disney Channel went completely commercial-free on weeknights and weekend mornings, removing most pre-show wand IDs and changing promo strategies. |
| 2019 | Disney greenlit two new shows: The Ghost and Molly McGee and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, a co-production with Marvel Animation. |
| 2019 | Shawn Mendes' 'If I Can't Have You' becomes the No. 1 song on Radio Disney's Top 50 Songs. |
| 2019 | Final Radio Disney Music Awards ceremony held before the program's conclusion. |
| November 25 2019 | Disney secured a deal with Entercom to bring Radio Disney and Radio Disney Country to the Radio.com platform. |
| July 2019 | Disney agreed to license Radio Disney video content to Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation for web and radio distribution. |
| July 2019 | Radio Disney Country opened a Nashville Music Row based studio. |
| June 2019 | Long-time Disney Television Animation Head Eric Coleman left the studio to become a development executive at Illumination, and was replaced by Meredith Roberts. |
| 2018 | Marshmello & Anne-Marie's 'Friends' reaches the top spot on Radio Disney's Top 50 Songs. |
| 2018 | Disney Channel officially returned to animated programming, ordering production of Amphibia and The Owl House, and moving several Disney XD originals to the channel. |
| December 5 2018 | The station premiered its 'Let the Girls Play' segment. |
| February 2018 | The studio greenlit two new shows: Amphibia and The Owl House, marking their return to animation. |
| 2017 | Disney Television Animation began collaborating with Walt Disney Imagineering and Disney Parks to provide character designs and animations for various attractions. |
| 2017 | Julia Michaels' 'Issues' hits No. 1 on Radio Disney's Top 50 Songs. |
| September 29 2017 | Disney Channels Worldwide replaced its Watch app series with DisneyNow, combining its TV and radio channels. |
| June 2017 | The 'Code Word of the Day' program ended in mid-2017. |
| June 9 2017 | Disney announced expansion of Radio Disney Country to other digital platforms including iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Apple Music, and Spotify, and added terrestrial radio with KDIS flipping to KRDC 99.1 FM and AM 1110. |
| February 2017 | The studio greenlit two new shows: Amphibia and The Owl House, marking their return to animation after a strategic shift. |
| 2016 | Disney XD greenlit Big City Greens (originally titled Country Club) and announced Milo Murphy's Law, alongside Big Hero 6: The Series. |
| 2016 | Daya's 'Sit Still, Look Pretty' becomes the top song on Radio Disney's Top 50 Songs. |
| June 24 2016 | Disney Channel premiered its 100th Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM), Adventures in Babysitting, following a month-long celebration of previous DCOMs. |
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