Disney XD in Asia is a pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. and part of the Disney Branded Television unit of the United States-based Walt Disney Television, it was also operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific during the acquisition on both Disney and Fox in 2019. It was aimed primarily at children, 6–15 years old.
Its programming lineup included Marvel and Star Wars shows, reruns of programs previously aired on Disney Channel and certain action series. It also aired some pre-school related programs from Disney Junior.
History[]
Disney XD first began broadcasting in Singapore on February 9, 2009. The channel was expanded to Malaysia on March 16, 2012, Indonesia and Thailand on October 19, 2013, and lastly, the Philippines on May 31, 2014.
After the ban of Disney Channel India and Disney XD India in Bangladesh due to broadcasting in Hindi language and heavy localisation of the Indian feeds, Disney XD Asia was made available on few digital cable platforms there in 2016.
Due to Astro's Refreshed Kids Pack on December 14, 2020 and the launch of Disney+ Hotstar on June 1, 2021, the channel, along with Disney Junior, ceased broadcasting on Astro and Astro-owned TV providers (including NJOI and Kristal-Astro). Therefore, there's the only impact that The Walt Disney Company will be shutting down Disney XD in Southeast Asia on the same date and time by following the review of Disney's business in the region, just before Astro have already confirmed with this statement before Astro shutting down both Disney Channel and Disney Junior on the same date and time. However, The Walt Disney Company didn't announce that Astro will be shutting down Disney Channel and Disney Junior on New Year's Day 2021 at midnight.
On February 28, 2019, the Malaysian feed of Disney XD Asia was merged into the main feed, with timings on promos now saying MAL/PHIL instead of SIN/PHIL. Astro, the sole operator in Malaysia that formerly carried Disney Channels made Disney XD an HD only channel from 1 March 2019 and the SD version on Disney XD (617) ceased broadcasting from the Astro list on March 14, 2019.
Though, Disney XD was unavailable in Hong Kong and Vietnam, and therefore selected programs from Disney XD was available on Disney Channel Asia.
Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD ceased transmission in Singapore on June 1, 2020 on both Singtel and StarHub. Selected programs from these three channels were moved to Disney+ on February 23, 2021. However, because of a review of Disney's business in the region and after about nine years of broadcasting, Disney XD ceased operations at 1:10am on January 1, 2021, simultaneously with the discontinuation of Scandinavian version of the channel. Disney XD's content were moved to Disney Channel, Disney+ Hotstar (in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand) and Disney+ (in the Philippines and Singapore). The last programme to air on the channel was an episode of Counterfeit Cat. After the episode ended, it shows an episode of The Tiniest Man in the World, which then shows some promos, commercials, bumpers and a lot of Blam! clips. Afterwards, it cuts to a black screen.
In the Philippines, it showed a test card at 2:15 am. The channel space was replaced by Metro Channel on January 4, 2021 on Cignal.
In Malaysia, it showed a grey message at 12:05 am while airing Counterfeit Cat. The channel space was replaced by TA-DAA! on March 14, 2019 on Astro.
Programming[]
Original animated series[]
- 7D (July 27, 2020 – December 31, 2020)
- Atomic Puppet
- Big Hero 6: The Series (May 13, 2018, July 25, 2020,- Baymax Returns)
- Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer
- Counterfeit Cat (until closure)
- DuckTales
- Future-Worm (November 2015 - December 25, 2019)
- Gravity Falls (October 2012; June 2017-June 2019)
- Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (2012 - December 31, 2020)
- Kid vs. Kat (formerly on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel)
- Legend of the Three Caballeros
- LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
- Milo Murphy's Law (11 January 2020 – 31 December 2020)
- Motorcity
- Packages from Planet X (December 23, 2013 – 2015)
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2018 – December 31, 2020)
- Phineas and Ferb (2013 - June 22, 2020)
- Pickle & Peanut
- Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
- Right Now Kapow
- Slugterra (2013 - May 3, 2020)
- Star Wars Rebels (October 4, 2014 – 2018)
- Star Wars Resistance (October 12, 2018 - unknown)
- Tron: Uprising
- Wander Over Yonder (January 1, 2018 – 31 December 2020)
Original live-action series[]
- Club Mickey Mouse: Malaysia (September 15, 2017 - unknown) (also on Disney Channel)
- Crash & Bernstein
- Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge
- Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything (March 24, 2016 - closure)
- Kickin' It
- Kirby Buckets (May 16, 2015 - unknown)
- Lab Rats (2013 – December 25, 2019)
- Lab Rats: Elite Force (2016 - unknown)
- MECH-X4 (2017 - unknown)
- Mighty Med
- O11CE (2018 – unknown)
- Pair of Kings
- Parker Plays (June 6-July 27, 2020; season 2 only)
- Player Select (June 6, 2020 – unknown)
- Wizards of Waverly Place (August 30, 2019 – unknown)
- Walk the Prank (August 10, 2016 – unknown)
Disney Channel series[]
- Sydney to the Max (June 2019) (the show continues on Disney Channel from July 5, 2019 – August 27, 2021)
- The Suite Life on Deck
Marvel programming[]
- Avengers Assemble (November 24, 2013 – unknown)
- Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.
- Marvel Future Avengers
- Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers
- Spider-Man (2017) (October 14, 2017 – December 31, 2020) (also on Disney Channel)
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Ultimate Spider-Man (September 15, 2012 – September 1, 2020)
Disney Junior Programming[]
- Jake and the Never Land Pirates
- Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures (January 25–26, 2020) (The show continues on Disney Junior)
- Mira, Royal Detective (July 18, 2020; preview only)
- Miles from Tomorrowland
- T.O.T.S. (September 28, 2019) (the show continues on Disney Junior)
Jetix Programming[]
- Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (unknown - September 1, 2020)
- Yin Yang Yo! (unknown - September 1, 2020)
- Pucca (February 14, 2020)
Short series[]
- Gravity Falls Shorts
- Mickey Go Local
- Mickey Mouse Shorts (airs occasionally)
- Star Wars Rollout
- Two More Eggs
Acquired programming[]
- 101 Dalmatian Street (September 7 – December 31, 2020)
- Beyblade Burst Evolution
- Beyblade Burst Rise (May 23, 2020 – December 31, 2020)
- Beyblade Burst Turbo (May 2019 – December 31, 2020)
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
- Boyster
- Chuck Chicken (until December 31, 2020)
- Cross Fight B-Daman ES
- Danger Mouse (2015)
- Digimon Fusion Battles
- Fangbone!
- Freaktown (2016 – December 31, 2020)
- Gigant Big Shot Tsukasa (May 25, 2017 – 2019)
- Heroman
- Inuyasha
- Inuyasha: The Final Act
- Iron Man: Armored Adventures
- Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! (June 16, 2014-Mid 2014)
- Johnny Test
- Kaitou Joker (2016-2020) (now rerunning on Disney Channel)
- Kiko (May 25, 2020 – December 31, 2020)
- Line Town
- Mega Man: Fully Charged
- Mr Bean (animated TV series) (November 2015 – 2016) (now on Boomerang and Cartoon Network)
- Nerds and Monsters
- Ninja Warrior
- Numb Chucks
- Oscar's Oasis
- Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (December 3, 2013 – 2015)
- Pirate Express (2015 - October 1, 2019)
- Pokémon: Black & White (June 4, 2016 – 2017)
- Redakai: Conquer the Kairu
- Rekkit Rabbit
- Rimba Racer
- Rob the Robot
- Rocket Monkeys (June 1, 2015 – October 1, 2019)
- Rolling with the Ronks! (2018-2019; May 4, 2020 - unknown)
- Ryukendo
- Scaredy Squirrel
- Sidekick
- Supa Strikas
- Tayo the Little Bus
- Takeshi's Castle
- Tenkai Knights
- Upin & Ipin
- Zak Storm (2018 – December 31, 2020)
- Zig & Sharko
- Zip Zip