The Walt Disney Company has closed several channels across the world including the UK, Latin America, Australia and Asia with Europe and Africa expected to lose more channels once Disney+ enters the market.
Disney Channel and Disney Junior seem to be repeat padded as South Africa gears up for the launch of Disney+ in May.
Although consumers won't be losing the channels until at least fall 2023 or early 2024. The pair seem to be going the route of their former sister channels FOX and Disney XD where the lineup is stacked with repeats.
Disney Junior shifted most of their primetime to weekends while reruns of their programs often surface on Disney Channel. Walk The Prank which is an XD original launches on the main channel. All the more reason to think these channels are done for in Africa.
If I had to guess what fate awaits the remaining channels it would be easy. The Walt Disney Company will increase the load of reruns in an attempt to lure consumers onto Disney+ and continue sourcing out more content even if it was seen on other stations.
Conspiracy theory
The question only boils down to the closures
I know the agreement with MultiChoice expires by the end of 2023 or sometime in 2024 but is it possible that there could be more to the deal.
Since South Africa will be the first market to get Disney+. What if 2024 included a set of dates for their linear channels some of which are for 2022.
In Asia, the channels closed down in phases and the idea of the same fate awaiting for these ones in Africa doesn't seem far fetched as the market has a history of such phases. Take for instance, Animal Planet which was shuttered in 2015 for DStv in the rest of Africa and two years later in South Africa.
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