October 1 marked the shutdown of Disney Channels in Southeast Asian television channels including Philippines. Yesterday, when we "turned on" our television and my kids were supposedly to watch Disney Junior shows and that channel only displays the screen below.
Then I turned to Disney Channel and it is also the same, just a black screen. I thought that maybe the our Cable provider just unsubscribe to Disney Channel or our television just needs reprogram, maybe those channels have new Channel #. So we look for other shows from a different channel instead.
Later on, when I browsed Facebook, I saw a shared post, here's a screenshot of the post.
That's the time, I learned that Disney Channels will no longer be aired in Southeast Asia. And that makes my kids sad. Actually not only my kids but also other parents have made a comment about it that their kids are also watching Disney Channel shows.
Disney Channel and Disney Junior are few of their favorite channels. They love to watch the Lion guard, Sofia the first, Doc McStuffins, Pj Masks, Fancy Nancy and other shows of the channel. These channels I say have a big part of the childhood of my kids. I can hear them memorize lines, do some of the actions of the characters. Some of their English vocabularies were learned from those channels. But, let's just accept the fact that these channels are after all businesses. Business that needs to be sustained and needs new strategies for growth.
Why the shutdown in Southeast Asia Television Channels?
According to Channel News Asia in their post last April 27, 2021 - Disney to shut down most of its TV channels in Southeast Asia, eyes growth in streaming services , the Walt Disney company will shutdown the television channels in Southeast Asia and Hongkong to pivot to direct-to-consumer-first model. Which means that they will have the consumers subscribe to them directly through Disney+, the company's streaming service. This is part of their business strategy. So, sometime soon, maybe it will also be available here in the Philippines.
Disney channels were still available in USA, it is not actually a total shutdown but a new business strategy.
Closing thoughts
There are really changes that we don't expect. Just like what happened to ABS-CBN the last time. It can make us also affected in a way or other way around. Moms like me, or Aunts, Uncles, siblings and Dads maybe could relate to my emotion on the shutdown of these Disney channels. But, there are still available channels for kids like Nick Junior, CBeebies and YouTube is still there for viewing some shows. It's just that I'm quite sentimental on this. Just pardon the kid inside me.
How about you? Anong kwentong Disney Channels mo? Do you also have favorite shows in these channels? I would love to know your thoughts in the comment section.
If you have a passion in writing you are very much welcome in read.cash
👉https://read.cash/r/MizLhaine
And if you want shorter messages, see you in Noise
👉https://noise.cash/u/MizLhaine
Nasira ng kapatid ko ate yung TV namin nung bday ko kasi napagod na haha kaya di ko makita. Sayang yung cable na access kasi di na namin siya magagamit though inclusion po siya sa WIFI namin currently. Yung jake and the neverland pirates tapos mickey mouse fav ko ate hehe nung elementary days pero ang favorite channel ko talaga mula nung pagkabata hanggang ngayon ay MTV at MYX haha skl