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Disney Channel Spain offered for free


May 28, 2008 In what it is calling a global first, Disney Channel Spain will begin broadcasting in the summer on free digital terrestrial TV, and it expects to triple the number of households it reaches on pay television shortly after the launch, the company said Wednesday. The Spanish government has set April, 2010, for the change from analog to digital television, and Hardie expects Disney Channel to be a major driver in getting Spaniards to make the switch.

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