Disney/ABC TV Group is shutting down cable channel SoapNet to make room for a new kids channel. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Disney/ABC TV Group is shutting down decade-old cable channel SoapNet ...

SOAPnet’s bubble has finally burst. On Dec. 31, Walt Disney Co. will pull the plug on the cable channel it created 14 years ago to squeeze extra life from its popular daytime dramas. But like all ...

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The chairman of Disney Michael Eisner raised the bar on SoapNet 16 months ago when he called the Disney-owned 24-hour cable channel “the greatest thing that’s happened to our company since chopped ...

Disney will end programming SOAPnet on 12/31, replacing it with Disney Junior. SoapNet launched 14 years ago to add eyeballs to its daytime dramas like All My Children and General Hospital. The move ...

For countless soap opera fans, the dawn of the new millennium 25 years ago brought a new way to watch their favorite shows. On January 20, 2000, Disney launched SOAPnet, a basic cable channel devoted ...

Disney’s SOAPnet is the latest to start its own vertical ad network, reports WSJ. Disney plans to announce the companion website for its cable network SOAPnet has struck deals with 45 similar sites to ...

Disney plans to shut down SOAPnet to make way for new cable channel Disney Junior in 2012, the company announced Wednesday. SOAPnet launched in 2000 and currently airs a mix of recent episodes of ...

Disney Channel has confirmed a launch date for its new 24-hour preschool channel. Disney Junior will replace SoapNet on most cable and satellite systems at midnight on Friday, March 23. The new cable ...

LOS ANGELES, November 13: The Walt Disney Company’s SoapNet has launched Fantasy Soap League, a Web-based fantasy site based on televised soaps that is designed to attract women 18 to 34. The game ...

HOLLYWOOD — SoapNet, Disney’s sudser-dedicated cable network, will strip its sole original show, weekly half-hour mag “SoapCenter,” starting this summer. Cabler also plans to move production of the ...

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