Toon Disney and Jetix head for Japan

NEWS BRIEF: Toon Disney is launching in Japan later this year, a move which also takes the Jetix brand to the territory. Walt Disney Television International Japan will air the 24-hour channel from the beginning of December.

Toon Disney’s arrival in Japan follows that of the Disney channel in November 2003. As well as Disney’s catalogue of animated programmes, the Toon channel will also carry a Jetix action/adventure block, a feature of its output elsewhere.