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Disney Channel  (originally   The Disney Channel  from 1983 to 1997) is an   American  basic cable  and   satellite television  network  that serves as the   flagship  property of owner <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">  Disney Channels Worldwide<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, a unit of the <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">  Disney–ABC Television Group<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, itself a unit of the Disney Media Networks division of <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">  The Walt Disney Company<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">Most of its original programming is aimed at pre-teens and  adolescents<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> ages 10–16 while its  Disney Junior<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> programs are targeted at younger children ages 3–9, although certain programs are aimed at audiences of all ages. The channel's  programming<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> consists of original first-run  television series<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, theatrically-released and original  made-for-cable<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">  movies<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> and select other third-party programming. Disney Channel – which formerly operated as a  premium service<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> – originally marketed its programs towards families, and then at younger children by the late 1990s, although its viewing audience has diversified since the mid-2000s to include older teenagers and adults. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">As of August 2013, Disney Channel is available to approximately 98,142,000 television households (85.94% of cable, satellite and telco customers) in the United States.