Disney Toonai

Disney Toonai (pronounced "diz-nee too-nye") is an American TV block by Disney created in 2002 as a Toon Disney block, later replacing it as a whole in 2011. It was the first Disney network from after 2002 that did not have a Mickey logo. Only available in the USA, Toonai was know as Disney XD in foreign countries.

2002-2005
Disney Toonai was released as Disney Tooni in 2002. The HD version of the Tooni channel was launched in 2004, making it one of the first channels by Disney to switch to the new 16:9 (720i) ratio and resolution. When Tooni officially switched all operations to HD in early 2005, they continued to air the SD version under a different channel, and On Demand.

2005-Present
In 2005, Disney made a minor change to the logo, making it easier to pronounce, and more visually appealing. In 2007, Disney closed the SD version of Disney Toonai, and dropped the HD from the logo. In 2009, Disney changed the font from Bauhaus to a proprietary font face named ABC Display. In 2010, Disney opened a Toonai block on ABC. It was unsuccessful and closed in May 2016. In 2011, Toon Disney was replaced with Toonai, due to Toon Disney losing views slowly. The planned Disney XD launch was cancelled in the US. In 2012, Disney Toonai got a block on Disney Channel. Disney also merged the On Demand from Toonai into Disney Channel. Toonai's On Demand was later separated in April 2016. In 2015, Disney enabled SAP dubbing on the channel, but it wasn't used, because the target audience was English, so it was disabled in 2017. Toonai was almost sold to Viacom in 2017, due to low viewage, hoping Viacom would save the network. In 2018, Viewing rises to 2 million per week. Toonai was added to the list of channels coming to Disney+ in 2020.