Nat Geo Kids (Latin American TV channel)
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Broadcast area | Latin America & The Caribbean |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish Portuguese (Brazil only) English (secondary audio) |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | National Geographic Partners, LLC |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | July 1, 2017 |
Former names | Fox Life (2005–2013) MundoFox (2013–2017) |
Nat Geo Kids was a Latin American pay television channel targeting children ages 3 to 11, owned by Disney Channels Worldwide and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and National Geographic Society.[1]
History and closure
[edit]The channel was originally launched on 1 July 2005 as Fox Life, but it was rebranded on 4 November 2013 as MundoFox. On 1 July 2017, the channel was again rebranded as Nat Geo Kids.[2] Its Brazilian feed was launched on 4 October 2017.
On January 10, 2022, it was announced that Nat Geo Kids would close on March 31 in the region, along with many other sister networks.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fox Networks Group lanza NatGeo Kids". ttvnews (in Spanish). 25 May 2017.
- ^ "MundoFox dejará lugar a NatGeo Kids en la région". ttvnews (in Spanish). 23 May 2017.
- ^ Cardozo, Alberto (January 10, 2022). "Disney XD, Nat Geo Kids, Star Life, Nat Geo Wild y FXM cesarán, transmisiones en Latinoamérica en marzo". ANMTVLA (in Spanish). Retrieved January 10, 2022.