Nat Geo Kids (Latin American TV channel)
Appearance
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 |
Closed | March 31, 2022 |
Former names | Fox Life (2005–2013) MundoFox (2013–2017) |
National Geographic Kids was a Latin American pay television channel targeting children 3 to 11 years old, owned by Disney Channels Worldwide and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and National Geographic Society.[1]
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 National Geographic Kids.[2] Its Brazilian feed was launched on 4 October 2017.
On January 10, 2022, it was announced that National Geographic Kids would close on March 31 in the region, along with several other sister networks. On April 1, 2022, most of the shows are reaired by Disney Junior[3]
References
- ^ "Fox Networks Group lanza NationalGeographic Kids". ttvnews (in Spanish). 25 May 2017.
- ^ "MundoFox dejará lugar a NationalGeographic Kids en la région". ttvnews (in Spanish). 23 May 2017.
- ^ Cardozo, Alberto (January 10, 2022). "Disney XD, National Geographic Kids, Star Life, Nat Geo Wild y FXM cesarán, transmisiones en Latinoamérica en marzo". ANMTVLA (in Spanish). Retrieved January 10, 2022.