Nat Geo Kids (Latin American TV channel)

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Nat Geo Kids
Broadcast areaLatin America & The Caribbean
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Portuguese (Brazil only)
English (secondary audio)
Picture format1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerNational Geographic Partners, LLC
Sister channels
History
LaunchedJuly 1, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-07-01)
ClosedMarch 31, 2022; 23 months ago (2022-03-31)
Former namesFox 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]

  1. ^ "Fox Networks Group lanza NatGeo Kids". ttvnews (in Spanish). 25 May 2017.
  2. ^ "MundoFox dejará lugar a NatGeo Kids en la région". ttvnews (in Spanish). 23 May 2017.
  3. ^ 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.