The Walt Disney Company Latin America is one of

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's international divisions. It is responsible for the

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

brand and its businesses throughout the region. It has offices in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and

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. The company owns and operates the Latin American versions of

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Disney Junior Disney Junior is an American pay television network owned by the Walt Disney Television (part of Disney General Entertainment Content) unit of The Walt Disney Company through Disney Branded Television. Aimed mainly at children two to seven ...

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and

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. The Walt Disney Company Latin America also produces content as well with other media companies.

Assets

Home video and Television production companies

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(30%) * Star Distribution (formerly Buena Vista International Latín America) * Star Original Productions (formerly Buena Vista Original Productions (2019-2021) and Fox Producciones Originales (2015-2021))

TV channels

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* Cinecanal *

(except Brazil) *

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...

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, ESPN 3, ESPN 4, ESPN Extra ** Argentina: ESPN Premium **

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

: ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN 3, ESPN 4, ESPN Extra **

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean ...

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**Fox Sports 1 (Chile), Fox Sports 2 (Latin America) and Fox Sports 3 (Latin America except Brazil) * FX *

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Rede Telecine Rede Telecine (''" heTelecine Network '') is a Brazilian premium television network owned by Canais Globo, a division of Grupo Globo, jointly with Hollywood studios Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Walt Di ...

(with Globosat, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures and MGM. Only distribution) ** Megapix ** Telecine Action, Telecine Cult, Telecine Fun, Telecine Pipoca, Telecine Premium, Telecine Touch * Star Channel

Streaming services

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* ESPN App

Radio networks and stations

* Radio Disney Latin America ** LRL301 Radio Disney (4.75%; shares owned by The Walt Disney Company Argentina). ** Rádio Disney Brasil (29%)

Former assets

* Disney Junior Brazil (formerly Playhouse Disney) – closed on April 1, 2022 *

Disney XD Disney XD is an American pay television channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution units of The Walt Disney Company. The channel is aimed primarily at older children ages six to eleven yea ...

(formerly

Fox Kids Fox Kids (originally known as Fox Children's Network and later as the Fox Kids Network; stylized as FOX KIDS) was an American children's programming block and branding for a slate of international children's television channels. Originally a jo ...

; later

Jetix Jetix (stylized as JETIX) was a children's entertainment brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The brand was for a slate of action/adventure-related programming blocks and television channels. Jetix programming mainly originated from the ...

) – closed on April 1, 2022 * Fox Sports Argentina – sold to

Mediapro Mediaproducción, S.L.U., better known as Mediapro, is a multimedia communications group in Spain founded in April 1994 in Barcelona. The company is well involved in movie and television production. The company holds branch offices in Madrid, Se ...

in 2022 *

Fox Sports Mexico Fox Sports is a Mexican pay television network operated by Grupo Multimedia Lauman. The network focuses on sports-related programming including live and pre-recorded event broadcasts, sports talk shows and original programming, available througho ...

– sold to Grupo Multimedia Lauman in 2021 * FXM Latin America – closed on April 1, 2022 *

Nat Geo Wild National Geographic Wild (shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW) is a global pay television network owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%) ...

– closed on April 1, 2022 *

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– closed on April 1, 2022 * TeleColombia – sold to

ViacomCBS Networks Americas Paramount Networks Americas (PNA) (formerly MTV Networks Latin America, Viacom International Media Networks The Americas, then ViacomCBS Networks Americas) is a subsidiary of Paramount Global. PNA's operational headquarters is located in Miami, Fl ...

owned by

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in 2021 * Buena Vista International Latin America – retired and replaced by Star Distribution in early 2022 * Buena Vista Original Productions – renamed to Star Original Productions on May 19, 2021 * Star Life (formerly Fox Life) – closed on April 1, 2022, replaced by Cinecanal (for Brazil) *

Star Premium Star Premium (formerly known as Fox+ and Fox Premium) was a multiplex suite of premium Latin American subscription television channels owned by The Walt Disney Company Latin America. The network competed with HBO Latin America and its programmi ...

(formerly Fox Premium) – closed on January 31, 2022 ** Latin America and Caribbean: Star Action, Star Cinema, Star Classics, Star Comedy, Star Fun, Star Hits, Star Series ** Brazil: Star Hits, Star Hits 2

References

External links

DisneyLatino.comDisney.com.brESPNDeportes.comThe Walt Disney CompanyOfficial YouTube Account
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