Cinecanal
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| Broadcast area | Latin America |
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| Headquarters | Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Mexico Peru |
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| Language(s) | Spanish Portuguese (only in Brazil) English (as an optional audio track) |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
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| History | |
| Launched | 1 April 1993 1 April 2022 (Brazil) |
| Closed | 28 February 2025 (Brazil) |
Cinecanal is a Latin American pan-regional cable television channel launched on April 1, 1993. It is owned by a group of Hollywood studios and Latin American cable companies. It is owned by the Fox Networks Group, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations, which is itself a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
History
[edit]The channel is dedicated to films. It began on 1 April 1993.
On November 27, 2020, Disney announced that it would rename the Fox channels in Latin America to Star on 22 February 2021. This change will not affect FX, National Geographic, FXM, Cinecanal or Fox Sports Channels.[1]
In early April 2022, Cinecanal was launched in Brazil, as a replacement for Star Life, which shut down across the region.[2]
On December 2, 2024, The Walt Disney Company announced that Cinecanal would shut down in Brazil along with its sister channels (except for ESPN channels) on February 28, 2025, the reason for the end of the channel is that the company is only focusing on its streaming service Disney+.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Disney Renaming Fox Channels In Latin America To Star | What's On Disney Plus". November 27, 2020.
- ^ Jungbluth, Marcos (January 11, 2022). "Disney planeja descontinuar Disney Junior e lançará Cinecanal no Brasil". TV Laint. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ "Disney decide sair da TV paga e vai acabar com canais no Brasil em fevereiro de 2025 - 02/12/2024 - Outro Canal - F5". f5.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "Disney Channel e National Geographic se despedem do Brasil em 2025". www.gazetasp.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-12-04.
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