# Canal Panda (Spanish TV channel)

Canal Panda was a Spanish pay television channel, which was one of the first country's subscription network dedicated to children's programming, mostly animated series.

## History

Canal Panda was the first Portuguese and Spanish channel exclusively dedicated to children and teens. Its daily broadcast was 20 hours a day, without interruptions, and with a big variety of programs such as cartoons, anime, live-action series, children's films and special programs about sports, music and culture.
It was founded on 1 April 1996 with the name Panda Club, and rebranded to Canal Panda a year later, on 15 September 1997 for the launch of Via Digital.
Initially it was distributed in Spain, but on 1 January 2001, satellite provider Vía Digital stopped carrying the channel, justifying the strong competition in the Spanish market and was replaced by Megatrix, with distribution deal with Antena 3. In 2004, Megatrix closed down due to the merger between satellite providers Canal Satélite Digital and Vía Digital.
On 1 April 2011, Canal Panda was relaunched in Spain due to a decision of Chello Multicanal for recovering the brand and replacing KidsCo which Chello was the Spanish distributor and was not satisfied with the bill. The focus of programming on the channel also shifted towards preschool shows. The relaunch was met with some controversy among the anime enthusiast community, as its Portuguese counterpart was showing some anime that were not airing in the Spanish version, but the Spanish version claimed that such titles didn't match the channel's content criteria.
On 6 July 2015, the channel changed its look and logo.
On 2 July 2019, Vodafone TV added the channel in HD to its pack offer.
On 1 June 2021, the channel launched a block aimed at older children and teenage audiences called Panda Kids which airs live-action shows, game shows and reality shows. In Portugal, Panda Kids is a pop-up channel.
On 15 December 2022, the channel closed down again. The physical channel got replaced with Enfamilia, with the Canal Panda branding continuing as a two-hour block called Panda Enfamilia.

## Programs
### 1997-2001

* Doraemon
* Don Quijote de La Mancha
* El conde Duckula
* Billy el gato
* La orquesta de Óscar
* Los pingüinos revoltosos
* Las aventuras de Whisbone
* Cuentos clásicos
* Historias de mi infancia
* Historias de la cripta
* C.L.Y.D.E.
* Las aventuras de Blinky Bill
* Dino Babies
* Las Tortugas Ninja
* Garfield y sus amigos
* El perro Dinky
* Crocadoo
* Las nuevas aventuras de Robin Hood
* Sharky y George
* Historias del fútbol
* Mr. Bogus
* Locos de atar
* El loco mundo de Robby y Laly
* La isla de Noah
* Ciudad bebé
* Profunda oscuridad
* Los chicos del mañana
* Bobobobs
* Aventuras en la isla
* El retorno de D'Artacan
* ¿Dónde está Wally?
* Robinson Sucroe
* Max y Molly
* Rayito, el mago de los deseos
* Fiebre de fútbol
* Casper, el fantasma bueno
* Los cuentos de Papá Castor
* Banana Zoo
* Disputas
* Calamity Jane
* El grupo increíble
* Widget
* Gatobasura, el rey de los trastos
* La pequeña Rosey
* La piedra de los sueños
* Rocky y los dodos
* Cadillacs y dinosaurios
* Las fantásticas aventuras de Sooty
* The Treacle People
* Las leyendas de la isla del tesoro
* La pandilla de Ovideo
* Los navegantes
* Salvemos el anfiteatro
* ReBoot
* Las mil y una... Américas
* Meteoro
* El nuevo mundo de los gnomos
* Los osos voladores
* Los chicos de Hillshade
* La princesa Starla
* Reporteros con clase
* Percy, el guardabosques
* Sandokán
* ¡Hola, Spencer!
* Gente común
* Lobos, brujas y gigantes

### 2011-2022

* Around the World with Willy Fog
* Bernard
* Boom and Reds
* Casper's Scare School
* Canimals
* Captain Biceps
* Code Lyoko
* Connor Undercover
* Corrector Yui
* Cosmic Quantum Ray
* Cyberchase
* Chuggington
* Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist
* Dibo
* Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
* Dork Hunters from Outer Space
* Dragon Hunters
* Evita Percances
* Gormiti
* Hey Duggee
* Huntik: Secrets & Seekers
* Inspector Gadget
* Kiteretsu
* Let's Go Luna!
* Lucky Luke
* Lupin's Tales
* Masha and the Bear
* Memé y el Sr. Bobo
* Monk Little Dog
* Ninja Hattori
* Papawa
* Pet Alien
* Pikwik Pack
* Postman Pat
* Pororo the Little Penguin
* PopPixie
* Scruff
* Sushi Pack
* Street Football
* The Dog and Pony Show
* Topo Giggio
* Van Dogh
* Watch My Chops
* Wild Kratts
* Zip y Zape
* Zorro: Generation Z