The Walt Disney Company Latin America

The Walt Disney Company Latin America is a Latin American mass media entertainment, production, distribution and marketing conglomerate headquartered in Pilar and Buenos Aires, Argentina, owned by The Walt Disney Company and with multiple headquarters in Mexico City, Bogotá, São Paulo, Miami and Santiago. 
==History==
The Walt Disney Company Latin America was originally created as Disney México (Mexican Disney brand company and special thanks to Disney/Pixar's Coco) in 1943, before being operated inactively to create Disney-branded content in Latin America until 1986 when was refounded as Disney Spanish Products, which launches programming content from 2 minutes to 2 hours called Canal Disney, which broadcasts cartoons, music videos, documentaries, demonstrations of Disney movies and Black and White series Fox and Winnie the Pooh. It was officially spun off as the Latin American television company known as Walt Disney Television Latin America (later known as Walt Disney Television International Latin America in 2000) in the early 1990s, when it began broadcasting Disney Channel premium channel, and began producing television content in Latin America for all Disney fans. 
On July 27, 2000, The Walt Disney Company brings Disney Channel to Latin America and Walt Disney Television Latin America merges with Productos Españoles Disney to form The Walt Disney Company Latin America. 
Subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company Latin America include ESPN Media Networks Latin America and Walt Disney Television International Latin America. 
On November 1, 2005, the subsidiaries ESPN Media Networks Latin America and Walt Disney Television International Latin America merge into a new joint sales organization for their television channels. The new entity, called Disney & ESPN Media Networks Latin America, would be responsible for the sales of its television channels ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, ESPN Brasil, Disney Channel and Jetix (Disney XD as of July 3, 2009). From its launch until 2007, Jetix's operations in Latin America and Brazil were managed separately in the region through the Jetix Latin America division (formerly Fox Kids Latin America LLC). 
In that year, it merges with Disney Media Networks. The signals Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Junior, Star Channel, FX, FXM, Star Life, Cinecanal, National Geographic, National Geographic Wild and Nat Geo Kids are handled from the headquarters of Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Bogotá, Sao Paulo and Mexico City. For its part, ESPN has its own studios in a modern production complex called ESPN MediaCenter located in San Isidro, in the northern part of the Province of Buenos Aires. It should be noted that there is no individual signal for Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay or Paraguay or the Central American countries. 
Only Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil and Chile have exclusive channels with national programming and local advertising. Generally, these countries do not have their own signal due to the low number of subscribers due to the expense of starting a new signal (marketing expenses, control panel and space on the satellite) in addition to generating other factors such as the monopoly of cable operators, a large number of people with illegal service, among others. In the case of Colombia, Disney Media Networks Latin America is referred to as the Centro, Panregional or LATAM signal, which serves as a guide channel or time reference for the other signals. In August 2009, Fox International Channels Latin America signed a strategic and distribution alliance with the LAPTV network of premium channels. This allows us to have affiliated FOX sales teams throughout the region to provide an integrated service to cable, satellite, MMDS and IPTV systems in order to increase the penetration and perception of value of pay TV, both in Premium as in the basic, as well as continue with the efforts. to reduce piracy. The agreement gives LAPTV a local presence in Chile and Central America and increases the range of commercial possibilities. 
For example, the premium channel group led by Movie City is expected to have a greater promotional presence on Fox's core channels. The first great fruit is the Kdabra series, co-produced by Fox Telecolombia and LAPTV. This series is the first made 100% in Spanish to bring together elements from the real and supernatural world. More original productions are expected to be produced elsewhere in Latin America. In 2013, LAPTV merged with Fox International Channels Latin America and ceased to exist as such.
==Assets==
Subsidiaries 	Formerly 	Founded
Patagonik Film Group (30%)	 	1996
Star Distribution 	Buena Vista International Latin America	1993
Oh My Disney Latinoamérica	 	November 1, 2016
===TV channel===
*Disney Channel
*Disney Junior (except Brazil, which Disney Junior was shut down on March 31, 2022)
*Baby TV
*Cinecanal
*ESPN
**Latin America: ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN 3, ESPN 4, ESPN Extra
**Argentina: ESPN Premium
**Brazil: ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN 3, ESPN 4, ESPN Extra
**Caribbean: ESPN, ESPN 2
*Fox Sports
**Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports 3 (Latin America except Brazil)
*FX
*National Geographic
*Star Channel (formerly Fox Channel)
===Former===
* Disney Junior Brazil (formerly Playhouse Disney) – closed on April 1, 2022
*Disney XD (formerly Fox Kids; later Jetix) – closed on April 1, 2022
* Fox Sports Argentina – sold to Mediapro in 2022
* Fox Sports Mexico – sold to Grupo Multimedia Lauman in 2021
* FXM Latin America – closed on April 1, 2022
* Nat Geo Wild – closed on April 1, 2022
* Nat Geo Kids – closed on April 1, 2022
* TeleColombia – sold to ViacomCBS Networks Americas owned by ViacomCBS in 2021
* Star Life (formerly Fox Life) – closed on April 1, 2022, replaced by Cinecanal (for Brazil)
* Star Premium (formerly Fox Premium) – closed on January 31, 2022
** Latin America: Star Action, Star Cinema, Star Classics, Star Comedy, Star Fun, Star Hits, Star Series
** Brazil: Star Hits, Star Hits 2
===Streaming services===
*Disney+
*Star+
*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%)
==References==
==See also==
*The Onward Company Latin America
*The Sonic & Donkey Kong Company Latin America
Category:Media conglomerates
Category:Companies based in Pilar, Argentina
Category:Companies based in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Category:Companies based in México City, Mexico
Category:Companies based in Miami, United States
Category:Mexican television companies
Category:Argentine television companies
Category:American television companies
Category:1943 establishments