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Broadcast area | Portugal Angola Mozambique Cape Verde São Tomé and Príncipe Guinea-Bissau |
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Headquarters | Lisbon, Portugal |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Portuguese |
Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Dreamia (NOS, AMC) |
Sister channels | Canal Panda Canal Hollywood Casa e Cozinha Panda Kids |
History | |
Launched | 1 December 2009 |
Former names | Panda Biggs (2009-2013) |
Links | |
Website | biggs.pt |
Biggs (initially known as Panda Biggs) is a Portuguese basic cable and satellite television channel targeted to teens and youth from ages 15 to 24.
The services was initially set to be named Bute, later Biggs, [1] but was renamed Panda Biggs at the request of ERC. [2] It was launched on 1 December 2009 on the NOS platform. It was targeted to children and teens from ages 8 to 14. It aired live-action shows, films, anime and cartoon shows. It also used to air archived programs from Canal Panda. Its design is similar to that of YTV and Disney XD. [3]
On 1 June 2021, it was launched another Portuguese TV channel targeted to children called Panda Kids. It airs almost mostly the anime and cartoon shows formerly aired on Biggs, including new ones and films, some formerly aired on Canal Panda. Initially it was supposed to be a pop-up TV channel, but due to the increase of the channel's target audience ratings, Dreamia decided to make it as a regular and permanent channel, while Biggs was able to be refocused as a teen channel. [4] [5] [6]
Starting from 5 July 2023, the channel only airs live-action shows and films for teens and young adults. [7] [8]