Broadcast area | Latin America & The Caribbean |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish Portuguese (Brazil only) English (secondary audio) |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | National Geographic Partners, LLC |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | July 1, 2017 |
Closed | March 31, 2022 |
Former names | Fox Life (2005–2013) MundoFox (2013–2017) |
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The channel was originally launched on 1 July 2005 as Fox Life, but it was rebranded on 4 November 2013 as MundoFox. On 1 July 2017, the channel was again rebranded as Nat Geo Kids. [2] Its Brazilian feed was launched on 4 October 2017.
On January 10, 2022, it was announced that Nat Geo Kids would close on March 31 in the region, along with many other sister networks. [3]
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