The Walt Disney Company Portugal

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The Walt Disney Company Portugal
Disney Portugal
FormerlyFox Networks Group Portugal (2003-2020)
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Television
Founded2003;21 years ago (2003)
Headquarters
Lisbon
,
Portugal
Area served
 Portugal
Angola
Cape Verde
Mozambique
São Tomé and Príncipe
Products Television channels
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L.
Parent The Walt Disney Company EMEA
(Disney Entertainment)
Website The Walt Disney Company Portugal
Footnotes /references
[1]

The Walt Disney Company Portugal (formerly Fox Networks Group Portugal [2] [3] [4] ) was created in 2003 with headquarters located in Lisbon, Portugal, and is the owner of many Portuguese versions of Disney Channels'. [5] [6] [7]

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History

The group's first localized channel, Fox, started on March 1, 2003. [8] [9]

In 2005, Fox and Fox Life launched on TV Cabo's Funtastic Life package with the aim of attracting more subscribers to its digital network. Investment in the channels was strong, without revealing the exact amount of money invested in marketing actions, acquisition of formats or the creation of a local team. It already had set a strategy to launch more channels in Portugal. [10]

A channel for Angola and Mozambique, Mundo Fox, started in October 2015. [11]

In January 2016, 21st Century Fox announced reorganization of Fox International Channels Portugal. The heads of FIC's regional divisions was report to CEO Peter Rice and COO Randy Freer at Fox Networks Group in the United States, instead of the outgoing FIC CEO Hernan Lopez and division was renamed Fox Networks Group Portugal. [12] [13] [14]

On 20 March 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired 21st Century Fox, including Fox Networks Group Portugal and then rebranded and reorganized it to The Walt Disney Company Portugal in 2020. [15] [16]

On November 27, 2023, Disney has announced that Fox branded channels would rebrand to Star on 7 February 2024. [17] [18] [19] [20]

Channels

Current

Former

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References

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  5. ↑ "Visão | Disney torna-se dona dos Simpsons, Avatar e This is Us". Jornal visao. 14 December 2017.
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  7. ↑ "Canais Fox apostam na produção de conteúdos locais". Meios & Publicidade. October 31, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Canal FOX inicia emissões dia 1 de Março na Cabovisão". Meios & Publicidade (in European Portuguese). 2003-02-21. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  9. ↑ "Fox TV: canal de êxitos no cabo a partir de Março". Público. 19 February 2003. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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  11. ↑ "Mundo Fox: quando uma das maiores marcas de televisão do mundo cria conteúdos para Angola". VerAngola (in Portuguese). 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  12. ↑ "Fox Networks Group Reorganizes International Television Business" (Press release). 21st Century Fox. January 11, 2016. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  13. ↑ Littleton, Cynthia (January 11, 2016). "Fox Reorganizes International Channels Division, CEO Hernan Lopez to Exit". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  14. ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (January 11, 2016). "Hernan Lopez Exits Fox International Channels Amid Global Consolidation". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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  16. ↑ New Disney Registration Statement
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