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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| Disney Portugal | |
| Formerly | Fox Networks Group Portugal (2003-2020) |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Television |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Portugal Angola Cape Verde Mozambique São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Products | Television channels |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L. |
| Parent | The Walt Disney Company EMEA (Disney Entertainment) |
| Website | The Walt Disney Company Portugal |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
History
editThe 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
editCurrent
edit- BabyTV
- Disney Channel (HD)
- Disney Junior (HD)
- Star Channel (HD)
- Star Life (HD)
- Star Crime (HD)
- Star Comedy (HD)
- Star Movies (HD)
- Star Mundo (HD) (Only in Angola and Mozambique)
- National Geographic Channel (HD)
- Nat Geo Wild (European TV channel) (HD)
- 24 Kitchen (HD)
Former
edit- Fuel TV (Portugal) (HD, sold to FYC)
- BemSimples (defunct)
- Nat Geo Music (defunct)
- Nat Geo People (defunct)
- Fox News Channel (formerly distributed, owned by Fox Corporation)
- Sky News (formerly distributed, owned by Sky)
- Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Channel (formerly distributed)
- Phoenix InfoNews Channel (formerly distributed)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.com.
- ^ "Fox Networks Group Portugal é finalista nos Promax". March 8, 2019.
- ^ "FOX NETWORKS GROUP PORTUGAL, LDA Company Profile | D&B Hoovers". www.hoovers.com.
- ^ "Contactos, NIF, Vendas, Resultados, Accionistas, Empregados e Indicadores de Risco". Directório de todas as empresas em Portugal.
- ^ "Visão | Disney torna-se dona dos Simpsons, Avatar e This is Us". Jornal visao. 14 December 2017.
- ^ "Fox Networks Group Portugal, Lda". GesContact.
- ^ "Canais Fox apostam na produção de conteúdos locais". Meios & Publicidade. October 31, 2018.
- ^ "Canal FOX inicia emissões dia 1 de Março na Cabovisão". Meios & Publicidade (in European Portuguese). 2003-02-21. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "FOX aposta na rede digital". Correio da Manhã. 23 May 2005. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia (January 11, 2016). "Fox Reorganizes International Channels Division, CEO Hernan Lopez to Exit". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (January 11, 2016). "Hernan Lopez Exits Fox International Channels Amid Global Consolidation". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "The Walt Disney Company Portugal, reforça liderança no pay tv e terá mais de 300 séries em emissão em 2021". foxnewsroom.lift.com.pt. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ^ New Disney Registration Statement
- ^ "Disney ends Fox brand in Portugal". theportugalnews.com. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ "Perguntas Frequentes - A FOX vai ser STAR Channel". foxtv.pt (in Portuguese). 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ "Canais Fox vão mudar de nome e assumir marca Star" [Fox channels will change their name and adopt the Star brand]. publico.pt (in Portuguese). 2023-11-27. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Canais FOX vão passar a ser Star Channel já em 2024". marketeer.sapo.pt. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
External links
edit- Official website (in Portuguese)