Cinecanal

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| name = Cinecanal

| logo = CinecanalLA.png

| logo_size = 200px

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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1993|04|1|df=y}}
{{Start date and age|2022|04|1|df=y}} (Brazil)

| closed_date = {{End date and age|2025|03|1|df=y}} (only Brazil)

| picture_format = HDTV 1080i
(downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)

| network =

| owner = {{Plainlist|

LAPTV (1993-2012)
21st Century Fox (2013-2018; under Fox International Channels Latin America)
The Walt Disney Company Latin America
(2019-present; under Disney International Operations)

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| language = Spanish
English (as an optional audio track)

| area = Latin America

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| headquarters = Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Mexico
Peru

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Cinecanal is a Latin American pan-regional cable television channel launched on April 1, 1993. It is owned by a group of Hollywood studios and Latin American cable companies. It is owned by the Fox Networks Group, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations, which is itself a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

History

The channel is dedicated to films. It began on 1 April 1993.

On November 27, 2020, Disney announced that it would rename the Fox channels in Latin America to Star on 22 February 2021. This change will not affect FX, National Geographic, FXM, Cinecanal or Fox Sports Channels.{{cite web|url=https://whatsondisneyplus.com/disney-renaming-fox-channels-in-latin-america-to-star/|title=Disney Renaming Fox Channels In Latin America To Star | What's On Disney Plus|date=November 27, 2020}}

In early April 2022, Cinecanal was launched in Brazil, as a replacement for Star Life, which shut down across the region.{{cite web|last=Jungbluth|first=Marcos|url=https://br.tvlaint.com/2022/01/disney-planeja-descontinuar-disney.html|title=Disney planeja descontinuar Disney Junior e lançará Cinecanal no Brasil|website=TV Laint (Web Archive)|date=January 11, 2022|access-date=January 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126042211/https://br.tvlaint.com/2022/01/disney-planeja-descontinuar-disney.html|archive-date=2022-01-26}}{{Cite web |last=Amaya |first=Hernán |date=2022-01-11 |title=Latinoamérica: Confirmado: Disney cierra en la región Disney XD, Nat Geo Kids, Nat Geo Wild, FXM y Star Life |url=https://tavilatam.com/latinoamerica-confirmado-disney-cierra-en-la-region-disney-xd-nat-geo-kids-nat-geo-wild-fxm-y-star-life/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=TAVI |language=es-ES}}

On December 2, 2024, The Walt Disney Company announced that Cinecanal would shut down in Brazil along with its sister channels (except for ESPN channels) on February 28, 2025.{{Cite web |title=Disney decide sair da TV paga e vai acabar com canais no Brasil em fevereiro de 2025 - 02/12/2024 - Outro Canal - F5 |url=https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/colunistas/outro-canal/2024/12/disney-decide-sair-da-tv-paga-e-vai-acabar-com-canais-no-brasil-em-fevereiro-de-2025.shtml |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=f5.folha.uol.com.br}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-12-03 |title=Disney vai deixar a TV paga e encerrará canais no Brasil em 2025 |url=https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-midia/disney-vai-deixar-a-tv-paga-e-encerrara-canais-no-brasil-em-2025/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=PODER360 |language=pt-br}} In Hispanic America, the channel will continue to operate.{{Cite web |last= |date=December 3, 2024 |title=TVLaint |url=https://x.com/TVLaint/status/1863974670191440199}}

References

Category:Television channels and stations established in 1993

Category:Movie channels

Category:Cable television networks in Latin America

Category:Spanish-language television stations

Category:The Walt Disney Company Latin America

Category:Defunct television channels in Brazil