Canal Panda
Broadcast areaSpain
Andorra
Gibraltar
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerDreamia
(AMC Networks International Southern Europe)
Sister channelsBiggs
Canal Hollywood
AMC
Blaze
Canal Cocina
Crimen + Investigación
Dark
Decasa
Historia
Odisea
Sol Música
Somos
Sundance TV
XTRM
History
Launched15 September 1997
1 April 2011 (relaunch)
Closed1 January 2001
15 December 2022 (relaunch)
Former namesPanda Club (1996–1998)
Links
Websitecanalpanda.es

Canal Panda was a Spanish pay television channel, which was one of the first country's subscription network dedicated to children's programming, mostly animated series.

History

First Canal Panda logo used from 1997 to 2015

Canal Panda was the first Portuguese and Spanish channel exclusively dedicated to children and teens. Its daily broadcast was 20 hours a day, without interruptions, and with a big variety of programs such as cartoons, anime, live-action series, children's films and special programs about sports, music and culture.

It was founded on 1 April 1996 with the name Panda Club in Portugal, it changed to Canal Panda a year later. The channel launched in Spain on 15 September 1997 for the launch of Via Digital.

Initially it was distributed in Spain, but on 1 January 2001, satellite provider Vía Digital stopped carrying the channel, justifying the strong competition in the Spanish market[1] and was replaced by Megatrix, with distribution deal with Antena 3.[2] In 2004, Megatrix closed down due to the merger between satellite providers Canal Satélite Digital and Vía Digital.

On 1 April 2011, Canal Panda was relaunched in Spain due to a decision of Chello Multicanal for recovering the brand and replacing KidsCo which Chello was the Spanish distributor and was not satisfied with the bill.[3] Since then, it is considered an Iberian channel. The focus of programming on the channel also shifted towards preschool shows. The launch was met with some controversy among the otaku community, as its Portuguese counterpart was showing some anime that were not airing in the Spanish version, but the Spanish version claimed that such titles didn't match the channel's content criteria.[4]

On 6 July 2015, the channel changed its look and logo.[5]

On 2 July 2019, Vodafone TV added the channel in HD to its pack offer.

On 1 June 2021, the channel launched a block aimed at older children and teenage audiences called Panda Kids which airs live-action shows, game shows and reality shows.[6][7][8][9] In Portugal, Panda Kids is a pop-up channel.

On 15 December 2022, the channel closed down again. The physical channel got replaced with Enfamilia, with the Canal Panda branding continuing as a two-hour block called Panda Enfamilia.

Programs

1997-2001

2011-2022

References

  1. ↑ "Canal Panda vai fechar em Espanha". Diário Económico. 9 April 2001. Archived from the original on 9 April 2001. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Antena 3 acuerda con Multicanal la distribución de Canal Megatrix". www.abc.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-07-02.
  3. ↑ "Canal Panda vuelve a España de la mano de Digital+, ONO y Movistar Imagenio". mundoplus.tv (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  4. ↑ "Laura Tapias: "Canal Panda ha dejado fuera el anime porque no entra dentro de nuestros valores"". formulatv.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  5. ↑ "Canal Panda renueva su imagen | Bluper". www.elespanol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  6. ↑ AV451, Redacción (2021-05-25). "Canal Panda se abre al público juvenil con la nueva franja Panda Kids". Audiovisual451 (in European Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Nueva Franja Panda". Actualidad TuAMC (in European Spanish). 2021-04-30. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Canal Panda se abre a los mayores de la casa y estrena la franja 'Panda Kids'". Neeo | Todo sobre medios de comunicación en España (in Spanish). 2021-05-24. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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