Discovery Kids (Latin American TV channel)
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Discovery Kids (stylized as DK) is a Latin American subscription television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and headquartered in Miami, Florida, which started as a programming block on the Latin American version of Discovery Channel. It launched on 1 November 1996, with programming aimed for older children and preschoolers. It was owned by Discovery Networks Latin America and is one of two Discovery Kids-branded channels that remains airing (the other being Discovery Kids India). The programming is entirely in either Spanish or Portuguese, depending on the region.
Country | Latin America |
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Broadcast area | Latin America Brazil The Caribbean |
Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish Portuguese[lower-alpha 1] English[lower-alpha 2] |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the channel's SDTV feeds) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Americas |
Sister channels | Cartoon Network Cartoonito Tooncast Adult Swim |
History | |
Launched | 1 November 1996; 27 years ago (1996-11-01) |
Former names | Discovery Kids Channel (1996–1998) |
Links | |
Website | Discovery Kids Latin America Discovery Kids Brazil |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
OneLink Communications | Channel 60 |
The channel is divided into six live feeds: Pan-regional, Colombia, Southern (plus a Chilean subfeed), Mexico and Brazil, each with their own HD simulcast feeds. Until 2019, the channel had an HD version of the channel with different schedules broadcasting to all of Latin America. The network is also available in the Caribbean and Puerto Rico, alongside several islands in the Americas, such as Barbados, Grenada, and Jamaica.