Cinecanal

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.

Cinecanal

Broadcast area	Latin America
Headquarters	Argentina Chile Colombia Mexico Peru
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish English (as an optional audio track)
Picture format	HDTV 1080i (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	LAPTV (1993-2012) Fox Networks Group Latin America (2013-2018) Disney Media Networks Latin America (2019-present)
Parent	21st Century Fox (2013-2018) The Walt Disney Company Latin America (2019-present); (under Disney International Operations)
Sister channels	Disney Channel Disney Jr. FX National Geographic Star Channel
History
Launched	1 April 1993; 32 years ago (1993-04-01) 1 April 2022; 3 years ago (2022-04-01) (Brazil)
Closed	1 March 2025; 5 months ago (2025-03-01) (only Brazil)

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.^[1]

In early April 2022, Cinecanal was launched in Brazil, as a replacement for Star Life, which shut down across the region.^[2][3]

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.^[4][5] In Hispanic America, the channel will continue to operate.^[6]