Nat Geo Kids (Latin America)

Nat Geo Kids was a Latin American pay television channel targeting children ages 3 to 11, owned by Disney Channels Worldwide and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and National Geographic Society.^[1]

Nat Geo Kids

Broadcast area	Latin America and the Caribbean
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish Portuguese (Brazil only) English (secondary audio)
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	National Geographic Partners, LLC National Geographic Society Fox Networks Group (Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International Disney Latin America)
Sister channels	National Geographic Nat Geo Wild
History
Launched	April 8, 1996; 29 years ago (1996-04-08) (Latin America) October 3, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-10-03) (Brazil)
Closed	March 31, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-03-31)
Former names	Utilísima Satelital (1996–2001) Ultilísima (2001–2013) MundoFox (2013–2017)

History and closure

The channel was originally launched on 8 April 1996 as Utilísima, but it was rebranded on 4 November 2013 as MundoFox. On 1 July 2017, the channel was again rebranded as Nat Geo Kids.^[2] Its Brazilian feed was launched on 4 October 2017.

On January 10, 2022, it was announced that Nat Geo Kids would close on March 31 in the region, along with many other sister networks.^[3]