The Walt Disney Company Latin America

The Walt Disney Company Latin America is one of The Walt Disney Company's international divisions. It is responsible for the Disney brand and its businesses throughout the region. It has offices in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Miami.^[3]

The Walt Disney Company Latin America

Trade name	Disney Latino
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Media conglomerate
Founded	1943; 82 years ago (1943)
Founder	Walt Disney
Headquarters	Pilar , Argentina
Number of locations	Pilar, Argentina São Paulo, Brazil Santiago, Chile Bogotá, Colombia Mexico City, Mexico Miami, United States
Area served	Latin America United States
Key people	Diego Lerner (president for Latin American region) Maitena de Amorrortu (vice president) Cristina Giosa (Chief Marketing Officer) Renato D'Angelo (president for Brazilian region)
Products	Television Streaming services Radio
Total assets	Patagonik Film Group (30%) Star Distribution Disney Channel Disney Jr. ESPN (Latin America) Star Channel FX Cinecanal National Geographic BabyTV ESPN (Brazil) Radio Disney Latin America Radio Disney (Argentina) Rádio Disney Brasil (29%) Disney+ ESPN App
Parent	Disney Entertainment
Subsidiaries	The Walt Disney Company Argentina
Website	disneylatino.com (Hispanic American region) disney.com.br (Brazilian region)
Footnotes / references [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

The company owns and operates the Latin American versions of Disney Channel, Disney Jr., ESPN and Radio Disney. The Walt Disney Company Latin America also produces content as well with other media companies.

On 2 December 2024, Disney announced the closure of all its channels in Brazil except ESPN on 28 February 2025.^[9][10][11] In Hispanic America, the channels will continue to operate.^[12]

Assets

Home video and Television production companies

• Patagonik Film Group (30%)
• Star Distribution (formerly Buena Vista International Latín America)
• Star Original Productions (formerly Buena Vista Original Productions (2019–2021) and Fox Producciones Originales (2015–2021))

TV channels in Latin America

• Disney Channel
• Disney Jr.
• Star Channel
• Cinecanal
• National Geographic
• ESPN
  • Latin America: ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN 3, ESPN 4, ESPN 5 (except Argentina and Mexico), ESPN 6 (except Argentina and Mexico), ESPN 7 (except Mexico, Argentina and Central America)
  • Argentina and Chile: ESPN Premium^[13]
  • Caribbean: ESPN, ESPN 2
• FX
• BabyTV (operated from Europe)
• TV Chile (only distribution)
• Canal 24 Horas (only distribution)

TV channels in Brazil

• ESPN
  • ESPN 2, ESPN 3, ESPN 4, ESPN 5 and ESPN 6

Streaming services

• Disney+
• ESPN App

Radio networks and stations

• Radio Disney Latin America
  • LRL301 Radio Disney (4.75%; shares owned by The Walt Disney Company Argentina).^[8]
  • Rádio Disney Brasil (29%)

Disney Media Networks Latin America

Main article: Disney Media Networks Latin America

Disney Media Networks Latin America is the Hispanic American division of The Walt Disney Company Latin America that operates, distributes and markets the company's channels in Hispanic America. Previously, sales for Disney Channel and Jetix were handled by HBO Latin America Group.^[14]

Former assets

• Brazilian feeds of Disney Channel, Star Channel, National Geographic, Cinecanal, BabyTV and FX – Closed on March 1, 2025
• Disney Junior Brazil (formerly Playhouse Disney)^[7] – Closed on April 1, 2022^[15]
• Disney XD Latin America (formerly Fox Kids; later Jetix) – Closed on April 1, 2022^[16]
• Disney XD Brazil (formerly Fox Kids; later Jetix) – Closed on April 1, 2022^[17]
• Fox Sports Latin America
  • Fox Sports, Fox Sports 1 (Chile), Fox Sports 2 (Central and South America), Fox Sports 3 and Fox Sports Premium (Argentina) – Channels rebranded as ESPN on December 1, 2021, May 1, 2022 and February 15, 2024, and closed on June 14, 2023 for Fox Sports 2 in Central America^{[18][19][20][21]}
• Fox Sports Argentina – sold to Mediapro in 2022^[22]
• Fox Sports Mexico – sold to Grupo Multimedia Lauman in 2021^[23]
• Fox Sports Brazil
  • Fox Sports and Fox Sports 2 – Channels rebranded as ESPN on January 17, 2022 and February 15, 2024^[24]
• FXM Latin America – Closed on April 1, 2022^[16]
• Nat Geo Wild – Closed on April 1, 2022^[16]
• Nat Geo Kids – Closed on April 1, 2022
• TIS Productions – sold to Paramount Networks Americas owned by Paramount Global in 2021
• Buena Vista International Latin America – Retired and replaced by Star Distribution in early 2022
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Latin America
• Buena Vista Original Productions – Renamed to Star Original Productions on May 19, 2021
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Latin America - Became dormant in late 2023 as Disney discontinued physical home media distribution in Latin American markets
• Star+ – Closed on July 24, 2024^[25]
• Star Life Latin America (formerly Fox Life) – Closed on April 1, 2022^[16]
• Star Life Brazil (formerly Fox Life) – Closed and replaced by Cinecanal on April 1, 2022^[15]
• Star Premium Latin America (formerly Moviecity, Fox+ and Fox Premium) – Closed on January 31, 2022^[26]
  • Star Action, Star Cinema, Star Classics, Star Comedy, Star Fun, Star Hits, Star Series

• Star Premium Brazil (formerly Fox Premium) – Closed on March 31, 2022^[27]
  • Star Hits 1 and Star Hits 2

• Rede Telecine (with Globosat, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures and MGM. Only distribution)
  • Megapix
  • Telecine Action, Telecine Cult, Telecine Fun, Telecine Pipoca, Telecine Premium, Telecine Touch