Discovery Kids (Latin American TV channel) facts for kids
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| Country | Latin America, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Belize |
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| Broadcast area | Latin America, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Belize |
| Slogan | Aquí, en Discovery Kids (Spanish) Aqui, em Discovery Kids (Portuguese) (Here in Discovery Kids) |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish Portuguese English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i/576i for the channel's SDTV feeds) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Discovery, Inc. |
| Sister channels | Discovery Turbo Investigation Discovery Discovery Home & Health |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 November 1996 |
| Former names | Discovery Kids Channel (1996–97) |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| NET TV (Brazil) | Channel 100 (SD) Channel 600 (HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Dish Network (Mexico) | Channel 310 |
| DirecTV (Latin America) | Channel 330 |
| Sky (Mexico) | Channel 303 |
| Streaming media | |
| OneLink Communications | Channel 60 |
Discovery Kids (stylized as DK) is a Latin American pay television channel owned by Discovery, Inc. and headquartered in Miami, Florida, which started as a programming block on the Latin American version of Discovery Channel.
The channel is divided into six live feeds: Pan-regional, Colombia, Southern, Mexico and Brazil, each with their own HD simulcast feeds. Until 2019, the channel had an HD version of the channel with different schedule broadcasting to all Latin America. The network is also available in Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, and Trinidad and Tobago.
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Programming
Feeds
The channel broadcasts 5 feeds, each having their own HD simulcast feed.
- Pan-regional feed: broadcasting to most Latin American countries, including the Caribbean. It uses the Colombian (UTC-5) and Argentine (UTC-3) time zones.
- Mexico feed: broadcasting exclusively to that country, with different schedule and TV series. It uses the Mexico City time zone (UTC-6/-5 DST) .
- Colombia feed: broadcasting exclusively to that country, with different schedule. It uses the Bogotá time zone (UTC-5).
- Southern feed: broadcasting to Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, with different schedule. It uses the Buenos Aires time zone (UTC-3).
- Brazil feed: broadcasting exclusively to that country, with different schedule and TV series. Broadcasting in Portuguese, it uses the Brasilia time zone (UTC-3/-2 DST).
Live events
- La Ronda de Discovery Kids: The channel organized live events called La Ronda de Discovery Kids (The Discovery Kids Tour), where "Doki", the channel's mascot, along with characters from the series visited some cities and make performings. The last event with that name was in 2008, however, the channel still organizes events on Latin American cities from time to time. In 2009 was another similar project called Exploration which dealt with the environment, In 2010 was made only in Mexico a similar event called En sus marcas, listos, ya (On your marks, get set, go!) In July, August, and September 2012, They were performing Expreso Discovery Kids (Discovery Kids Express) in city of Mexico and Venezuela.
Images for kids
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Logo used between 2002–2009, notable for being the only logo to be used in more than one era.
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Two-dimensional logo used between 2009–2016.
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Three-dimensional logo, mainly used between 2013–2016.
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Three-dimensional logo for the 2016–2021 era.
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See also
In Spanish: Discovery Kids para niños
