Panda Kids
Portuguese television channel
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Panda Kids is a Portuguese pay television channel that launched in 2021, and mainly features animated series and anime for children aged 6 to 12. It is operated by Dreamia, a joint venture between NOS and AMC Networks International Southern Europe.[1]
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| Country | Portugal |
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| Broadcast area | Portugal Angola Mozambique |
| Headquarters | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Programming | |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Dreamia |
| Sister channels | VinTV Canal Hollywood AMC Odisseia AMC Break AMC Crime Casa e Cozinha Canal Panda |
| History | |
| Launched | June 1, 2021 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
History
Panda Kids was launched in Portugal on 1 June 2021, as a pop-up channel for children aged 6 to 9, and featured animated programming formerly aired on Biggs, which was refocused on live-action programming for teens and young adults.[2] Panda Kids also launched in Spain at the same time, as an evening block on Canal Panda, but unlike the Portugal version, it featured live-action programming including television series and reality shows for older children as well as on-air graphics similar to Biggs.[3][4]
Panda Kids was initially intended as a pop-up channel running until December 2021, but due to the channel's popularity, its license was renewed to June 2022,[5] before eventually being established as a permanent channel, which allowed Biggs to be fully refocused as a teen and young adult channel until Biggs' closure and replacement to VinTV in May 2026.[6][7][8] Panda Kids was initially scheduled to run from 8:00am to midnight, but at launch, it instead aired from 6:00am to 1:00am. Its timerange was expanded from 6:00am to 2:30am in July 2021, then to 4:00am in August, to 4:30am in October, and became a 24-hour channel on 16 November 2021.[citation needed]
In 2024, the channel expanded its target audience to preteens, with some live-action shows targeting the demographic and Dragon Ball Super premiering on the channel in August.[9]