The Walt Disney Company Portugal Explained
The Walt Disney Company Portugal (formerly Fox Networks Group Portugal[2] [3] [4]) was created in 2003 with headquarters located in Lisbon, Portugal, and is the owner of many Portuguese versions of Disney Channels'.[5] [6] [7]
History
The group's first localized channel, Fox, started on March 1, 2003.[8] [9]
In 2005, Fox and Fox Life launched on TV Cabo's Funtastic Life package with the aim of attracting more subscribers to its digital network. Investment in the channels was strong, without revealing the exact amount of money invested in marketing actions, acquisition of formats or the creation of a local team. It already had set a strategy to launch more channels in Portugal.[10]
A channel for Angola and Mozambique, Mundo Fox, started in October 2015.[11]
In January 2016, 21st Century Fox announced reorganization of Fox International Channels Portugal. The heads of FIC's regional divisions was report to CEO Peter Rice and COO Randy Freer at Fox Networks Group in the United States, instead of the outgoing FIC CEO Hernan Lopez and division was renamed Fox Networks Group Portugal.[12] [13] [14]
On 20 March 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired 21st Century Fox, including Fox Networks Group Portugal and then rebranded and reorganized it to The Walt Disney Company Portugal in 2020.[15] [16]
On November 27, 2023, Disney has announced that Fox branded channels would rebrand to Star on 7 February 2024.[17] [18] [19] [20]
Channels
Current
Former
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Google Translate. translate.google.com.
- Web site: Fox Networks Group Portugal é finalista nos Promax. March 8, 2019.
- Web site: FOX NETWORKS GROUP PORTUGAL, LDA Company Profile | D&B Hoovers. www.hoovers.com.
- Web site: Contactos, NIF, Vendas, Resultados, Accionistas, Empregados e Indicadores de Risco. Directório de todas as empresas em Portugal.
- Web site: Visão | Disney torna-se dona dos Simpsons, Avatar e This is Us. Jornal visao. 14 December 2017 .
- Web site: Fox Networks Group Portugal, Lda.. GesContact.
- Web site: Canais Fox apostam na produção de conteúdos locais. October 31, 2018. Meios & Publicidade.
- Web site: 2003-02-21 . Canal FOX inicia emissões dia 1 de Março na Cabovisão. 2023-06-07 . Meios & Publicidade . pt-PT.
- Web site: Fox TV: canal de êxitos no cabo a partir de Março . 3 January 2024 . Público . 19 February 2003 . http://web.archive.org/web/20231128221751/https://www.publico.pt/2003/02/19/portugal/noticia/fox-tv-canal-de-exitos-no-cabo-a-partir-de-marco-280876 . 28 November 2023.
- Web site: FOX aposta na rede digital . 3 January 2024 . Correio da Manhã . 23 May 2005 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240103150339/https://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/fox-aposta-na-rede-digital . 3 January 2024.
- Web site: 2015-10-23 . Mundo Fox: quando uma das maiores marcas de televisão do mundo cria conteúdos para Angola . 2023-11-20 . VerAngola . pt.
- Fox Networks Group Reorganizes International Television Business . 11 April 2019 . . January 11, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180801064638/https://www.21cf.com/news/business/2016/fox-networks-group-reorganizes-international-television-business/ . 2018-08-01.
- News: Littleton. Cynthia. Fox Reorganizes International Channels Division, CEO Hernan Lopez to Exit. January 11, 2016. Variety. January 11, 2016.
- News: Goldberg . Lesley . Hernan Lopez Exits Fox International Channels Amid Global Consolidation . 11 April 2019 . . January 11, 2016 . en.
- Web site: The Walt Disney Company Portugal, reforça liderança no pay tv e terá mais de 300 séries em emissão em 2021 . 2021-02-24 . foxnewsroom.lift.com.pt.
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1744489/000119312518201596/d770960ds4.htm#rom770960_40 New Disney Registration Statement
- Web site: 2023-11-28 . Disney ends Fox brand in Portugal . 2023-11-28 . theportugalnews.com.
- Web site: 2023-11-28 . Perguntas Frequentes - A FOX vai ser STAR Channel. 2023-11-28 . foxtv.pt . pt.
- Web site: 2023-11-27 . Canais Fox vão mudar de nome e assumir marca Star . Fox channels will change their name and adopt the Star brand . 2023-11-29 . publico.pt . pt.
- Web site: 2023-11-28 . Canais FOX vão passar a ser Star Channel já em 2024 . 2023-11-30 . marketeer.sapo.pt.