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The Walt Disney Company Iberia, S.L.
Trade name	Disney Spain & Portugal
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Media conglomerate
Founded	1999; 26 years ago
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain; Lisboa, Portugal
Area served	Portugal; Spain
Key people	Mariana Baroso (president for Portugal); Simon Amselem (president for Spain)
Products	Television; Streaming services
Total assets	Buena Vista International, Inc.; Disney Channel (Portugal); Disney Jr. (Portugal); Star Channel (Portuguese TV channel); National Geographic (Portugal); 24Kitchen (Portugal); BabyTV (Portugal); Disney Jr. (Spain); Star Channel (Spanish TV channel); National Geographic (Spain); BabyTV (Spain); Disney+
Parent	The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Website	http://disney.pt/ (Portuguese region); http://disney.es/ (Spanish region)
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Instructions · What links here · The Walt Disney Company Iberia (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 9 days ago by CartoonsFan113 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 35 hours ago by DannyS712 bot

The Walt Disney Company Iberia is one subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company EMEA, 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 Portugal and Spain.^[3]^[4]

The company owns and operates the Portuguese versions of Disney Channel, Disney Jr. and National Geographic, and the Spanish versions of Disney Jr. and National Geographic. The Walt Disney Company Iberia also produces content as well with other media companies.

On 27 November 2024, Disney announced the closure of Disney Channel in Spain on 7 January 2025.^[5]^[6]^[7] In Portugal, the channel will continue to operate.^[8]

Assets

Home video and Television production companies

Buena Vista International, Inc.

TV channels in Spain

Streaming services

Disney+

Former assets

Disney Channel Spain – Closed on January 7, 2025
Disney XD Spain – Closed on April 1, 2020^[9]
Disney Cinemagic Spain – Closed on January 1, 2015^[10]
Movistar Disney – Closed on March 31, 2020^[11]
Fox Life Spain – Closed on January 1, 2022^[12]
Viajar – Closed on January 1, 2022^[13]
Disney Cinemagic Portugal – Closed and replaced by Disney Jr. on November 1, 2012^[14]
BemSimples Portugal – Closed on June 1, 2014
Nat Geo Music Portugal – Closed in 2017
Nat Geo People – Replaced by National Geographic Wild
Fox News Channel – Formerly distributed in Portugal
Sky News – Formerly distributed in Portugal
Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Channel – Formerly distributed in Portugal
Phoenix Infonews Channel – Formerly distributed in Portugal
Fuel TV Portugal – sold to FYC^[15]
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - Disney discontinued physical home media distribution in Portugal and Spain^[16]
Disney Channel App – Discontinued on February 28, 2020

References

^ "Iberinform". iberinform.es.
^ "Iberinform". iberinform.pt.
^ "Sobre Nos".
^ "Sobre Nosotros".
^ SER, Redacción (2024-11-27). "Adiós a Disney Channel: el canal infantil abandona la televisión en España". Cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ MERENCIANO, CARLOS (2024-12-03). "Disney Channel dejará de emitirse a través de la TDT en España después de Reyes". La Opinión de A Coruña (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ "Telecompaper". www.telecompaper.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ Cardoso, Joana Amaral. "👀 Olhar para a casa dos vizinhos". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ Franco, Gonzalo (2020-03-26). "El canal Disney XD desaparece en España tras la llegada de Disney+". eCartelera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ Gómez, José (2015-01-02). "Cierra en España el canal de pago Disney Cinemagic". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ "Baja del canal Movistar Disney en Movistar+ a partir del 31 de marzo 2020". ADSLZone (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ F.A.G (2022-01-02). "¿Por qué han desaparecido los canales Fox Life y Viajar?". Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ "Dos míticos canales de Disney desparecen a final de año". ADSLZone (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ Magazine, C. H. (2012-10-29). "Lançamento do canal Disney Junior com programação especial entre 1 e 4 de Novembro | CH Magazine" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ "Empresa portuguesa compra Fuel TV à Fox". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ "The Walt Disney Company Announces Strategic Reorganization of Its Media and Entertainment Businesses" (Press release).

[1] "Iberinform". iberinform.es.

[2] "Iberinform". iberinform.pt.

[3] "Sobre Nos".

[4] "Sobre Nosotros".

[5] SER, Redacción (2024-11-27). "Adiós a Disney Channel: el canal infantil abandona la televisión en España". Cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[6] MERENCIANO, CARLOS (2024-12-03). "Disney Channel dejará de emitirse a través de la TDT en España después de Reyes". La Opinión de A Coruña (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[7] "Telecompaper". www.telecompaper.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[8] Cardoso, Joana Amaral. "👀 Olhar para a casa dos vizinhos". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[9] Franco, Gonzalo (2020-03-26). "El canal Disney XD desaparece en España tras la llegada de Disney+". eCartelera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[10] Gómez, José (2015-01-02). "Cierra en España el canal de pago Disney Cinemagic". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[11] "Baja del canal Movistar Disney en Movistar+ a partir del 31 de marzo 2020". ADSLZone (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[12] F.A.G (2022-01-02). "¿Por qué han desaparecido los canales Fox Life y Viajar?". Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[13] "Dos míticos canales de Disney desparecen a final de año". ADSLZone (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[14] Magazine, C. H. (2012-10-29). "Lançamento do canal Disney Junior com programação especial entre 1 e 4 de Novembro | CH Magazine" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[15] "Empresa portuguesa compra Fuel TV à Fox". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[16] "The Walt Disney Company Announces Strategic Reorganization of Its Media and Entertainment Businesses" (Press release).

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