 Logo used since 2015 | |
| Broadcast area | Portugal Angola Mozambique Cape Verde São Tomé and Príncipe Guinea-Bissau Macau |
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| Headquarters | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Dreamia in Portugal (NOS, AMCNI Southern Europe) |
| Sister channels | Biggs Canal Hollywood AMC Odisseia A&E Más Chic Sundance Channel Panda Kids |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 April 1996 |
| Former names | Panda Club (1996–1997) |
| Links | |
| Website | canalpanda |
Canal Panda is a Portuguese pay television channel, the first one dedicated to kids programming, mostly animated series for children aged 6–14. The channel was founded in 1996 as Panda Club in Spain and Portugal, but the name was changed to Canal Panda in 1997. In 2001, the channel was closed down in Spain, thus focusing on the Portuguese market. It was relaunched in Spain in 2011 and closed down again in 2022. Canal Panda is currently owned by Dreamia, a joint-venture between AMC Networks International Iberia and NOS, in addition of the linear channel, it operates the Panda+ SVOD service.
Currently, Canal Panda is a Portuguese preschooler-focused channel, airing programs targeted at the 3-8 age range.