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Discovery Kids Latin America is a cable television channel owned by Discovery Communications and headquartered in Miami, Florida, which started as a programming block on the Latin American version of Discovery Channel. It is the only Discovery channel to feature spokescharacters. Since the original U.S. version's rebranding to "The Hub" (later the Hub Network and now Discovery Family) on October 10, 2010, this was the only Discovery Kids channel in the world, until March 4, 2012, when an Asian version was launched, followed by the Australian version by the late 2014. The channel is divided on four feeds: Mexico, Argentina, the rest of Latin America, and a Portuguese feed for Brazil. == History == The channel started broadcasting on November 1, 1996. Originally its programming was aimed at older children and teens, airing shows such as ''Ghostwriter'', ''Popular Mechanics for Kids'', and ''Cyberkids''. In 2002, when Discovery Kids in United States was being launched as a programming block on NBC, the Latin American channel changed its programming to focus mainly on the pre-school audience. Programming for young children aired round-the-clock on weekdays, while series for teens aired only on weekends. This was due to low ratings on the non-preschool programming and hard competition with rival networks Cartoon Network (Latin America), Nickelodeon (Latin America) and Fox Kids Latin America (now known as Disney XD (Latin America)). On January 13, 2003, the channel changed its programming to target mainly pre-schoolers and dropping all teen series completely, airing programs for young children round-the-clock seven days a week. On March 8, 2005, the channel introduced ''Doki'', a dog who would become the official mascot of the channel. In 2008, Doki was accompanied by ''Mundi'', a female anthropomorphic ladybug who serves as his best friend; the channel had previously introduced characters who are Doki's friends, including ''Gabi'', ''Oto'', ''Fico'', and ''Anabella''. On March 30, 2009, the channel radically changed its logo, and adopted new programming, bumpers and schedules.〔http://www.realtvnews.com.ar/new/noticias.php?id=4361〕 Another image renovation was adopted on April 15, 2013. This coincided with the premiere of the new series ''Doki: The Series''. New bumpers and schedule changes were part of this rebranding. In the U.S., it is available as a block on Discovery Familia, known as Discovery Kids en Español. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Discovery Kids (Latin America)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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