Canal Panda Expands Footprint

MADRID, August 1: Chello
Multicanal, the Spain-based business unit of Chellomedia, is making its
Portuguese kids’ channel, Canal Panda, available in Angola and Mozambique on
MultiChoice Africa.

Targeted at children aged
2 to 12, Canal Panda features a mix of animated series, movies and educational
shows on sports, music and culture, consisting largely of in-house productions.
The channel joins other Chellomedia brands like Zone Reality and Extreme Sports
Channel on the MultiChoice platform.

The managing director of
Chello Multicanal, Eduardo Zulueta, commented, “We are absolutely delighted
with the impressive ongoing success of Canal Panda, which is now gradually
increasing its reach across the world. We are confident that the channel’s
exciting range of programming will continue to appeal and we look forward to
welcoming even more cable operators to the Canal Panda family in the near
future.”

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski