The Children's Channel (Latin America/Brazil)

The Children's Channel (or simply TCC from 1995 - 1998) was a Latin American channel owned by TCC Holdings South America, a subsidiary of Flextech. It first launched on April 1, 1985, and closed on April 27th, 1998, being replaced by Minimax.

History
On April 1, 1985, The Children's Channel launched in Hispanic America and Brazil, airing 7 days a week from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. The programming was divided into two blocks, similar to Noggin, Mini Niños (LA)/Mini TCC (BR), adapted from Jack In The Box/It's Droibee Time/Tiny TCC, aimed at preschoolers and airing on weekdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and Club Niños (LA)/Clube da TCC (BR), adapted from Roustabout/TCC/The TCC Club, airing on the remaining 5 hours on weekdays, with weekends having a regular block running from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM, ending with Club Cine (LA)/Clube Cine (BR), the channel's movie block.

On April 5, 1993, The Children's Channel rebranded and introduced Link Anchorman, the channel's mascot, serving as the host for their Club Niños/Clube da TCC block. Another rebrand occured on April 1, 1995, with the channel becoming known as simply TCC.

Towards the end of 1996, with the launches of Discovery Kids, Fox Kids, and Nickelodeon, many shows left the schedule, similar to the UK feed, including shows made by Saban and Nickelodeon. Despite this, viewership was still good, so TCC Holdings South America made an agreement with Canal+ to replace the channel with Minimax in 1998.

Hispanic America

 * Francisco Colmenero (February 1985 - April 4, 1993)
 * Gerardo Reyero (March 1993 - 1998)
 * Xavier Coronel (Minimax teasers, March - April 1998)

Brazil

 * Leo Batista (February 1985 - April 4, 1993)
 * Carlos Campanile (March 1993 - 1998)
 * Manolo Rey (Minimax teasers, March - April 1998)

Feed structure
The channel was divided into three feeds, the pan-regional feed, aimed towards Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Central America and the Caribbean (excluding Puerto Rico), the South feed, aimed towards the Southern Cone, and the localized one for Brazil. Letters, viewer polls, and program availability was separate for all feeds.
 * Pan-regional feed: Broadcasting to Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecaudor, Peru, Central America and the Caribbean (excluding Puerto Rico). This feed used the Mexico City time zone (UTC-6/-5 DST).
 * South feed: Broadcasting to the Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay), this feed used the Buenos Aires time zone (UTC-3).
 * Brazil feed: Broadcasting exclusively to that country in Portuguese, this feed used the Brasília time zone (UTC-3).

Programming
Main article: List of programs broadcast by The Children's Channel (Latin America/Brazil)

Merchandise

 * Revista TCC: A magazine given to the channel's subscribers, including daily schedules and activites for kids. Was renamed to Revista Minimax in the April 1998 issue.