Jetix
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| Launched | 1998 (as Toon Disney), 1996 (as Fox Kids UK) UK Only. |
| Network | Disney-ABC Television Group (as a block) |
| Owned by | The Walt Disney Company |
| Country | United States |
| Formerly called | Fox Kids |
| Replaced | Fox Kids |
| Website | www.jetix.tv |
Jetix is a television programming brand of the Disney-ABC Television Group and is owned by The Walt Disney Company (In Europe the brand whose majority shareholder (74%) is Disney). It was previously known as Fox Kids. In Jetix of the United States, It took up 85% of Toon Disney's Time.
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[edit] Organization and ownership
[edit] United States
The brand broadcasts in the United States as a block of programming on the Toon Disney television channel.
On September 1, 2006, ABC Family dropped the Jetix block, which continued to air on its exclusive home, Toon Disney.
[edit] United Kingdom & Ireland
In United Kingdom and Ireland, The channel was launched in October 19, 1996 as Fox Kids and it became Jetix on 1st January, 2005 at midnight. Most Jetix channels are basic cable or satellite pay channels. Jetix is also available as a timeshift hour-delay channel named Jetix+1. The UK and Ireland channel is carried on Sky Digital, Virgin Media, Tiscali TV and Chorus.
[edit] Europe, Latin America
- See also Jetix around the world for the European channels
In Europe and Latin America, the brand broadcasts as television channels in their own right, owned by subsidiary companies Jetix Europe based in Netherlands Hilversum and Jetix Latin America. These channels are branded as Jetix. All previous Fox Kids channels were rebranded to Jetix by January 2005. The European subsidiary, Jetix Europe NV, is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. [1] However only 26% of the shares in free float, as Disney owns the remainder. The Latin American company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney.
[edit] Canada
In Canada, "Family", a long-time partner of Disney Channel's programming owned by Astral Media, began their own Jetix block on September 10, 2006, replacing the "Power Box" block. The Canadian Jetix block includes Get Ed, Oban Star Racers, W.I.T.C.H. and Power Rangers Mystic Force. Jetix airs from 6:03AM ET through 7:45AM ET on weekend mornings.
[edit] Fox Kids
Before October 2001, Fox Kids was a 50-50 joint venture between News Corporation and Haim Saban. The ABC Family Channel was at that point known as the Fox Family Channel, and all the channels now branded Jetix were called Fox Kids. Fox Kids itself had been founded in as a merger between the US Fox Children's Entertainment and Haim Saban's Saban Entertainment. In October 2001, Saban and News Corp sold the group to The Walt Disney Company, which renamed it Jetix, and moved it to ABC Family. The block moved to Toon Disney in 2004. Until 2002, the brand had the rights to the children's programming slot on the Fox Broadcasting Company television network, however after the sale, that slot was sold to 4Kids Entertainment. The slot, initially known as the "FoxBox" is now named 4Kids TV. However some Jetix programs are broadcast on the ABC television network, under the ABC Kids brand. As of 2007, however, the only Jetix show to air on ABC Kids is the Power Rangers.
Notably, all shows produced before the sale to Disney in 2002 (including the pre-2002 Digimon and Power Rangers shows) still have the Saban and Fox Children's Productions logos (one example is The Tick which still has the latter logo). In Europe most old Fox Kids shows retain their original Saban and Fox logos, but the Buena Vista International logo is put after them (although, very often when such a show is aired on Jetix's European channels, the film stops right before it).
[edit] Shows aired on Jetix
[edit] Magazine
In the UK, Future Publishing publishes the official Jetix Magazine. Published every four weeks the magazine features puzzles and features based on the channel's characters plus a six page Power Rangers comic. The magazine also comes with a free DVD featuring shows from the channel.
[edit] External links
- Jetix United States
- Jetix Europe corporate
- List of Jetix websites in European countries
- Jetix Latin America
- Jetix United Kingdom and Ireland
- Jetix Romania and Moldova
- Jetix India (although its address was still in the toon disney website)
- Jetix Middle East Via STAR Select
- DisneyIn.com
- Jetix Netherlands
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