Jetix
Jetix (stylized in all caps) was a children's entertainment brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The brand was for a slate of action/adventure-related programming blocks and television channels. Jetix programming mainly originated from the Saban Entertainment library, airing live-action and animated series with some original programming.
| Type | Children's television network |
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| Country | United States Netherlands Argentina |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Stations | Jetix Play |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California (US programming block) Buenos Aires, Argentina (Latin American channel) Hilversum, Netherlands (European and MENA channels) |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Available in over 20 languages |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Timeshift service | Jetix +1 (United Kingdom and Italy) |
| Ownership | |
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| Parent | The Walt Disney Company |
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| History | |
| Founded | January 2004 |
| Launched | 14 February 2004 (as a programming block) August 2004 (as a channel) |
| Replaced | Fox Kids (Europe, Latin America) |
| Closed | 13 February 2009 (programming block in the US) 10 August 2010 (as channel) |
| Replaced by | Disney XD or Disney Channel (see table) |
| Former names | Fox Kids (in Europe, Middle East, and Latin America) |
| Links | |
| Website | jetix jetixtv |
Jetix was first launched as a programming block in the United States on Toon Disney on February 14, 2004, to compete with Cartoon Network's Toonami block, and in Europe in April 2004. By the end of 2004, Jetix began completely replacing the international Fox Kids channels around the world, the first being the French version in August 2004, and the last one being the German version, in June 2005.
Although it was commercially successful, the Jetix brand was later discontinued in 2009. All international channels were rebranded as either Disney XD or Disney Channel due to The Walt Disney Company's focus on its "Disney," "ABC," and "ESPN" brands. After the shutdown of the last Jetix channel in Russia (replaced with Disney Channel Russia) on August 10, 2010, and with the shutdown of Jetix Play in the Middle East on September 1, 2010 (which was replaced with Playhouse Disney, later Disney Junior) the Jetix brand officially ceased usage.