Jetix

Jetix (pronounced Yétiks in Spanish phonetics) was an international subscription television channel of American origin focused on children's and youth entertainment, owned by The Walt Disney Company through through its division Disney-ABC Television Group (now Walt Disney Television).

It was considered the successor channel to Fox Kids. It was on the air towards the end of 2004 until 2009, being replaced by the Disney XD channel in most countries.

History

In July 2001, Haim Saban and News Corporation decided to sell the Fox Family Worldwide group (which included the Fox Kids block in the US affiliates of the Fox channel, the Fox Family channel, the distributor and production company Saban Entertainment, among others). others) to The Walt Disney Company for a sum of 3.2 billion dollars, who changed the name of the Fox Family channel to ABC Family (currently, Freeform) in July of that same year within the United States. In 2002, the Fox Kids block (within the Fox channel) was replaced by the Fox Box block due to the acquisition. However, Fox Kids channels, launched around the world, continued to broadcast without any change.

In 2004, the Jetix block on Fox Kids began airing exclusively in Europe, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. due to Disney's decision to introduce a new television brand for male audiences. Starting in 2004, the Jetix block began to replace the European Fox Kids channels, starting with the Nordic region and France on April 4 and August 28 of the same year, respectively. In Latin America, Fox Kids was replaced by Jetix on August 1, 2004 at 6:00 am. m. (in the leading countries of the channel's signals) starting with the movie Shrek by Dreamworks. In the United Kingdom and worldwide, Fox Kids ceases broadcasting on January 1, 2005 to make way for Jetix. The last countries where the channel changed its name were Israel, where it was replaced on April 25 of that same year, and Germany, where Jetix began its existence on June 10.

End of transmissions

In December 2008, The Walt Disney Company announced the purchase of 25% of the shares that News Corporation owned after the purchase of Fox Family WorldWide, leaving Jetix Europe N.V. off the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. Following this, the company announces its interest in renewing Jetix to a new male-oriented channel. The change occurred on February 13, 2009 by relaunching the Toon Disney channel (where Jetix was a block that had taken several hours of its programming) to Disney XD in the United States. Although the brand is no longer used, some of its programming was broadcast on the new channel, and discarded over time.

On February 16, 2009, it was declared that France would be the first European country to broadcast the Disney XD signal. Jetix France was succeeded by the new channel on April 1, 2009.

On May 15, 2009, it was announced that Latin America would be the third region to have Disney XD. On the same day, its official website and its first promotion were launched. On July 3, 2009, Jetix aired the one-time movie Open Season: Wild Friends, their last show to air.

On September 18, 2009, Jetix broadcasts ceased, giving rise to Disney XD in Spain.

The last version of Jetix to close was in Russia, a signal that in this case was replaced by Disney Channel on August 10, 2010, becoming an open television channel on DTT on December 31, 2011, replacing the chain from Semyorka television.

Organization and emissions

United States

Jetix aired in the United States as a programming block on the Toon Disney Channel until February 13, 2009, at which time the channel was replaced by Disney XD. Until September 1, 2006, it aired in a late-night time slot on Toon Disney and in the mornings on ABC Family. However, after that date, it was withdrawn remaining only in the first.

Jetix took the lion's share of Toon Disney's lineup, airing for 14 hours on weekdays and 17 hours on weekends.

Russia

Jetix was broadcast in Russia as a programming block on the REN TV channel until February 13, 2009, at which time the channel was replaced by Disney Channel. Until September 1, 2006, it was broadcast at night on REN TV and in the morning on Channel 1. However, after that date, it was withdrawn, only remaining the first.

Jetix took most of the time in REN TV's programming, broadcasting for 14 hours on weekdays and 17 on weekends.

United Kingdom and Ireland

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Jetix launched on October 19, 1996 as Fox Kids and was renamed to Jetix on January 1, 2005. It also owned a timeshift channel called Jetix +1. It also gave way to Disney XD UK.

Disney-ABC Television Group had announced the replacement of the channel by Disney XD throughout 2009.

Latin America

In Latin America it was a channel owned by The Walt Disney Company and Jetix Latin America, which was operated by The Walt Disney Company Latin America. The channel was known as Fox Kids until August 1, 2004, when it was replaced by Jetix, which began broadcasting with the movie Shrek. It aired original animated programming, non-original animated programming, and original sitcoms from Disney Channel, as well as local shows.

In late 2008, the Disney-ABC Television Group indicated that it hoped to replace Latin America's Jetix with Disney XD on July 3, 2009, when the Disney Cup ended.

Canada

In Canada, Jetix was a programming block of the ABC Family channel. It was owned by Astral Media. Jetix replaced the Power Box block on September 10, 2006. Jetix was phased out in 2009 without replacement.

Japan

In Japan, Jetix was a programming block on the Toon Disney channel, which was operated by The Walt Disney Company. It arrived in late 2005. On August 1, 2009, the Toon Disney channel was succeeded by Disney XD, phasing out its Jetix block.

Spain

In Spain, Jetix launched as a programming block broadcast by Fox Kids, since March 2004. On January 7, 2005, Jetix became a channel to replace Fox Kids. On September 18, 2009, however, it was succeeded by Disney XD.

Programming

Jetix aired various series for children and teens ages 6-14, including animated, live-action, action, anime, and comedy programs, among others. Most of its programming came from the extinct Fox Kids channel —which were produced and distributed internationally by Saban Entertainment—, as well as new series co-produced in conjunction with other foreign channels. However, some of them were canceled for no apparent reason, and series that had never been planned to air on the Jetix channels in Europe were released, distancing the Latin American channel from its original legacy.

Series legacy of Fox Kids

• Miniseries
  • Pucca (2004-2010)
  • The Mysteria Sisters (2004-2007)
  • Basura Valley (2008-2009)
  • The Owl (2008-2010)
  • Dangerous Team (Also at Disney XD) (2008-2009)
  • The dark godmother

Jetix Cup

Formerly Fox Kids Cup. Section of the old Fox Kids, it was an international soccer cup for children from 8 to 14 years old. This section was released in 1996 when Fox Kids still existed as Fox Kids Cup and changed to Jetix Cup in 2004 when the change to Jetix was made. In 2009, it was changed to Copa Disney after the switch to Disney XD.

Tito Cortito's Shorts

Los cortitos de Tito Cortito was a 30-minute segment that compiled animated short films, both in 2D and 3D. It was released on May 19, 2008 and canceled after a few months.

Tito cortito is the driver of the "Expreso Jetix" a train that takes all the children to meet different characters such as:

• Bernard 2008-2009
• Monstorietas 2008-2009
• Minus 2008-2009
• Shaun, lamb 2008-2009
• Owl 2008-2009

Additional services

• Jetix Animation Concepts: It is a division of Jetix in which it specializes in creating animated series. This brand is only used when Jetix (or in some cases Disney) performs solitary productions (Super Squadron Cyber Monkeys Hyperfuerza Ya! and Yin Yang Yo!), but when the company produces animated series along with external companies to Disney (YTV, Coneybeare Stories Inc., VOOZ, etc.) is used simply as JetixH (Examples: W.I.

• Jetix Magazine: Magazine where it is distributed by North America and Europe, where every four weeks comes a new version of the magazine in which you can find puzzles and pages related to the series issued on the channel.

• Jetix Consumer Products is a service of Jetix that operates in Europe, which distributes merchandise related to television series licensed by it.

• J-Player: Jetix-Player (Jetix Video in Spain and Jetix VOD In the UK) is an additional service on Jetix sites only available in the United States and Europe, with which you can watch videos of the animated series issued on the channel.

Broadcast in other countries