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Jetix
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| Network | Disney-ABC Television Group (as a block) |
| Owned by | The Walt Disney Company |
| Country |  United States |
| Formerly called | Fox Kids |
| Replaced | Fox Kids |
| Sister channel(s) | Disney Channel, Toon Disney, ABC Family, Super RTL |
| Website | www.jetix.tv |
Jetix is a television programming brand of the Disney-ABC Television Group aimed at children ages 7-13 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.
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The brand broadcasts in the United States as a block of programming on the Toon Disney television channel.
Following the August 31st broadcast, ABC Family dropped the Jetix block, which continued to air on its exclusive home, Toon Disney.
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 United Kingdom and Ireland channel became Jetix on January 1, 2005 at midnight.
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.
Brian Donovan is the current Jetix announcer in Jetix America.
In Canada, Family, a long-time partner of Disney Channel's programming owned by Astral Media Inc., 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.
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. The brand announced the change of name to Jetix in January 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).
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.
- 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
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| By Location | Brazil · Canada · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary, Czech, Slovakia · Israel · Italy · Netherlands · Poland · Romania & Russia · Scandinavia · Spain · Turkey · UK & Ireland · USA |
| Original Jetix Shows | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! · Get Ed · Yin-Yang-Yo! |
| Non-Original Jetix Shows | Power Rangers · W.I.T.C.H. · A.T.O.M. · Galactik Football · Pucca · Oban Star-Racers |
| Related Articles | Fox Kids · Jetix Play · Toon Disney · List of programs broadcast by Jetix · List of programs broadcast by Jetix in the US |
