Jetix
Encyclopedia
Jetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company
. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids
into. Disney retired the Jetix brand in 2009 and replaced it with Disney XD
(or Disney Channel
in some countries). The last remaining Jetix in the world in Russia
, was replaced by Disney Channel
on August 10, 2010.
comic, and at one point, the stories from the American Sonic X comic book series
by Archie Comics
. The magazine also came with a free DVD featuring shows from the channel.
In other countries, including Bulgaria
and Romania
, similar Jetix magazines were also produced.
monster truck
series had a truck with the Jetix name and some characters on it. The truck was driven by Dan Evans, who normally drives The Destroyer, and toured in the Monster Jam European tour until December. The truck has not been seen since then and was rebranded as Disney XD.
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids
Fox Kids
Fox Kids was the Fox Broadcasting Company's American children's programming division and brand name from September 8, 1990 until September 7, 2002. It was owned by Fox Television Entertainment airing programming on Monday–Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.Depending on the show, the...
into. Disney retired the Jetix brand in 2009 and replaced it with Disney XD
Disney XD
Disney XD is a brand of children's TV channels worldwide targeting young males, owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel was formerly known as Toon Disney and/or Jetix in most areas. According to Gary Marsh, President of Entertainment for Disney Channel Worldwide, "XD" does not "stand for...
(or Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
in some countries). The last remaining Jetix in the world in Russia
Jetix (Russia)
Disney Channel Eastern and Central Europe is a children's television channel owned by Disney-ABC Television Group broadcast in Romania, Bulgaria and other countries. It was previously known as Fox Kids, then Jetix. It is broadcast simultaneously in seven languages : Romanian, English, Bulgarian,...
, was replaced by Disney Channel
Disney Channel (Russia)
Disney Channel Russia is a television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company, which began broadcast in Russia and other CIS countries. It replaced Jetix....
on August 10, 2010.
List of international versions
- Americas
- Jetix (Canada)Jetix (Canada)Jetix was a block of the children's television programming run on the Astral Media-owned Family channel, using branding used under license by The Walt Disney Company....
(Closed as block on August 1, 2009) - Jetix (US)Jetix (US)Jetix USA was a television programming brand running on Toon Disney, owned by The Walt Disney Company. It first officially began programming as a children's programming block on ABC Family in September 2002 as the ABC Family Action Block...
(Closed as block and replaced with Disney XDDisney XDDisney XD is a brand of children's TV channels worldwide targeting young males, owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel was formerly known as Toon Disney and/or Jetix in most areas. According to Gary Marsh, President of Entertainment for Disney Channel Worldwide, "XD" does not "stand for...
on February 13, 2009) - Jetix (Latin America)Jetix (Latin America)Jetix Latin America was a cable television channel and was an edition of The Walt Disney Company-owned Toon Disney/Jetix broadcast to Latin America. It was broadcast in thee feeds, North Zone, Central Zone and South Zone. It featured action-related live-action and animated programming. It re-runed...
(Closed July 3, 2009 and replaced with Disney XD (Latin America)Disney XD (Latin America)Disney XD Latin America is a cable television channel and is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney XD broadcasting to Latin America and the Caribbean. It was launched on November 8, 1996 as The Fox Kids Network. The network took on its current name on July 3, 2009. It is broadcast... - Jetix (Brazil) (Closed September 9, 2009 and replaced with Disney XD (Latin America)Disney XD (Latin America)Disney XD Latin America is a cable television channel and is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney XD broadcasting to Latin America and the Caribbean. It was launched on November 8, 1996 as The Fox Kids Network. The network took on its current name on July 3, 2009. It is broadcast...
- Jetix (Canada)
- Asia Pacific
- Jetix (Japan) (Closed as block and replaced with Disney XD (Japan) on August 1, 2009)
- Toon DisneyToon Disney IndiaToon Disney/Jetix India was a cable channel that first aired in India in 2004 based in Mumbai. It showed Jetix throughout the day and showed the Toon Disney programming from 11 am to 1pm during weekdays...
/Jetix India (Closed November 14, 2009 and replaced with Disney XD (India)Disney XD (India)Disney XD is a television channel broadcasting in India, owned by The Walt Disney Company. It is a merger between Jetix and Toon Disney as one channel, unlike Toon Disney which aired action shows under a block called Jetix and animated in the channel itself, Disney XD will have no action dedicated...
- Europe
- Jetix (CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, MontenegroMontenegroMontenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, MacedoniaRepublic of MacedoniaMacedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
) (Closed as block and replaced with Disney XD (Croatia) on October 29, 2009) - Jetix (Central and Eastern Europe)Jetix (Central and Eastern Europe)Jetix was a children's television channel owned by Disney-ABC Television Group broadcast in Russia, Romania, Bulgaria and other countries. It was previously known as Fox Kids. It was broadcast simultaneously in four languages : Romanian, Russian , English and Bulgarian...
(RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, CISCommonwealth of Independent StatesThe Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....
countries, BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
) (Closed September 19, 2009 and replaced with Disney Channel) - Jetix (Czech Republic & Slovakia) (Closed September 19, 2009 and replaced with Disney Channel)
- Jetix (France)Jetix (France)Jetix was a children's television programming brand owned by Disney-ABC Television Group and The Walt Disney Company broadcast in France. It was previously known as Fox Kids....
(Closed April 1, 2009 and replaced with Disney XD) - Jetix (Germany)Jetix (Germany)Jetix was a children's television channel owned Disney-ABC Television Group broadcast in Germany. It was previously known as Fox Kids. The german version of Jetix was also available in Austria and Switzerland.- Disney XD rebrand :...
(Closed October 9, 2009 and replaced with Disney XDDisney XD (Germany)Disney XD is a Germany TV channel that replaced Jetix Germany on October 9, 2009. On April 15, 2010 it replaced Toon Disney Germany, too. At the same time Disney XD +1 started its broadcast in Germany.-History:...
) - Jetix (Greece)Jetix (Greece)Jetix Greece was a children's television channel that featured programming from Jetix, a brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Channel was owned by Forthnet and originally launched in October 2001 as KTV...
(Closed October 3, 2009 and replaced with Disney XD) - Jetix (Hungary) (Closed September 19, 2009 and replaced with Disney ChannelDisney Channel (Hungary)Disney Channel is a children's television channel owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group broadcast in Hungary. It was previously known as Fox Kids, and later as Jetix.-History:The channel has launched on November 2000 as Fox Kids....
) - Jetix (Italy)Jetix (Italy)Jetix was a children's television channel brand owned by Disney-ABC Television Group broadcast in Italy. It was previously known as Fox Kids.Part of Jetix programming was also broadcast on K-2.-Disney XD rebrand:...
(Closed September 28, 2009 and replaced with Disney XD (Italy) - Jetix (Netherlands)Jetix (Netherlands)Jetix was a children's television programming brand owned by Disney-ABC Television Group broadcast in the Netherlands. It was previously known as Fox Kids. This version of the channel was also available in Belgium on Telenet and TV Vlaanderen and Belgacom TV...
(Closed January 1, 2010 and replaced with Disney XD (Netherlands) - Jetix (Poland)Jetix (Poland)Jetix was a children's television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company broadcast in Poland. It was previously known as Fox Kids.- Disney XD rebrand :...
(Closed September 19, 2009 and replaced with Disney XD) - Jetix (Romania)Jetix (Romania)Jetix was a children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company broadcast in Romania by all major cable TV and DTH operators. The Romanian version of the channel was included in the list of channels of various Moldovan cable operators as well as in the basic package of the...
(Closed September 19, 2009 and replaced with Disney Channel (Romania)) - Jetix (Russia)Jetix (Russia)Disney Channel Eastern and Central Europe is a children's television channel owned by Disney-ABC Television Group broadcast in Romania, Bulgaria and other countries. It was previously known as Fox Kids, then Jetix. It is broadcast simultaneously in seven languages : Romanian, English, Bulgarian,...
(RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, and the CISCommonwealth of Independent StatesThe Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....
countries) (Closed August 10, 2010 and replaced with Disney Channel Russia) - Jetix (Scandinavia) (DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, FinlandFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
) (Closed September 12, 2009 and replaced with Disney XD (Scandinavia) - Jetix (Spain)Jetix (Spain)Jetix was a children's television programming brand owned by Disney-ABC Television Group broadcast in Spain. It was previously known as Fox Kids.Jetix became the Spanish version of Disney XD on 18 September 2009.-Disney XD rebrand:...
(Closed September 18, 2009 and replaced with Disney XD (Spain) - Jetix (Turkey) (Closed October 3, 2009 and replaced with Disney XD (Turkey)
- Jetix (UK & Ireland)Jetix (UK & Ireland)Jetix was a television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company that was aimed at children ages six to 14. Jetix was available in many countries around the world in a localized form, including the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. It was previously known as Fox Kids.Jetix was available as a...
and Jetix+1 timeshift channel (Closed August 31, 2009 and replaced with Disney XD (UK & Ireland)
- Jetix (Croatia
- Middle East
- Jetix (Arab World)Jetix (Arab World)Jetix was a block of children's television programming run on MBC 3 from 11:00-12:00, using branding used under license by The Walt Disney Company...
- Jetix (Israel)Jetix (Israel)Disney Channel is a children's television programming brand owned by Disney-ABC Television Group broadcast in Israel. It was previously known as Fox Kids and Jetix.-Rebrand:...
(Closed September 9, 2009 and replaced with Disney Channel)
- Jetix (Arab World)
Magazine
In the UK, Future plc published the official Jetix Magazine. Published every four weeks the magazine featured puzzles and featured based on the channel's characters plus a six page Power RangersPower Rangers
Power Rangers is a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes...
comic, and at one point, the stories from the American Sonic X comic book series
Sonic X (comics)
Sonic X was an ongoing comic book series published by Archie Comics, based on the English dub of the Japanese anime of the same name. Like Archie's other title, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic X features SEGA's mascot video game character Sonic. It began in September 2005 and was originally meant to be a...
by Archie Comics
Archie Comics
Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
. The magazine also came with a free DVD featuring shows from the channel.
In other countries, including Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
and Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, similar Jetix magazines were also produced.
Monster Truck
In 2007, the Monster JamMonster Jam
Monster Jam is a live motorsport event tour and television show operated by Feld Entertainment. The series is sanctioned under the umbrella of the United States Hot Rod Association and takes place primarily in the United States and around the world...
monster truck
Monster truck
A monster truck is a pickup truck, typically styled after pickup trucks' bodies, modified or purposely built with extremely large wheels and suspension...
series had a truck with the Jetix name and some characters on it. The truck was driven by Dan Evans, who normally drives The Destroyer, and toured in the Monster Jam European tour until December. The truck has not been seen since then and was rebranded as Disney XD.