Jetix (UK & Ireland)
Encyclopedia
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 timeshift hour-delay channel named Jetix+1. The channel was carried by Sky Digital
, Virgin Media
, and Tiscali TV in the UK and in the Republic of Ireland on Sky Digital, and Magnet Networks
. The channel was available in Iceland on Skjarinn
and in Malta on Melita
(It still airing as Disney XD).
On August 31, 2009, Jetix in the UK was rebranded as Disney XD, following its US counterpart and in keeping with the European Jetix channels.
. Eventually, broadcasting hours were extended to 10 pm, and, on November 3, 2003, the channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In April 2004, the Jetix brand was gently introduced to the UK and Ireland in the form of a programming block on Fox Kids
. The Jetix programming line-up aired every day between the hours of 3 pm and 7 pm. In September 2004, the block was also included in the morning line-up, airing between the hours of 7 am and 9 am.
The Jetix block featured the following programmes; Shaman King
, Sonic X
, Digimon
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
, Jackie Chan Adventures
, Totally Spies, Black Hole High, Goosebumps
, MegaMan: NT Warrior, Donkey Kong Country
, Martin Mystery
, Robot Wars
' and Power Rangers Ninja Storm plus 2-minute shorts of Shin Chan episodes.
Fox Kids rebranded as Jetix on January 1, 2005. The Jetix programming blocks were dropped, and the shows that it contained were integrated into the normal programming schedule. Shortly after the rebranding, a new early-evening block was introduced named "Jetix Max". The Jetix Max slot included such shows as; W.I.T.C.H.
, Totally Spies, Martin Mystery
, Funky Cops
, Power Rangers
, PXG
and Black Hole High. The Jetix Max slot was dropped in June 2006, although it remainded on other Jetix channels around Europe.
, Goosebumps
, MegaMan NT Warrior
, and Power Rangers
.
on Jetix (mid way though July 2006), Jetix has offered an online "Video On Demand" service, allowing viewers to watch "Exclusive to web" Pucca Shorts (Titled "Pucca: Funny ♥ Love"). Adverts for the TV episodes of Pucca run before and after each short. Since the UK TV airing of Power Rangers Mystic Force, all Pucca: Funny ♥ Love episodes have been replaced with clips of Power Rangers: Mystic Force (Interestingly enough, on AOL Browsers, debug information is also shown).
Similarly to Toonami (US)'s
Toonami Jetstream Service, Jetix VOD is exclusive to the United Kingdom and Internet Explorer (5.0 and later) users. Attempting to launch the service ether from outside the UK (Or rather, not using a UK IP address
) or using a non Internet Explorer web browser
will lead to an error message being displayed and the service not running.
in the US, Disney-ABC Television Group
confirmed that Disney XD would launch in the UK on August 31, 2009, replacing Jetix. On August 12, 2009 the Jetix on-screen logo was removed and replaced with the Disney XD logo counting down the days to the launch.
Disney XD is aimed towards boys aged 6 to 14. The channel will feature live-action films, animated shows as well as sports coverage developed in collaboration with ESPN.
The channel launched the original series Aaron Stone
, animated series Phineas and Ferb
, live-action series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The channel continued to air shows that previously aired on Jetix, such as Pokémon Battle Dimension, Kid vs. Kat
, Phil of the Future
, American Dragon: Jake Long
and Jimmy Two-Shoes
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. It was previously known as 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...
.
Jetix was available as a timeshift hour-delay channel named Jetix+1. The channel was carried by Sky Digital
Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)
Sky is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2° east and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E. The service was originally launched as Sky Digital, distinguishing it from the original...
, Virgin Media
Virgin Media
Virgin Media Inc. is a company which provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom...
, and Tiscali TV in the UK and in the Republic of Ireland on Sky Digital, and Magnet Networks
Magnet Networks
Magnet Networks is an Irish company providing telephone, television and internet services via subscription over optical fibre.Magnet Networks was launched in Dublin on 1 December 2004, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based international investment company Columbia Ventures Corporation...
. The channel was available in Iceland on Skjarinn
Skjárinn
Skjárinn is a digital television service provider in Iceland. The service is provided by the Icelandic telecommunications company Síminn. The service provides a number of key local and international television services...
and in Malta on Melita
Melita
Melita may refer to:Places* Malta, a European country in the Mediterranean sea * Melita, California, former town* Melita, Manitoba, Canada* Mljet, People...
(It still airing as Disney XD).
On August 31, 2009, Jetix in the UK was rebranded as Disney XD, following its US counterpart and in keeping with the European Jetix channels.
History
Fox Kids initially launched on October 19, 1996. Broadcast hours were between the hours of 6 am and 7 pm and timesharing with Sky 2 and later National Geographic ChannelNational Geographic Channel (UK)
The National Geographic Channel is a television channel that features documentaries produced by the National Geographic Society. It features some programming similar to that on the Discovery Channel such as nature and science documentaries. The channel was launched in Europe in September 1997 and...
. Eventually, broadcasting hours were extended to 10 pm, and, on November 3, 2003, the channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In April 2004, the Jetix brand was gently introduced to the UK and Ireland in the form of a programming block on 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...
. The Jetix programming line-up aired every day between the hours of 3 pm and 7 pm. In September 2004, the block was also included in the morning line-up, airing between the hours of 7 am and 9 am.
The Jetix block featured the following programmes; Shaman King
Shaman King
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. Shaman King follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King in the Shaman tournament....
, Sonic X
Sonic X
is an anime series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. It was produced in Japan by TMS Entertainment with the partnership of Sega and was created by Sonic Team and Sonic Project. In the United States, 4Kids currently owns and manages copyright and branding of the series.- Series 1 ...
, Digimon
Digimon
, short for , is a Japanese media franchise encompassing digital toys, anime, manga and video games. The franchise's eponymous creatures are monsters of various forms living in a "Digital World", a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks.-Conception and...
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists...
, Jackie Chan Adventures
Jackie Chan Adventures
Jackie Chan Adventures is an animated television series chronicling the adventures of a fictionalized version of action film star Jackie Chan. Many of the episodes contain references to Chan's actual works. This series ran on Kids' WB! from September 9, 2000 to July 7, 2005 for a total of 95...
, Totally Spies, Black Hole High, Goosebumps
Goosebumps (TV series)
Goosebumps is a Canadian children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books.-Networks:...
, MegaMan: NT Warrior, Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country (TV series)
Donkey Kong Country is a French/Canadian computer-generated animated television series. It is based on the Nintendo franchise Donkey Kong as portrayed in the Donkey Kong Country video game series by Rare. Created by France 2 and Nelvana, it was originally titled La Planète de Donkey Kong...
, Martin Mystery
Martin Mystery
Martin Mystery may refer to:*Martin Mystère, an Italian comic book published in the U.S. as Martin Mystery*Martin Mystery, a television animation series inspired by the comic character...
, Robot Wars
Robot Wars (TV series)
Robot Wars is a British game show modelled on a US-based competition of the same name. It was broadcast on BBC Two from 1998 until 2003, with its final series broadcast on Five in 2003 and 2004. Additional series were filmed for specific sectors of the global market, including two series of Robot...
' and Power Rangers Ninja Storm plus 2-minute shorts of Shin Chan episodes.
Fox Kids rebranded as Jetix on January 1, 2005. The Jetix programming blocks were dropped, and the shows that it contained were integrated into the normal programming schedule. Shortly after the rebranding, a new early-evening block was introduced named "Jetix Max". The Jetix Max slot included such shows as; W.I.T.C.H.
W.I.T.C.H. (TV series)
W.I.T.C.H. is an animated television series based on the Italian comic book series of the same name produced by SIP Animation in association and participation by France 3, Jetix Europe, CNC, , - AGICOA, the Poitou-Charentes region and the Charente department. Despite their acronym, the five main...
, Totally Spies, Martin Mystery
Martin Mystery
Martin Mystery may refer to:*Martin Mystère, an Italian comic book published in the U.S. as Martin Mystery*Martin Mystery, a television animation series inspired by the comic character...
, Funky Cops
Funky Cops
Funky Cops is a French animated series about two cops in San Francisco during the 1970s. In the US it was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment and aired on the Fox Box but was canceled quickly due to dismal ratings and is now an online exclusive in the US. The rest of the series was later seen online...
, Power Rangers
Power 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...
, PXG
PXG
PXG is a television show on Jetix UK which reviews the latest computer and video games, and tells viewers cheats for certain games. It is presented, directed and stars Kentaro . This is in a way similar to the Sky1 show Gamezville. The show started in January, 2005...
and Black Hole High. The Jetix Max slot was dropped in June 2006, although it remainded on other Jetix channels around Europe.
Censorship
As Jetix was aimed at children aged 6 to 14, some shows were edited for content that is considered violent, scary or contains flashing images. Many of these edits have been brief and thus would not have been noticed had they not aired on other channels uncensored. The most notable edits are present on the anime NarutoNaruto
is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of...
, Goosebumps
Goosebumps (TV series)
Goosebumps is a Canadian children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books.-Networks:...
, MegaMan NT Warrior
MegaMan NT Warrior
Mega Man NT Warrior or Mega Man Battle Network, known in Japan as , is an anime and manga series based on the Mega Man Battle Network video game series...
, and Power Rangers
Power 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...
.
Jetix VOD
Since the launch of PuccaPucca
Pucca is a media franchise from the South Korean company Vooz Co., Ltd. and currently owned by The Walt Disney Company. The main character, Pucca, is the 10-year old niece of three Chinese noodle house owners. The noodle house, known as the "Goh-Rong", is located in Sooga Village, a small village...
on Jetix (mid way though July 2006), Jetix has offered an online "Video On Demand" service, allowing viewers to watch "Exclusive to web" Pucca Shorts (Titled "Pucca: Funny ♥ Love"). Adverts for the TV episodes of Pucca run before and after each short. Since the UK TV airing of Power Rangers Mystic Force, all Pucca: Funny ♥ Love episodes have been replaced with clips of Power Rangers: Mystic Force (Interestingly enough, on AOL Browsers, debug information is also shown).
Similarly to Toonami (US)'s
Toonami
Toonami was a registered trademark of Cartoon Network, used initially for action-oriented programming blocks on Cartoon Network television channels worldwide, mostly showing American cartoons and Japanese anime, originating in the United States on March 17, 1997 and ended on September 20, 2008.The...
Toonami Jetstream Service, Jetix VOD is exclusive to the United Kingdom and Internet Explorer (5.0 and later) users. Attempting to launch the service ether from outside the UK (Or rather, not using a UK IP address
IP address
An Internet Protocol address is a numerical label assigned to each device participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing...
) or using a non Internet Explorer web browser
Web browser
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
will lead to an error message being displayed and the service not running.
Magazine
Future Publishing publishes the official Jetix Magazine. Released every four weeks, the magazine featured puzzles and features based on the channel's characters as well as a six page Power Rangers comic. New issues contained a Sonic X comic based on the current Sonic X comic series by Archie. The magazine frequently included a free DVD featuring shows from the channel. Since 3 September the magazine would become Nitro! due to Jetix rebranding as Disney XD. The magazine would still offer four free gifts per issue however it will cover all major children's content rather than the content on Jetix.Shows aired on Jetix in the UK and Ireland
Disney XD rebrand
Following the launch of Disney XDDisney 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...
in the US, Disney-ABC Television Group
Disney-ABC Television Group
Disney-ABC Television Group manages all of The Walt Disney Company's worldwide entertainment and news television properties...
confirmed that Disney XD would launch in the UK on August 31, 2009, replacing Jetix. On August 12, 2009 the Jetix on-screen logo was removed and replaced with the Disney XD logo counting down the days to the launch.
Disney XD is aimed towards boys aged 6 to 14. The channel will feature live-action films, animated shows as well as sports coverage developed in collaboration with ESPN.
The channel launched the original series Aaron Stone
Aaron Stone
Aaron Stone is a live-action, single-camera adventure series created by Bruce Kalish. Originally broadcast with the launch of Disney XD on February 13, 2009...
, animated series Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb is an American animated television comedy series. Originally broadcast as a preview on August 17, 2007, on Disney Channel, the series follows Phineas Flynn and his English stepbrother Ferb Fletcher on summer vacation. Every day the boys embark on some grand new project, which...
, live-action series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The channel continued to air shows that previously aired on Jetix, such as Pokémon Battle Dimension, Kid vs. Kat
Kid vs. Kat
Kid vs. Kat is a Canadian animated television series developed and produced at Studio B Productions. The show is created and co-directed by Rob Boutilier. The feature revolves around a 10-year-old boy's constant battle with his sister's Sphinx cat which, in reality, is a cybernetic alien. The...
, Phil of the Future
Phil of the Future
Phil of the Future is an American situation comedy that originally aired on Disney Channel from June 18, 2004, to August 19, 2006 for a total of two seasons. The series was created by Tim Maile and Douglas Tuber and produced by 2121 Productions, a part of Brookwell McNamara Entertainment...
, American Dragon: Jake Long
American Dragon: Jake Long
American Dragon: Jake Long is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The show had premiered on January 21, 2005 and ended on September 1, 2007. The show currently airs on Disney XD in the United States...
and Jimmy Two-Shoes
Jimmy Two-Shoes
Jimmy Two-Shoes is a Canadian/American animated television series. It airs on Disney XD in the United Kingdom and in the USA, and Teletoon in Canada...
.