is a children's
Television programming brand owned by
The Walt Disney Company . It was previously known as '''
Fox Kids '''.
The brand broadcasts in the
United States as a block of programming on the
ABC Family and
Toon Disney television channels. In Europe and Latin America, the brand broadcasts as television channels in their own right, owned by subsidiary companies Jetix Europe 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
1st January ,
2005 at midnight. Most Jetix channels are basic cable or satellite pay channels. The UK and Ireland channel is carried on
Sky Digital ,
NTL ,
Telewest Broadband , and
Chorus .
The European subsidiary, Jetix Europe NV, is listed on the
Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange.
{Link without Title} However only 25% of the shares are listed, Disney owns the remainder. The Latin American company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney.
In fall of 2006, ABC Family will drop the Jetix block, which will continue to air on its exclusive home, Toon Disney.
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 1996 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 programmes are broadcast on the
ABC television network, under the
ABC Kids brand. It is also broadcast on the
Toon Disney network, much to the chagrin of many of the network's older viewers who prefer the older shows the network was originally intended to show.
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.
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