jump to navigation search jetix launched february 14 2004 ; 12 years ago 2004 02 14 closed august 10 2010 ; 6 years ago 2010 08 10 owned by jetix europe jetix latin america abc cable networks group broadcast area worldwide replaced fox kids replaced by disney xd latin america west europe and asia disney channel central and eastern europe sister channel s jetix play gxt k2 jetix formerly fox kids in europe latin america and north america was a worldwide children s television programming brand owned by jetix europe jetix latin america and abc cable networks group the walt disney company . the jetix brand was used for children s blocks and channels featuring action related and adventure related live action and animated programming most of which aired on fox kids . citation needed disney started to retire the jetix brand in 2009 and replaced it with disney xd 1 or disney channel in certain european countries 2 3 an accordance to the company s focus on its disney abc and espn brands . 4 the last remaining jetix in the world in russia was replaced by disney channel on august 10 2010 . 5 contents 1 jetix europe 1.1 fox kids europe 1.2 jetix alliance 2 list of versions 3 other versions 3.1 jetix play 3.1.1 logos 4 programming 5 magazine 6 monster truck 7 kids cup 8 see also 9 references 10 external links jetix europe edit jetix europe n.v. je formerly fox kids europe fke was a television broadcasting company operating children s oriented channels and programming blocks across the european and middle east markets . 6 fox kids europe edit the first fox kids channel in the uk was launched in october 1996 and the fox kids europe fke was incorporated in november 1999 with 75.7 % being held by fox family worldwide ffw with the balance of ownership listed on euronext . ffw was acquired in october 2001 by the walt disney company and renamed abc family worldwide inc. 6 k2 started out as a syndicated block for several local stations in italy . 7 in december 2002 fke signed with bmg europe for two fox kids hits music compilation albums per year for 10 european markets . 8 in july 2003 fox kids europe relaunched fox kids play interactive channel on telewest . 9 jetix alliance edit in january 2004 fox kids europe fox kids latin america and abc cable networks group agreed to rename its then current operations under a single umbrella name jetix 10 11 which helped strengthen its then operations into a single force . jetix name was applied to its programming blocks which aired on abc family and toon disney its television channels in europe and latin america along with its programme library and merchandising . 10 the jetix name was chosen after the company conducted international research specifically with a number of children focus groups . many of the children picked the name as it implied action and adventure and the company was able to use the name internationally due to its ambiguity . bruce steinberg chairman & chief executive officer of fox kids europe was quoted jetix will helped strengthen fox kids europe s partnership with disney while building new alliances to continue to successfully leverage its programming library and distribution . 12 13 on february 14 2004 toon disney and abc family launched their jetix blocks with a jetix cards live the world s first concurrently online & tv trading card game 14 with toon having 12 hours of weekly prime time programming to start and family with 2 hours weekday and 4 hour on weekends all in the morning . 15 fox kids uk channel added a jetix block in april . 12 while fox kids blocks started to change over in april and the first channel in france was changed over in august 2004 . 16 in the fall 2004 with the addition of three new shows toon disney us s block was expanded to 16 hours . 15 sip animation co produced a few animated series with jetix europe during the 2000s . 17 18 jetix europe launched gxt as a male teen channel in may 2005 on sky italia in italy . 19 after jetix europe pick the show up for its france and spain channels jetix latin america pick up iron kid in january 2007 from brb international . 20 in 2008 je licensed out jetix france to the walt disney company france and disney abc espn television became its channel distribution partner . 6 in february 2008 jetix europe was in talks to join affiliated companies disney channel europe espn europe and disney abc international television dait in their combined distribution sales unit . 21 in june jetix europe agreed to have dait take over distribution sales for all channels across europe the middle east and africa . 22 in november the central and eastern european channel team won gold in the uk promax awards for jetix max idents . 23 on december 8 2008 disney made an agreement to increase ownership in jetix europe to 96 % and intends to purchase the remainder and have jetix europe delisted from the euronext amsterdam exchange . 24 in 2009 k2 became a tv channel . 7 with full disney control over jetix europe disney indicated in february 2009 that jetix blocks and channels would be switched over to disney branding starting with the jetix france channel with disney xd on april 1 2009 . 1 jetix italy management agreed to purchase the jetix italy company renamed as switchover media gxt and k2 from jetix europe in july 2009 while managing the jetix italy channel unit it re brands as disney xd in the fall . 25 26 toon disney were replaced by september 2009 with disney xd or the disney channel except for the arabian version . 27 the final jetix channel to switch over to disney xd was the dutch on january 1 2010 28 while the last jetix channel to close was the russian version . list of versions edit market type formerly fox kids launch date 29 replacement replaced date canada block on family power box 000000002006 09 10 0000september 10 2006 30 discontinued citation needed 000000002009 08 01 0000august 1 2009 united states block on abc family mornings unnamed kids action adventure block common name abc family action block 000000002004 02 14 0000february 14 2004 14 discontinued fall 000000002006 01 01 00002006 31 block on toon disney prime time none 000000002004 02 14 0000february 14 2004 14 merged with toon disney to become disney xd 000000002009 02 13 0000february 13 2009 32 italy channel fox kids april 2000 29 000000002 005 03 01 0000march 2005 33 disney xd 000000002009 09 01 0000september 2009 34 latin america channel fox kids november 1996 35 000000002 004 08 01 0000august 2004 36 disney xd 000000002009 07 03 0000july 3 2009 37 japan block on toon disney japan 000000002005 12 01 0000december 2005 38 disney xd japan 000000002009 08 01 0000august 2009 39 india block on star one 7 to 8 pm saturday & sunday hindi 000000002005 07 02 0000july 2 2005 40 central and eastern europe channel 000000002005 01 01 0000january 2005 33 disney channel bulgaria disney channel romania 000000002009 09 01 0000september 2009 3 united kingdom channel fox kids october 19 1996 41 000000002 005 01 01 0000january 2005 12 disney xd 000000002009 01 01 00002009 fall 42 block on fox kids 000000002004 04 01 0000april 2004 42 jetix uk channel 000000002005 01 01 0000january 2005 12 netherlands channel fox kids 000000002005 02 01 0000february 2005 33 disney xd 000000002010 01 01 0000january 1 2010 28 france channel fox kids 11 1997 000000002 004 08 01 0000august 2004 16 disney xd 000000002009 04 01 0000april 1 2009 1 poland channel fox kids april 18 1998 43 000000002 005 01 01 0000january 2005 33 disney xd 000000002009 09 01 0000september 2009 44 block fox kids may 1998 45 hungary czech republic and slovakia channel fox kids september 2000 000000002 005 01 01 0000january 2005 33 disney channel hungary disney channel czech disney slovakia 000000002009 09 01 0000september 2009 46 47 48 hungary block on tv2 2003 49 block on magyar tv 2000 50 australia block on disney channel none 000000002004 09 01 0000september 2004 citation needed discontinued march 2009 citation needed scandinavia block fox kids may 1998 45 000000002 009 09 12 0000september 12 2009 citation needed channel fox kids february 12 1998 43 000000002 004 10 01 0000october 2004 33 disney xd 000000002009 09 12 0000september 12 2009 51 spain block fox kids may 1998 45 channel december 1998 000000002 005 01 01 0000january 2005 33 disney xd 000000002009 09 01 0000september 2009 52 south korea block weekdays on champ none 000000002005 05 01 0000may 2005 53 000000002 009 01 01 00002009 citation needed germany channel october 2000 54 000000002 005 06 10 0000june 10 2005 55 disney xd 000000002009 10 01 0000october 2009 56 block 1 2 hr . saturday morning on kabel 1 000000002004 10 30 0000october 30 2004 57 turkey middle east and north africa channel fox kids november 2000 54 000000002 005 01 01 0000january 2005 33 disney xd 000000002009 10 01 0000october 2009 58 turkey block on show tv 2000 50 bulgaria block on balkan news 2000 50 channel 2003 disney channel september 2009 59 israel channel fox kids february 2001 54 000000002 005 03 01 0000march 2005 33 disney channel 000000002009 09 09 0000september 9 2009 citation needed greece channel fox kids october 2001 000000002 005 01 01 0000january 2005 33 disney xd greece 000000002009 01 01 00002009 60 russia block on ren tv channel fox kids 2001 49 000000002 002 01 01 00002002 disney channel russia 000000002010 08 10 0000august 10 2010 2 vietnam block on vtv 000000002005 11 01 0000november 2005 61 kazakhstan block on ktk 2006 62 slovenia channel disney channel 000000002009 09 01 0000september 2009 63 other versions edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . april 2014 market name type formerly launch date 29 replacement replaced date central and eastern europe jetix play channel fox kids play 000000002003 10 01 0000october 2003 29 playhouse disney india jetix action station block on toon disney weekdays tamil telugu and english december 2004 40 disney xd 000000002009 11 14 0000november 14 2009 64 italy gxt channel 000000002005 05 01 0000may 2005 19 sold 000000002009 06 01 0000june 2009 25 k2 syndicated block channel fox kids 2002 49 000000002 009 01 01 00002009 7 poland jetix play channel fox kids play 000000002003 11 01 0000november 2003 playhouse disney 000000002010 11 01 0000november 2010 65 czech republic and slovakia jetix play channel playhouse disney 000000002010 01 01 00002010 65 turkey and mena region jetix play channel fox kids play 000000002004 01 01 00002004 when 000000002011 01 01 00002011 66 united kingdom jetix play channel fox kids play 000000002010 01 01 00002010 66 jetix 1 timeshift service fox kids same as jetix uk disney xd 1 same as jetix uk russia jetix play channel 000000002010 01 01 00002010 66 spain jetix max block on jetix early evening weekday 67 central and eastern european jetix max block on jetix 23 jetix play edit jetix play launched 2004 closed august 1 2010 most countries march 12 2011 romania owned by jetix europe replaced by playhouse disney sister channel s jetix k2 gxt website www.jetixplay.tv closed jetix play formerly fox kids play was a sister channel to jetix showing classic animated cartoons and animated television series . in july 2003 fox kids europe relaunched fox kids play interactive channel on telewest . 9 jetix play was closed on august 1 2010 in most countries 65 on september 1 2010 in turkey and in romania it closed on march 12 2011 . citation needed in most countries it was replaced with playhouse disney . 65 logos edit fox kids play original logo