Jetix

Jetix (stylized in all caps) was a children's entertainment brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The brand was for a slate of action- and adventure-related programming blocks and television channels. Jetix programming mainly originated from the Saban Entertainment library, airing live-action and animated series with some original programming. The channel's target audience was older children and adolescents aged 8–15. Jetix was first launched as a programming block in the United States on Toon Disney on 14 February 2004¹, to compete with Cartoon Network's Toonami block, and in Europe in April 2004. By the end of 2004, Jetix began completely replacing the international Fox Kids channels around the world, the first being the French version in August 2004, and the last one being the German version, in June 2005. Although it was commercially successful, the Jetix brand was discontinued in 2009. All international channels were rebranded as either Disney XD or Disney Channel due to The Walt Disney Company's focus on its existing television brands. The last Jetix channel to shut down was Jetix channel in Russia (replaced with Disney Channel Russia) on 10 August 2010, and was fully discontinued with the shutdown of Jetix Play in the Middle East on 1 September 2010, which was replaced with Playhouse Disney, later Disney Junior.

Jetix (stylized in all caps) was a children's entertainment brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The brand was for a slate of action- and adventure-related programming blocks and television channels. Jetix programming mainly originated from the Saban Entertainment library, airing live-action and animated series with some original programming. The channel's target audience was older children and adolescents aged 8–15. Jetix was first launched as a programming block in the United States on Toon Disney on 14 February 2004, to compete with Cartoon Network's Toonami block, and in Europe in April 2004. By the end of 2004, Jetix began completely replacing the international Fox Kids channels around the world, the first being the French version in August 2004, and the last one being the German version, in June 2005. Although it was commercially successful, the Jetix brand was discontinued in 2009. All international channels were rebranded as either Disney XD or Disney Channel due to The Walt Disney Company's focus on its existing television brands. The last Jetix channel to shut down was Jetix channel in Russia (replaced with Disney Channel Russia) on 10 August 2010, and was fully discontinued with the shutdown of Jetix Play in the Middle East on 1 September 2010, which was replaced with Playhouse Disney, later Disney Junior. ==Magazine and other ventures== As part of brand extension, many of the overseas Jetix networks engaged in various marketing exercises, including print publications, awards shows and sporting events. In the U.K., Future plc published the official Jetix Magazine; it was launched in early September 2004 by Jetix Consumer Products and Future Publishing. Cavan Scott was the magazine's initial editor. Published every four weeks, it featured puzzles and features based on the channel's shows. The magazine also came with a free DVD featuring shows from the channel. In other countries, including Bulgaria, the Netherlands, and Romania, similar Jetix magazines were also produced. With the purchase of the remaining Jetix Europe shares by The Walt Disney Company and the change over of the channels to a Disney branded channel, Future renamed the magazine to Nitro!, to become an independent magazine with the same general focus. In CEE, there was annual children's awards show called Jetix Kids Awards, in which children could vote their favorite shows and stars, in order to win prizes. The last edition took place in 2008. The Jetix Kids Cup (formerly known as the Fox Kids Cup ) was an association football tournament in which children from 16 countries competed to "promote fair play, sportsmanship and cultural exchange".

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