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Jetix Europe N.V. (formerly known as Fox Kids Europe N.V.) was a European television broadcasting company that owned children's television channels and programming blocks across the Europe and Middle East, such as Jetix and Jetix Play.[6]
History
Fox Kids Europe
Formation
In September 1995,
After the successful launch of Fox Kids UK, five additional Fox Kids networks were launched between 1997 and 1999 for
On April 1, 1999, the Central & Eastern Europe feed was launched for the CIS and Baltic countries.[9]
Expansion and going public
Fox Kids Europe became a publicly traded company in November 1999 with
In 2000, five additional Fox Kids feeds launched:
In late 2000,
In February 2001, a Fox Kids feed was launched in
In the summer of 2001, the Italian Fox Kids channel launched a syndicated block for several local stations in Italy.[11]
Purchase by The Walt Disney Company
On July 23, 2001, it was announced that
In November 2001, a
On March 21, 2002, it was announced that
In December 2002, the company signed with BMG Europe for two Fox Kids Hits music compilation albums per year for 10 European markets.[21]
In January 2003, Fox Kids Europe launched their first sister network, Fox Kids Play, in Poland.[22] The channel later extended to CEE and MENA regions, and the brand was also used for other usages, such as a VOD channel on UK cable provider Telewest.[23]
In April 2003, Saban Consumer Products Europe was renamed as Active Licensing Europe.[24]
On 11 June 2003, Fox Kids Europe announced that due to the low amount of original content being supplied following the October 2001 purchase of FFW, the company would increase the level of coproduction work with Disney to produce new programmes aimed at a young male audience that would air on Fox Kids networks in Europe and the Middle East and Disney networks in all other territories; alongside the increase of third-party acquisitions. The first agreement made out of the new strategy was a three-year deal with Disney's
By 2003, Fox Kids Europe had extended to 34.8 million households in 57 countries via 12 channel feeds in 17 languages. In October 2003, it was announced that John de Mol Jr. had purchased a 5.1% stake in Fox Kids Europe.[26] This stake was later expanded to 10.2%.
Jetix Europe
Introduction and rebranding
In January 2004, Fox Kids Europe, Fox Kids Latin America and the
The pre-launch period began with the launch of Jetix branded blocks on the Fox Kids networks which would transition to the rebrand once the name would become more familiar. The
The rebranding of the Fox Kids channels to Jetix began with the France channel's rebranding on 28 August 2004[32] and ending with the German channel's rebranding on 10 June 2005.[33]
Later history
In May 2005, Jetix Europe subsidiary Jetix Italia launched GXT on Sky Italia, targeted towards male teens.[34]
SIP Animation co-produced a few animated series with Jetix Europe during the 2000s.[35][36] On March 23, 2006, the pre-1989 DIC Entertainment catalogue, consisting of 20 shows which had been held by Jetix Europe and Disney since 2001, was re-acquired by DIC.[37] In December, John De Mol Jr.'s stake in Jetix Europe was increased to 17.4%.[38]
In 2008, Jetix Europe licensed out Jetix France to The Walt Disney Company France and Disney-ABC-ESPN Television became its channel distribution partner.
Full purchase by The Walt Disney Company
On December 8, 2008, Disney made an agreement to increase ownership in Jetix Europe to 96%, with intentions to purchase the remainder and have Jetix Europe delisted from the Euronext Amsterdam exchange.[42] By 2009, Disney had owned 99.8% of the company.[43]
On 15 July 2009, Jetix Europe subsidiary Jetix Italy S.r.l. announced that they would undergo a management buyout and rebrand as Switchover Media, and announced that they would purchase the GXT and K2 networks and blocks from The Walt Disney Company. The company also agreed to operate Jetix Italy for Disney until its rebranding as Disney XD Italy.[44][45]
Disney XD was expected to be rolled out to European territories in 2009. Later, however, Disney announced that the Jetix channel in certain countries (Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Bulgaria and Israel) will be renamed to Disney Channel, marking that channel's first introduction in these countries. The change took place on September 19, 2009, in the CEE region.
On September 19, 2009, Disney Channel replaced Jetix in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia. But the Russian feed was still broadcasting under the Jetix name until it was announced that a separate Disney Channel would launch. After the launch of Disney Channel in Romania and Bulgaria, the Jetix feed in Russia began to be independent and got localized, with Russian titlecards and banners with Russian hours.[18]
The last Jetix channel to switch over to Disney XD was the Dutch version on January 1, 2010.
Remnants of Jetix Europe continued until around 2012 to 2014 to wind down operations and as an overhang period to fully integrate Jetix into Disney. European Disney XD co-productions such as Rekkit Rabbit contained the Disney XD logo in the credits, with "Jetix Europe Properties SARL, Luxembourg, Zurich Branch" credited underneath.[48]
As a legal entity, the UK subsidiary (which was mostly responsible for the operational side of Jetix) ceased to exist on March 11, 2011.[49] However, other UK-based Jetix divisions, Jetix Entertainment Limited and Jetix Consumer Products UK Limited continued to exist until March 11, 2019,[50][51] although by then Jetix's functions were already integrated into Disney. The Dutch subsidiary which mostly handled the corporate side of Jetix had its final shareholders meeting on March 22, 2012.[52]
Co-commissioned and produced shows
For Fox Kids Europe
- Saban International Paris, TF1, Fox Kids International Programming, and Fox Family Properties)
- Living with Lionel (2001–2003) (Co-produced with Unbound Studios Inc.)
- Saban Entertainment (season 1), and SIP Animation(season 2))
- Channel Five, M6 Métropole Télévision, Mediatrade S.P.A., and ABC Family Properties)
- Teletoon)
For Jetix Europe
- The Tofus (2004) (Co-produced with France 3, Teletoon, SIP Animation and CinéGroupe)
- W.I.T.C.H. (2004) (Co-produced with France 3, SIP Animation and The Walt Disney Company)[32][53]
- A.T.O.M. (2005) (Co-produced with SIP Animation)[54]
- Monster Warriors (2006) (Co-produced with Coneybeare Stories)
- Alphanim and France 2, in association with Welkin (Season 1), Hosem (Season 1), Audi'Art, LuxAnimation (Season 1), Supersonic (Season 1), Europool (Season 2), and Carloon (Season 2). Also handled European licensing, merchandising and home video rights)[55])
- Xilam Animation, Zinkia Entertainment, in association with France 3)
- Marathon Media, Image Entertainment Corporation, in association with France 3)
- Ōban Star-Racers (2006) (Co-produced with Sav! The World Productions, in association with HAL FilmMaker, Bandai Visual, and France 3)[56][57]
- Combo Niños (2008) (Co-produced with SIP Animation and TF1)
- Kid vs. Kat (2008, Season 1) (Co-produced with Studio B Productions, in association with YTV)[59]
- Marvo the Wonder Chicken (2008/2009, Season 1) (Co-produced with Red Kite Animation and The Dandy)
- Jimmy Two-Shoes (2009, Season 1) (Co-produced with Breakthrough Entertainment and Mercury Filmworks, in association with Teletoon)[61][62]
Jetix Animation Concepts shows
These programmes are co-productions with
- Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (2004)[32][63][53][64]
- Get Ed (2005)[65][66][67]
- Yin Yang Yo! (2006)[58][56]
Licensed shows
Other than their own co-produced shows, Jetix Europe also licensed the pay TV, free TV, home video, merchandising, and consumer product rights to other animated programs in Europe and the Middle East.
For Fox Kids Europe
- Why Why Family (Licenced from Saban International Paris, excluding France/Germany free-TV rights)
- Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist (Licenced from Saban International Paris, excluding France free-TV rights)
- Saban's Sissi the Princess (Licensed from Saban International Paris, excluding France/Italy/Germany free-TV rights)
- Walter Melon (Licensed from Saban International Paris, excluding France/Germany free-TV rights)
- Saban Entertainment)
- Saban Entertainment)
- Saban Entertainment)
- Diabolik (Licensed from Saban International Paris, excluding France/Italy free-TV rights)
- Jim Button (Licensed from Saban International Paris, excluding France/Germany free-TV rights)
- Wunschpunsch (Licensed from Saban International Paris, excluding France/Germany free-TV rights)
- So Little Time (Licensed from Dualstar Productions, TV rights only)[68]
- RoboRoach (Licensed from Portfolio Entertainment, including German pay TV rights)[69]
- Tokyo Broadcasting System)[70]
- Shaman King (Licensed from TV Tokyo MediaNet)[71][72]
- Tutenstein (Licensed from PorchLight Entertainment)[71][72]
- Sonic X (Licensed from TMS Entertainment)[71][72]
- VOOZ Character System)[73]
Jetix Europe
- Captain Flamingo (Licensed from Breakthrough Entertainment, excluding France)[74]
- Iggy Arbuckle (Licensed from Blueprint Entertainment, excluding France and German free-TV rights)[75]
- DHX Media, excluding France)[76]
Channels
Main
- Central and Eastern Europe (Romania, Moldova, Russia, and Bulgaria)(Launched in February 1999, Rebranded as Jetix on January 1, 2005, and became Disney Channel on September 19, 2009. Russian version was split off and remained as Jetix)
- Central and Eastern Europe (Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia)Launched in Hungary in November 2000 and expanded to the Czech Republic and Slovakia in February 2001. Rebranded as Jetix on January 1, 2005, and became Disney Channel on September 19, 2009)
- Central and Eastern Europe (Bulgaria)(Launched in 2003, rebranded as Jetix on January 1, 2005, and became Disney Channel on September 19, 2009)
- France(Launched in November 1997, rebranded as Jetix on August 1, 2004, and became Disney XD on April 1, 2009)
- Germany(Launched in October 2000, rebranded as Jetix on June 10, 2005, and became Disney XD in October 2009)
- Greece(Launched in October 2001, rebranded as Jetix in January 2005, and became Disney XD on October 3, 2009)
- Italy(Launched in 2000, rebranded as Jetix in March 2005 and became Disney XD in September 2009)
- Israel(Launched on April 18, 2001, rebranded as Jetix in March 2005, and became Disney Channel on September 9, 2009)
- MENA (Middle East, Africa, and Turkey)(Launched in November 2000, rebranded as Jetix in January 2005 and became Disney XD in October 2009)
- Netherlands (Launched on August 2, 1997, Rebranded as Jetix in February 2005 and became Disney XD on January 1, 2010)
- Poland(Launched on April 18, 1998, rebranded as Jetix on January 1, 2005, and became Disney XD on September 18, 2009)
- Russia(Split away from CEE feed in September 2009, and replaced with Disney Channel on August 10, 2010)
- Scandivania (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) (Launched on February 18, 1998, rebranded as Jetix in October 2004. Merged with Toon Disney Scandivania to create Disney XD on September 12, 2009)
- Spain(Launched in December 1998, rebranded as Jetix in January 2005 and became Disney XD in September 2009)
- United Kingdom and Ireland(Launched on October 1, 1996, and later expanded to Ireland. Rebranded as Jetix on January 1, 2005, and became Disney XD on August 31, 2009)
Other
- GXT (Italy) (Launched in 2005, sold off in 2009 and eventually closed in December 2014)
- GXT +1 (Italy) (Launched in 2008, timeshift of GXT)
- Jetix +1 (Italy) (Timeshift channel, Launched in 2002, renamed to Jetix +1 in 2005 and renamed Disney XD +1 in September 2009)
- Jetix +1 (Spain) (Timeshift channel, Launched in 2006, and renamed Disney XD +1 in September 2009)
- Jetix +1 (United Kingdom and Ireland) (Timeshift channel, Launched in 2000, renamed to Jetix +1 on January 1, 2005, and renamed Disney XD +1 on August 31, 2009)
- Jetix Play Central & Eastern Europe (Launched in January 2003, renamed Jetix Play in 2005, expanded to Romania and the Czech Republic in 2006. Closed on August 1, 2010, in most regions, on September 1, 2010, in Turkey and on March 12, 2011, in Romania)
- K-2 (Italy) (Originally launched as a syndicated Fox Kids branded block in 2001, and renamed K-2 on October 1, 2004. Sold off in 2009 (with the launch of a dedicated channel, shortening the name to K2) and is now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
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