Jetix (UK)

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Jetix (United Kingdom)

Launched	October 19, 1996
Owned by	Jetix Europe (The Walt Disney Company/News Corp)
Formerly called	Fox Kids (until January 1, 2005)
Timeshift service	Jetix +1
Website	Jetix.co.uk
Availability
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 609 Channel 610 (+1)
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 707 Channel 708 (+1)
HomeChoice	Channel 328
Chorus
	Channel 20

“Fox Kids (UK)” redirects here. For Fox Kids in the United States, see Fox Kids.

For Jetix worldwide, see Jetix.

Jetix is a children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was previously known as Fox Kids.

The United Kingdom and Ireland channel became Jetix on 1st January, 2005 at midnight. Most Jetix channels are basic cable or satellite pay channels. Jetix is also available as a timeshift hour-delay channel named Jetix+1. The UK and Ireland channel is carried on Sky Digital, Virgin Media, HomeChoice and Chorus.

1 Jetix Block on Fox Kids
2 Shows aired on Jetix UK
3 Jetix VOD
4 Magazine
5 Special Events
6 Jetix Max
7 Time Extenions
8 Logos
9 See also
10 External links

[edit] Jetix Block on Fox Kids

The Jetix brand was gently introduced to the UK in the form of a programming block on Fox Kids. Beginning in April 2004, it aired every day between the hours of 3pm and 7pm. In September of 2004, the block was also included in the morning line-up, airing between 7am and 9am.

The Jetix block featured the following programs; Shaman King, Sonic X, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jackie Chan Adventures, Totally Spies, Black Hole High, Goosebumps, MegaMan: NT Warrior, Martin Mystery, Robot Wars, and Power Rangers Ninja Storm plus Shorts for Shin Chan.

When Fox Kids formally rebranded as Jetix on January 1, 2005, the Jetix block was dropped, and the shows reintegrated into the normal schedule.

[edit] Shows aired on Jetix UK

[edit] Current Shows

A.T.O.M.
Captain Flamingo
Dark Oracle
Galactik Football
Goosebumps (late at night)
Jackie Chan Adventures
Monster Warriors
Naruto
Ōban Star-Racers
Power Rangers Generations (Mighty Morphin - DinoThunder)
Power Rangers Mystic Force
Power Rangers SPD
Pucca
Shuriken School
Sonic X
Spider-Man
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 series)
Totally Spies
Yin Yang Yo!

[edit] Upcoming Shows

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (On April 14)
Jacob Two-Two (On April 14)
Lockie Leonard (On April 14)
Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive

[edit] Former Shows

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Action Man
The Avengers: United They Stand
Bad Dog
Beast Wars
Big Bad Beetleborgs
Big Wolf On Campus
Biker Mice From Mars (90's Series)
Black Hole High (To Be Returned)
Braceface
Casper
Dennis The Menace (UK Version) (Now showing on CBBC)
Dennis The Menace (US Version) (Now showing on POP)
Diabolik
Digimon: Digital Monsters (Note: Did not air Series 4; status of Series 5 unknown - will air in US in summer 2007 as Digimon: Data Squad. Status for UK is unknown.)
Donkey Kong Country
Eek The Cat
Fantastic 4 (to be returned)
Flint the Time Detective
Funky Cops (Note: Some Funky Cops shorts were appear during a break)
Gadget and the Gadgetinis
Get Ed (To Be Returned with the new series)
GI Joe
Gogs
Hamtaro
Heavy Gear
The Incredible Hulk (To Be Returned)
Iron Man
Inspector Gadget (Now showing on POP.)
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
Jellikins
Jim Button
Kids from Room 402
Life with Louie
Lucky Luke
M.A.S.K
Martin Mystery
Masked Rider
Medabots (Note: Did not air "Sprits" Seasion, "Sprits" aired on GMTV in the UK)
MegaMan: NT Warrior (Note: Did not air "Axess" series)
Macdonald's Farm
Mon Colle Knights
Monster Rancher (Note: Only aired part of Series 3 (Largely believed to be as much as was dubbed in English)
Moville Mysteries
The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
NASCAR Racers
The new Addams Family
The New Woody Woodpecker Show
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
Oggy and the Cockroaches
Pecola
Pee Wee's Playhouse
Pig City
PXG
The Real Ghostbusters
Robocop
Roboroach
Robot Wars
Sailor Moon (Note: only Series one and Sailor Moon R aired. Sailor Moon S was rumored but never aired along with SS and Stars (To date, Stars has not been dubbed to English))
Sam & Max: Freelance Police!!!
Samurai Pizza Cats
The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs
Serven
Shin Chan
Shaman King
Shinzo
Ship to Shore
The Silver Surfer
Spiderwoman
Super Mario Brothers Super Show!
Super Pig
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (To Be Returned with the new series)
Team Galaxy (To Be Returned with the new series)
Teknoman
The Tick
Transformers: Robots in Disguise
Tutenstein (Note: Premeried in December 2006, but it has been taken off the air)
Uh Oh!
Ulysses 31
VR Troopers
Walter Melon
What's With Andy
W.I.T.C.H. (To Be Returned with the new series)
World Of Tosh
Wunschpunsch
X-Men (to be returned)
X-Press
The Zack Files

[edit] Jetix VOD

Since the launch of Pucca on Jetix (mid way though July 2006), Jetix has offered an online "Video On Demand" service [1], 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 (Intrestenly 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.

[edit] Magazine

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.

New issues contain an Sonic X comic which is not related to the current Sonic X comic series by Archie.

[edit] Special Events

Both Fox Kids and Jetix have had a history of special programing events, typically comprising of marathons or back-to-back episodes of various shows, such as Jackie Chan, Power Rangers or other similar popular franchises. On some occasions, certain special events have been known to feature an additional on-screen graphic during the day in question, as well as other specially created promotional channel idents. These special events are usually placed around public holidays or school breaks.

Some examples of past Jetix events are;

December 2002 - Cheeky Xmas
February 2003 - Chantastic Challenge
May 2003 - Marvellous Half-term
July 2003 - Get Away With It
December 2003 - Action Xmas
December 2006 - 12 Days of Jetix
February 2007 - Yin Yang Yoverthrow!
April 2007 - Totally Ninja Easter

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

[edit] Jetix Max

Since in 2005, the evening slot was called Jetix Max. The shows were shown on that slot were W.I.T.C.H., Totally Spies, Martin Mystery, Funky Cops, Power Rangers, PXG and Black Hole High have also been shown in the slot. The Jetix Max branding was dropped in June 2006.

[edit] Time Extenions

After Jetix UK was launched when it was named, Fox Kids, it started with the broadcasting time, 6am - 7pm then later, 6am - 10pm and then later in 3 November 2003, the channel became 24 hours, however since March 2006, Jetix UK shows the Teleshopping Presentation from 11pm - 2am.