Jetix Europe

Jetix Europe N.V. (formerly known as Fox Kids Europe N.V.) was a Dutch television broadcasting company headquartered in Hilversum, Netherlands that ran children's oriented channels and programming blocks across the European and Middle East markets.[3]

Jetix Europe N.V.
FormerlyFox Kids Europe N.V. (1996–2004)
TypePrivate
Naamloze Vennootschap
IndustryTelevision
FateRemaining shares purchased by The Walt Disney Company, assets dispersed into other Disney units in March 2019
FoundedOctober 1996
Defunct2011
Headquarters
Hilversum
,
Netherlands
Number of employees
362[1]
ParentFox Family Worldwide/ABC Family Worldwide (73.7%, later expanded to 96%)
SubsidiariesJetix Consumer Products (JCP)
Jetix Europe Limited (50% joint venture with Sky UK)[2]
Jetix Italy S.r.l. (joint venture with Sky Italia)
Jetix España S.L. (Joint venture with Sogecable S.A.)
Jetix Poland Limited (Minority owner, subsidiary of United Pan-Europe Communications N.V.)
TV10 B.V. (Joint venture with SBS Broadcasting)
Jetix Europe GmbH (joint venture with Premiere Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG)
Jetix Israel

History

Fox Kids Europe

Fox Kids Europe was founded when the first International Fox Kids channel launched in the United Kingdom in October 1996. After the launch of the UK channel, five additional feeds were launched between 1997-1999 for the Netherlands, France, Poland, Scandinavia and Spain.

On April 1, 1999, the Central & Eastern Europe feed was launched for the CIS and Baltic countries.[4] Fox Kids Europe became a publicly-traded company in November 1999 with Fox Family Worldwide holding a 75.7% majority stake and the other 24.3% being listed on the Amsterdam Euronext.

In 2000, 5 additional Fox Kids feeds launched: Italy, Turkey, Germany, Hungary and the Middle East. These launches made Fox Kids the only children's entertainment company with a local channel in every major European market.

In February 2001, a Fox Kids feed was launched in Israel, while the Hungarian feed was extended to Czechia and Slovakia, while launching in Russia as a programming block on free-to-air channel Ren TV. In June 2001 Fox Kids Europe announced that the Fox Kids brand had become the most widely distributed children's channel in Europe and the Middle East, reaching 24.9 million households and broadcasting in 54 countries via 11 channel feeds in 16 languages. In October 2001, Fox Kids Europe's major owner Fox Family Worldwide was purchased by The Walt Disney Company and renamed ABC Family Worldwide Inc.[3] Fox Kids would later launch a syndicated block for several local stations in Italy.[5] In November 2001, a Greek service was launched with limited 13 hours following a 2-hour block launched in October.[6]

In December 2002, the company signed with BMG Europe for two Fox Kids Hits music compilation albums per year for 10 European markets.[7]

In July 2003, Fox Kids Europe launched a VOD channel on Telewest titled Fox Kids Play.[8] The name was eventually used for a sister channel under the same name. 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.[9] This stake was later expanded to 10.2%.

Jetix Europe

During the Jetix rebranding, Fox Kids channels across Europe started to introduce Jetix branded blocks. The UK feed added a Jetix-branded block in April.[10] Fox Kids blocks across the worlds started to change over in April and the first channel in France was changed over in August 2004.[11] Fox Kids Europe N.V. changed its legal name to Jetix Europe N.V. on 14 July 2004.[12]

In May 2005, Jetix Europe subsidiary Jetix Italia launched a male teen channel called GXT on Sky Italia[13]

SIP Animation co-produced a few animated series with Jetix Europe during the 2000s.[14][15]

In December 2006, John De Mol Jr.'s stake in Jetix Europe was increased to 17.2%.[16]

In 2008, Jetix Europe licensed out Jetix France to The Walt Disney Company France and Disney-ABC-ESPN Television became its channel distribution partner.[3] 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.[17] In June, Jetix Europe agreed to have DAIT take over distribution sales for all channels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.[18] In November, the Central and Eastern European channel team won gold in the U.K. Promax Awards for Jetix Max idents.[19]

Full purchase by The Walt Disney Company

On 8 December 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.[20] By 2009, Disney had owned 99.8% of the company.

In 2009, K2 became a TV channel.[5] 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 1 April 2009.[21] 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.[22][23]

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, 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.[24]

The Jetix channel to switch over to Disney XD was the Dutch version on 1 January 2010.[25]

The last Jetix channel to close was the Russian version, which was rebranded as Disney Channel on Tuesday, August 10, 2010.

The Jetix Play channels soon followed suit in 2010/2011, being replaced with Playhouse Disney.[26]

Co-commissioned and produced shows

For Fox Kids Europe
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For Jetix Europe

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. Buena Vista International Television handled TV distribution to these shows.

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, Czechia, and Slovakia) Launched in Hungary in November 2000 and expanded to Czechia 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 November 2001, rebranded as Jetix in January 2005, and became Disney XD sometime in 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 in January 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, Italy, and Spain) (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 2001, renamed Jetix Play in 2005, expanded to Romania and Czechia in 2006. Closed on August 1, 2010 in most regions, March 12, 2011 in Romania and mid-2011 in Russia)
  • Jetix Play MENA (Launched in November 2001, renamed Jetix Play in 2005, closed on September 1, 2010)
  • Jetix Play Poland (Launched in November 2003, closed on August 1, 2010)
  • 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 Discovery, Inc.)

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