Old International Fox Kids/Jetix Channels Memorial Thread

[Moleoman]

I've made a thread about the old international Fox Kids and Jetix (including Fox Kids Play/Jetix Play) channels (and/or feeds), where you can talk about those channels and put your memories from them and also their old schedules, promos and continuities.

I'll begin with two continuities from Jetix Poland from circa April 2007 I've found on Youtube today..:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_KWUE9WTSk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgX_PhHmFUY

and a continuity of Fox Kids Poland from June 2003:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7_M1hJ0OQE

 

[Francisque]

Poland did have its own feed right? Then why they do not use Polish inscriptions in their promos
Oh my bad; in a promo they do.. it's interesting the bumper in the 2nd video with the sleeping Jetix character ; they did show that before 6am? It was used before Jetix UK changed to Disney XD too

 

[RegularCapital]

Poland did have its own feed right? Then why they do not use Polish inscriptions in their promos

A lot of countries had their own Jetix feed or at least a localised pan-feed, below is a list of Jetix feeds in Europe and the Middle East:

Central and Eastern Europe
9,924,000 Households
18 Countries
Date launched: April 1999 – Jetix; October 2003 – Jetix Play
Channels: Jetix; Jetix Play
Broadcast hours: Jetix 24 hours (not in all countries); Jetix Play 0700 – 2345
Languages: Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian. English (Jetix Play only)

UK
8,861,000 Households
3 Countries
Date launched: October 1996
Channels: Jetix
Broadcast hours: 24 hours
Language: English

Netherlands
6,834,000 Households
2 Countries
Date launched: August 1997
Channels: Jetix
Broadcast hours: 0600 –1800
Language: Dutch

France
5,060,000 Households
6 Countries
Date launched: November 1997
Channels: Jetix
Broadcast hours: 24 hours
Language: French

Poland
4,428,000 Households
1 Country
Date launched: April 1998 – Jetix; November 2003 – Jetix Play
Channels: Jetix; Jetix Play
Broadcast hours: Jetix 0600 – 2400; Jetix Play 0500 – 2145
Language: Polish

Italy
4,304,000 Households
1 Country
Date launched: April 2000 – Jetix; May 2005 – GXT
Channels: Jetix, GXT
Broadcast hours: 24 hours
Language: Italian

Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia
3,119,000 Households
3 Countries
Date launched: September 2000
Channels: Jetix
Broadcast hours: 24 hours
Language: Hungarian, Czech

Scandinavia
3,055,000 Households
5 Countries
Date launched: April 1998
Channels: Jetix
Broadcast hours: 0600 –1800
Language: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, English

Spain
2,983,000 Households
1 Country
Date launched: December 1998
Channels: Jetix
Broadcast hours: 24 hours
Language: Spanish

Germany
1,640,000 Households
3 Countries
Date launched: October 2000
Channels: Jetix
Broadcast hours: 0600 –1945
Language: German

Turkey and Middle East
950,000 Households
14 Countries
Date launched: April 2000 – Jetix; October 2003 – Jetix Play
Channels: Jetix; Jetix Play
Broadcast hours: Jetix 0600 – 2245; Jetix Play 0600 – 2245
Language: Turkish, English (Jetix Play only)

Israel
798,000 Households
1 Country
Date launched: February 2001
Channels: Jetix
Broadcast hours: 0600 – 0215
Language: Hebrew

Greece
343,000 Households
1 Country
Date launched: October 2001
Channels: Jetix
Broadcast hours: 0700 – 20

A total of 58 countries had Jetix in Europe and the Middle East, and obviously they were originally named Fox Kids.
Source: jetixeurope.com, Information accurate as of 2008, which was the last full year of Jetix branding in Europe.
As a final sidenote, Jetix/Fox Kids Play was also the name of the interactive service in the UK, it wasn't a channel.

 

[Moleoman]

it's interesting the bumper in the 2nd video with the sleeping Jetix character ; they did show that before 6am? It was used before Jetix UK changed to Disney XD too

Well, this ident with sleeping Jetix "cat" was used on Jetix Poland just before 00:00 CET for about 1 minute. Then the bumper froze for circa 30 seconds and then it to the black screen. After the black screen at 06:00 CET the channel started the day with an ident and then the first show on schedule started.
Here's how the Jetix closedown looked between 2005-late 2007: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK9NieZA7V0

 

[RegularCapital]

Poland did have its own feed right? Then why they do not use Polish inscriptions in their promos
Oh my bad; in a promo they do.. it's interesting the bumper in the 2nd video with the sleeping Jetix character ; they did show that before 6am? It was used before Jetix UK changed to Disney XD too

They also used to show the sleeping Jetix ident just before teleshopping starts on Jetix UK.

 

[CNCN2014]

The most thing i remember on Jetix UK is some random show called PXG. It was made by Prisim Entertainment (probably a typo there) and this show was about a Japan-ish ninja reviewing games or movies. (dunno about movies, but that's what i remember)

 

[Francisque]

What about Scandinavia? Why it ran from 6am to 6pm only? Was it just straight closed down when Toon Disney became Disney XD?
Did it share with some other channels? I can't find info about it

 

[RegularCapital]

What about Scandinavia? Why it ran from 6am to 6pm only? Was it just straight closed down when Toon Disney became Disney XD?
Did it share with some other channels? I can't find info about it

From what I know, it time-shared with the Travel Channel.

 

[Vance M.]

I know Jetix (Don't know what country) used to show Mickey Mouse and His Friends, a strange version of Mouse Tracks. (I never seen Jetix in other countries, I found it on the web)
[video=youtube;85mtavBX_sI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85mtavBX_sI[/video]

 

[guimax]

In Latin America and Brazil, Fox Kids was launched in 1996 and achieved huge success, until the Jetix was launched in 2002 replacing Fox Kids, and unfortunately replaced in 2009 by Disney XD.

Fox Kids Brazil in 1999:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8iLm5ERrFM

Fox Kids Latin America in 2001:
[video=youtube;NALCUGE6NaE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NALCUGE6NaE[/video]

Jetix Latin America:
[video=youtube;qh4jB_Hq6jQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh4jB_Hq6jQ[/video]

 

[Francisque]

Too bad LA wasn't blessed with Fox Kids' "European graphics"

 

[Francisque]

From what I know, it time-shared with the Travel Channel.

That's a bit weird

 

[RegularCapital]

Too bad LA wasn't blessed with Fox Kids' "European graphics"

I have to agree with you about the graphics, they were great in Europe.
Fox Kids in the UK timeshared with National Geographic Channel (another Fox property) and later on, Challenge (it wasn't a BSkyB owned channel then) on the Analogue feed.
6pm on the Scandinavian feed seems rather early, I would assume that the Travel Channel would technically be teleshopping on that channel.

 

[Francisque]

Here (not sure if some local TV still do) many local commercial TVs used to have since late 90s early 2000s a Fox Kids 1-hour simulcast from 6pm to 7pm: there even were some Fox Kids game idents filler to do a proper handover.. they usually put there some of their highest rated shows
In 2004 (the 1st of January) this block officially split from the Fox Kids channel (which was about to become Jetix) and became a brand of its own: K2 .. In many regional TVs it also expanded during the morning (something like 6.50am to 8am; intiailly the morning they had a Power Rangers branded block, almost like treated as an own channel, all dedicated to many series of the Power Ranger brand).. the K2 brand in its earlier days was strongly similar to the Fox Kids CEE graphics of that time (the ones used before rebranding to Jetix), the channel however was still a mix of the Fox Kids/Jetix schedule
In 2008 the Jetix company decided to launch a K2 proper channel on DTT and satellite; local TVs continued to pick this signal up until many later on dropped this (as DTT became stronger)
In 2010 a sister channel called Frisbee also launched; more recently, "Switchover Media" , the successor of Jetix Europe (which still owns GXT) became owned by Discovery.. hence K2 and Frisbee now have much more "mainstream programming" (DC series, older Jetix series and even some education Discovery programming) ; with Discovery these channels also became 16:9

 

[Moleoman]

I know Jetix (Don't know what country) used to show Mickey Mouse and His Friends, a strange version of Mouse Tracks. (I never seen Jetix in other countries, I found it on the web)

This recording of Mickey Mouse and Friends intro came probably from an Asian version of Jetix (due to the size of the Jetix bug and its position on top-right).

 

[RegularCapital]

This recording of Mickey Mouse and Friends intro came probably from an Asian version of Jetix (due to the size of the Jetix bug and its position on top-right).

I reckon that was recorded in India, as that YouTube account has some videos in Hindi.

 

[RandomMe]

This recording of Mickey Mouse and Friends intro came probably from an Asian version of Jetix (due to the size of the Jetix bug and its position on top-right).

India it is. The only other Asian Jetix was Jetix Japan.
South Korea had a Jetix block on CHAMP when the channel was new and owned by CJ E&M, the owners of Tooniverse (the channel's currently owned by Daewon Media, who also own ANIONE and Anibox).

 

[Moleoman]

Here's the commercial break of Fox Kids Poland from December 1999: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHQrH_IGIGo

Yeah, "The Simpsons" aired on Fox Kids PL in from late 1999 to early 2003.

 

[RegularCapital]

Here's the commercial break of Fox Kids Poland from December 1999: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHQrH_IGIGo

Yeah, "The Simpsons" aired on Fox Kids PL in from late 1999 to early 2003.

I always felt that The Simpsons and Futurama were missing from Fox Kids, until I realised they were originally targeted for adults.

 

[Moleoman]

Jetix Scandinavia's schedule for...
MAY 2005
weekdays:
06:00 Inspector Gadget
06:25 Dennis the Menace
06:50 Tiny Planets
06:55 Hamtaro - Little Hamsters, Big Adventures
07:20 The Three Friends and Jerry
07:35 Sonic X
08:00 Gadget and the Gadgetinis
08:25 Tiny Planets
08:50 Jim Button
09:15 The Magic School Bus
09:40 Tiny Planets
09:45 Little Wizards
10:15 Three Little Ghosts
10:45 Sylvanian Families
11:10 Happy Ness: Secret of the Loch
11:35 Bad Dog
11:50 The Three Friends and Jerry
12:05 Dennis the Menace
12:30 Life with Louie
12:55 Inspector Gadget
13:20 Gadget and the Gadgetinis
13:45 Black Hole High
14:10 Lizzie McGuire
14:35 Braceface
15:00 Hamtaro - Little Hamsters, Big Adventures
15:25 Moville Mysteries
15:50 Pokemon
16:15 Digimon I
16:40 Spider-Man
17:05 Sonic X
17:30 Totally Spies
18:00 Closedown

weekends:
06:00 Dennis the Menace
06:25 Hamtaro - Little Hamsters, Big Adventures
06:50 Bad Dog
07:05 Digimon
07:35 Braceface
08:00 Totally Spies
08:25 Gadget and the Gadgetinis
08:50 Tutenstein
09:15 Jacob Two Two
09:40 Pokemon
10:05 Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
10:30 Medabots
10:55 Nascar Racers
11:20 Eerie, Indiana
11:45 Black Hole High
12:10 So Little Time
12:35 Princess Sissi
13:05 Braceface
13:30 Lizzie McGuire
13:55 Totally Spies
14:20 Digimon I
14:45 Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
15:10 Iznogoud
15:35 Life with Louie
16:00 The Three Friends and Jerry
16:15 Jacob Two Two
16:40 Ultimate Book of Spells
17:05 Goosebumps
17:30 Goosebumps
18:00 Closedown

OCTOBER 2005
weekdays:
06:00 Inspector Gadget
06:25 Bad Dog
06:40 The Three Friends and Jerry
06:55 Pokemon
07:20 Pucca
07:25 Sonic X
07:50 The Three Friends and Jerry
08:05 Jacob Two Two
08:30 Inspector Gadget
08:55 Franklin
09:20 Jim Button
09:45 Tiny Planets
10:15 Happy Ness: Secret of the Loch
10:45 Princess Sissi
11:10 Dennis the Menace
11:35 Bad Dog
11:50 Life with Louie
12:20 Hamtaro - Little Hamsters, Big Adventures
12:50 Braceface
13:20 Jacob Two Two
13:50 So Little Time
14:20 Goosebumps
14:50 Black Hole High
15:15 Spider-Man
15:40 Moville Mysteries
16:05 Digimon II
16:30 Totally Spies
17:00 W.I.T.C.H.
17:30 Sonic X
18:00 Closedown

weekends:
06:00 Dennis the Menace
06:25 Hamtaro - Little Hamsters, Big Adventures
06:50 Tiny Planets
07:00 Franklin
07:30 Gadget and the Gadgetinis
08:00 Braceface
08:25 Totally Spies
08:50 Tutenstein
09:15 Jacob Two Two
09:40 Pokemon
10:10 Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
10:40 Medabots
11:10 Digimon II
11:40 Black Hole High
12:10 Breaker High
12:35 Lizzie McGuire
13:05 Braceface
13:35 Ultimate Book of Spells
14:05 Digimon II
14:30 Moville Mysteries
15:00 Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
15:30 Totally Spies
16:00 Martin Mystery
16:30 A.T.O.M. Alpha Teens On Machines
17:00 Pucca
17:05 Spider-Man
17:30 Pucca
17:35 Totally Spies
18:00 Closedown

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/*/safehouse.dk/data/2005*