Old International Fox Kids/Jetix Channels Memorial Thread

[JulianRO]

I suppose it was broadcast from Athens, as there was no Ofcom/ITC licence for it. Nova was the only pay-TV provider in Greece at the time, and they had a local team, and was supposed to be a replacement of their local version of K-TV. It may also explains the use of Nova's website on promos.

Fox Kids Europe

You were right.

 

[Two Two's]

Jetix UK was probably one of the lowest watched kids channels in the UK at around 2007. This could be attributed to poor scheduling decisions and a lack of variety with progamming (which tie-in together)


This could be seen as early as 2003 when FOX Kids UK outright cut a huge chunk of the schedule in favour of more Power Rangers and more Marvel shows. Honestly if they launched a FOX Kids PLAY channel, it would probably be the lowest watched channel on Sky in general unless if they added heavy hitters.

 

[harry580]

I wonder if fox kids play was planned when fox family worldwide is still owned by news corporation but was delayed when disney bought fox family worldwide until disney did launched fox kids play in 2003

 

[JulianRO]

No offense but please write the names of people, channels, companies, etc. with first letter capitalized. It's much harder to read without.

 

[Two Two's]

I wonder if fox kids play was planned when fox family worldwide is still owned by news corporation but was delayed when disney bought fox family worldwide until disney did launched fox kids play in 2003

I always assumed there was a 2nd channel planned but Disney's buy-out prevented it. Could of been FOX Family and it could of even been a FTA counterpart of FK


Eek the Cat promo from Jetix Play (2007-2011)

 

[JulianRO]

"Transformers: Robots in Disguise" up next ident on Fox Kids Israel (2003?)

The sound effect at 0:06 is from the 2nd episode of "Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist".

 

[RegularCapital]

I wonder if fox kids play was planned when fox family worldwide is still owned by news corporation but was delayed when disney bought fox family worldwide until disney did launched fox kids play in 2003

Fox Kids Play was first announced in April 2001, months before the Disney acquisition. Although, this refers to the interactive service and not the TV channel.

Fox Kids Europe plays around with interactive games channels

Breaking new iTV ground, Fox Kids Europe and Paris-based tech company Visiware are planning to start rolling out a slew of subscription-based interactive games channels across Europe for kids ages four to 14. Branded as Fox Kids Play, each channel will...

kidscreen.com

 

[Two Two's]

Fox Kids Play was first announced in April 2001, months before the Disney acquisition. Although, this refers to the interactive service and not the TV channel.

Fox Kids Europe plays around with interactive games channels

Breaking new iTV ground, Fox Kids Europe and Paris-based tech company Visiware are planning to start rolling out a slew of subscription-based interactive games channels across Europe for kids ages four to 14. Branded as Fox Kids Play, each channel will...

kidscreen.com

FOX Kids Play I feel like launched at a very good time for International FK, alot of the shows that made FK EU were started to air less and less. If they launched it as a channel very early on, it would of clashed with their progamming at that time.

 

[Two Two's]

Jetix PLAY Continuity with multiple audio tracks from 2009

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[JulianRO]

Fox Kids France website promo:

 

[Two Two's]

FOX Kids UK schedule (August 23rd 2000)
Source: NTL Cable Guide Cable Guide (UK) August 2000 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
6:00AM: Oggy and the Cockroaches
6:10AM: Bad Dog
6:30AM: Bobby's World
6:55AM: Jim Button
7:15AM: Walter Melon
7:40AM: Inspector Gadget
8:00AM: Oggy and the Cockroaches
8:10AM: Biker Mice from Mars (1994)
8:30AM: Dennis (doesn't specifiy if it's the US or UK version)
8:55AM: Sailor Moon (double bill)
9:40AM: Digimon: Digital Monsters
10:00AM: Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
10:20AM: Monster Rancher
10:45AM: Masked Rider
11:05AM: X-Men '92
11:30AM: The Secret Files of the Spydogs
11:50AM: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
12:15PM: Walter Melon
12:35PM: Inspector Gadget
1:00PM: The Woody Woodpecker Show (1999)
1:10PM: Casper (1996)
1:30PM: Donkey Kong Country
1:55PM: Dennis (once again, doesn't specifiy)
2:20PM: Life with Louie
2:40PM: Princess Sissi
3:00PM: Princess Starla
3:20PM: Sailor Moon
3:45PM: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (double bill)
4:30PM: Digimon: Digital Monsters
4:50PM: Masked Rider
5:15PM: Monster Rancher
5:35PM: Biker Mice from Mars (1994)
6:00PM: The New Addams Family
6:25PM: Casper (1996)
6:35PM: Goosebumps
7:00PM: End of Broadcasting? (on NTL this is where it stops, maybe there's more that reaches to 10PM)

 

[Francisque]

Very limited advertising compared to other children's channels in the UK, although I think they went with 30 mins-based slots in 2003

I don't understand how they could have internal breaks with slots shorter than 30 minutes, since these have been banned from the EU

Maybe OFCOM wasn't forcing this rule

 

[Two Two's]

Very limited advertising compared to other children's channels in the UK, although I think they went with 30 mins-based slots in 2003

I don't understand how they could have internal breaks with slots shorter than 30 minutes, since these have been banned from the EU

Maybe OFCOM wasn't forcing this rule

Good call to be honest, the 10 minute slots were probably the most they could get out of advertisers since those shows were 6-7 minutes long.

 

[JulianRO]

7:00PM: End of Broadcasting?

Yes, in the UK Fox Kids went 24/7 in November 2003.

Fox Kids goes 24/7 from November

FOX Kids will expand to a 24 hour schedule from November 3rd.

www.digitalspy.com

 

[Two Two's]

Yes, in the UK Fox Kids went 24/7 in November 2003.

Fox Kids goes 24/7 from November

FOX Kids will expand to a 24 hour schedule from November 3rd.

www.digitalspy.com

I am aware but prior to this they ended at 10PM, NTL only has this as 7PM end.

 

[JulianRO]

Probably it was different from provider to provider. Here, until DTH television was commercially launched in 2005, you could see Fox Kids only on cable. One friend of mine remembers that back when he received the CEE feed in 1999, Fox Kids was available only in Russian.

 

[Two Two's]

Probably it was different from provider to provider. Here, until DTH television was commercially launched in 2005, you could see Fox Kids only on cable. One friend of mine remembers that back when he received the CEE feed in 1999, Fox Kids was available only in Russian.

Great point! The CEE feed was probably intended to be the Russian feed but as time went on, there was a new market for these shows and more audio tracks were added.

 

[JulianRO]

Great point! The CEE feed was probably intended to be the Russian feed but as time went on

Actually, their intent was to launch it directly for the CEE countries since the beginning.

Old International Fox Kids/Jetix Channels Memorial Thread

The Romanian Fox Kids domain seems to be still owned by Disney, and it will expire on May 30.

animesuperhero.com

Those photos make me think that in reality, the CEE feed was launched more earlier than April 1999, because, let's take it logically.

The first pic says:

Starting on March 8, Fox Kids, the first channel launched in premiere for the Romanian children, can be watched on satellite, and from April 1, 1999, on cable.

Also, that link in Russian that says the feed was launched in February 1999 makes me think that Russia got the feed in February, and then us, in March.

 

[RegularCapital]

I am aware but prior to this they ended at 10PM, NTL only has this as 7PM end.

This is from Cable Guide which was mostly for analogue cable customers. This is the analogue Fox Kids feed that NTL (and ex-Cable and Wireless) redistributed from Astra 1 (19.2°E), which timeshared with National Geographic Channel, you can see that Fox Kids closes down at 7pm, and Nat Geo starts up at 7pm.

Fox Kids was eventually added to NTL's digital service in December 2000, this was the same Digital service as Sky on Astra 2 (28.2°E) with the (then) 10pm closedown.

Fox Kids Europe

web.archive.org

The second largest cable operator - Telewest was late to the party, and Fox Kids was added in February 2002, with the exceptions of Birmingham Cable (was partly owned by Comcast, was sold off by NTL to Telewest when NTL purchased Comcast UK, with Comcast exiting the UK pay-TV market until they acquired Sky) and Eurobell (a Southwest England cable company that was later purchased by Telewest) which already had them on analogue only.

Fox Kids builds UK penetration

Telewest strengthens grip on UK cable business

Snaffles up Comcast Birmingham stake

www.theregister.com

 

[Two Two's]

Iznogoud bumper for FOX Kids Sweden (2002?)