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Jetix
Ownership
OwnerPart of Jetix Europe
(The Walt Disney Company (74%)
Public Shareholders (26%))

Jetix is a children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company broadcast in Russia, Romania, Bulgaria and other countries. It was previously known as Fox Kids. It is broadcast simultaneously in four languages (using DVB audio technology): Romanian, Russian , English and Bulgarian. Advertising is shown in Romanian and Russian.

Jetix is broadcast in Romania by all cable TV and DTH operators. The Romanian version of the channel is also included in the list of channels of various Moldovan cable operators as well as in the basic package of the digital platform Digi TV in Serbia and Croatia.

Jetix Russia is broadcast in 24/7 mode by all cable and sattellite TV operators (such as NTV Plus), with the normal Jetix available till 23.00, and Jetix Max till the morning.

Jetix Max is a night programming block featuring more teen-oriented shows such as: Naruto, Shaman King, H2O: Just Add Water, Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive and Transformers Animated.

This TV channel is also available in Slovenia from 06:00-19:00 from a cable operator Telemach and from IP TV provider SiOL. T-2(IP TV provider) also provides this channel now 24/7.

Fox Kids and later Jetix has been available in all cable operators in Bulgaria since around 1999 and was mostly broadcast with either the Russian or English language audio track. From October 2007 Jetix is available with a Bulgarian audio track for some of the shows. The Bulgarian version is maintained by Balkan News Corporation, as their channel bTV continued to air a Jetix block even after Fox Kids was sold to Disney. It is expected that the channel will reach 100% translation of its shows in 2008. [1]

On august 11, 2008 Jetix started broadcasting in Romania a block of "Disney stars"[2], featuring the series Kim Possible, Phineas and Ferb, American Dragon and Hannah Montana. High School Musical aired on August 22, 2008 and High School Musical 2 is set to air on november 1, 2008.

Jetix Romania & Russia is also available in other countries: Moldova, Serbia, Croatia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Kazahstan etc.

Shows aired on Jetix Romania & Russia

Current

 

Disney block available in Romania:

Former Shows

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.jetixeurope.com/site/press_office/press_releases/bulgaria_localisation.html
    Jetix begins localisation of its Bulgarian Channel - 31st October 2007 (retrieved on November 14, 2007)
  2. ^ http://www.telemaniac.com/jetix-bgro Джетикс ще увеличи програмите на Дисни в България и Румъния (translation: Jetix to air more Disney programming in Romania) (in Bulgarian); retrieved august 20, 2008.