Jetix

Jetix is an international children's television network owned by Bear Bones Entertainment after it was acquired from its original owner, The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for children's blocks and channels featuring action and adventure-related programming, most of which had previously aired on Fox Kids, as well as some original programming. As of 2018, the brand also aired American animation, Japanese anime, and occasionally anime films, including shows from Bear Bones Productions, Sensation Animation and Maloing Entertainment.

In the United States, the block aired on Toon Disney (from 2004–2009), on ABC Family (from 2004–2006) and BBToons (since 2018). The Jetix brand, alongside Toon Disney, were eventually retired and both rebranded as Disney XD in 2009, or Disney Channel in certain European countries, in accordance with The Walt Disney Company's focus on its Disney, ABC, and ESPN brands. However, in 2017, Bear Bones acquired the Jetix brand from Disney and launched the block on BBToons on February 10, 2019, with the channel version launched four months after the block premiered.

Disney era (2004-2009)
In January 2004, Fox Kids Europe, Fox Kids Latin America, and ABC Cable Networks Group agreed to rename its then-current operations under a single umbrella name Jetix, which helped strengthen its then operations into a single force. The Jetix name was applied to its programming blocks which aired on ABC Family and Toon Disney, its television channels in Europe and Latin America, along with its program library and merchandising.

The Jetix name was chosen after the company conducted international research specifically with a number of children focus groups. Many of the children picked the name as it implied action and adventure, and the company was able to use the name internationally due to its ambiguity. Bruce Steinberg, chairman, and chief executive officer of Fox Kids Europe, explain that Jetix would help strengthen Fox Kids Europe's partnership with Disney while building new alliances to continue to successfully leverage its programming library and distribution.

On Valentine's Day 2004, Toon Disney and ABC Family launched their Jetix blocks with Jetix Cards Live, the world's first concurrently online and telecast trading card game. Toon Disney had 12 hours of weekly prime time programming to start, and ABC Family had two hours on weekdays and four hours on weekends, all in the morning. In fall 2004 with the addition of three new shows, Toon Disney's U.S. block was expanded to 16 hours.

In December 2008 with the retirement of the Jetix brand in North America and it ended within the USA on February 13th, 2009 at 24:00 (February 13, 2009, technically it ended at Midnight) and get renamed Disney XD, The Walt Disney Company fully acquired Jetix Europe, and rebranded the Jetix channels in Europe as ether Disney XD or Disney Channel (depending on the region).

Bear Bones era (2017-present)
In May 2017, Bear Bones Entertainment officially announced that they intended on acquiring the Jetix brand from The Walt Disney Company for $60 million. With the acquisition of Jetix, they also announced the intent to relaunch the brand as a block for BBToons. In June 2017, the first promo for the block aired on TV and was posted on YouTube with thousands and thousands of likes, mostly where the most-beloved Jetix block is being revived.

In January 2018, a month before the block premiere, the full starting lineup for the block was confirmed. The next month, the block finally launched on BBToons on Saturday, February 10, 2018. The first program to air was Fairy Tail. The block not only was given largely favorable reviews from critics and viewers but was also proven to be successful on the launch day, being viewed by both kids and adults.

Due to positive reviews, successful views, and heavy fan demand, Jetix was confirmed to get its own 24/7 hr. channel for the first time in the United States on June 1, 2018. The channel was operated by Bear Bones as a sister channel to BBToons.

Jetix Europe

 * Main article: Jetix Europe

Programming

 * Further information: List of programs broadcast by Jetix (2004-2009; TV channel), List of programs broadcast by Jetix (2004-2009; block), List of programs broadcast by Jetix (2018-present; block) and List of programs broadcast by Jetix (2018-present; TV channel)

From 2004-2009, Jetix owned the Saban Entertainment library which included shows from Marvel Productions. Nowadays, Jetix now airing the Bear Bones Entertainment library which included shows from Bear Bones Productions and Sensation Animation.

Jetix Animation Concepts, also Jetix Concepts Animation, was a brand used for animation co-produced by and for the Jetix global group by the American partner, ABC Cable Networks Group.

Magazine
In the U.K., Future plc published the official Jetix Magazine. Published every four weeks, it featured puzzles and features based on the channel's shows. The magazine also came with a free DVD featuring shows from the channel.

In other countries, including Bulgaria, the Netherlands, and Romania, similar Jetix magazines were also produced.

Jetix Magazine was launched in early September 2004 by Jetix Consumer Products and Future Publishing. Cavan Scott was the magazine's initial editor.

With the purchase of the remaining Jetix Europe shares by The Walt Disney Company and the change over of the channels to a Disney branded channel, Future renamed the magazine to Nitro!, to become an independent magazine with the same general focus.

Kids Cup
The Jetix Kids Cup was an association football tournament in which children from 16 countries competed to "promote fair play, sportsmanship, and cultural exchange".