Disney XD

Disney XD is a Childrens television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company, aimed at children ages six to 14. It was previously known as Fox Kids and Jetix.

Fox Kids
The channel originally launched as 'Fox Kids on October 19, 1996, as first international channel developed under Fox Kids Networks from USA. Fox Kids broadcast from 6 am till 7 pm, timesharing with Sky2 and later National Geographic Channel, before extending its hours to 10 pm. The Channel consisted of live-action and animated comedy, drama and action-adventure programmes for children of all ages, In addition, Fox Kids also programme up to seven hours of commercial-free educational series each week

In 2001 Disney brought "Fox Family Worldwide" from News Corp and Haim Saban The deal also give Disney 76% ownership of Fox Kids Europe, which reached up to 24 million subscribers, as well as ownership of Fox Kids channels in Latin America, which have 10 million subscribers. On November 3, 2003, the channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Jetix
In January 2004, Fox Kids international announced plans to rename the company to Jetix. The Company stated The unique name Jetix was developed with the goal of finding a word that implied action and adventure and yet could be used in a number of international markets without being a proper name for something else. The international research among children conducted specifically for this project showed that this objective was achieved. Bruce Steinberg, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Fox Kids Europe said: “Jetix propels Fox Kids’ offering of high-energy entertainment to a worldwide kids audience. This will strengthen Fox Kids Europe’s partnership with Disney and enable us to develop exciting original programming to bring to this expanded audience and continue our success as the leading pan-European kids action-adventure entertainment company. We will build on this new alliance to continue to successfully leverage our programming library through our channels, consumer products, programme distribution and online and interactive businesses.”.

On3 April started the transition by broadcasting a Jetix-branded block operating every day during prime-time from 3pm to 7pm, In September 2004, the block was also included in the morning line-up, airing between the hours of 7 am and 9 am.[citation needed] he Jetix block featured the following programmes; Shaman King, Sonic X, Digimon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jackie Chan Adventures, Totally Spies, Black Hole High, Goosebumps, MegaMan: NT Warrior, Donkey Kong Country, Martin Mystery, Robot Wars and Power Rangers Ninja Storm plus 2-minute shorts of Shin Chan episodes{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}. On 1 January the channel was fully relaunched as Jetix. As part of the change over The channel started is largest marketing campaign to date, in which cinema advertising was used for first time as the mani driving force behind the campaign. The UK campaign used a 40-second ad spots in 150 Pearl & Dean Vue and UGC cinemas in showings of films such as The Incredibles and Polar Express during the school holiday. The campaign has been planned and bought by Manning Gottlieb OMD. The creative work has been executed in house. As well as the cinema ads, three six-sheet poster executions designed to attract viewers to new episodes of Totally Spies and Sonic X, as well as Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, a launch programme, will appear in cinemas sold by Carlton. Jetix UK marketing director Allan Stenhouse says: "Cinema is a fast-paced, action-packed environment where both the quality of visual and audio communication enables us to excite children about Jetix.

Shortly after the rebranding, a new early-evening block was introduced named "Jetix Max". The Jetix Max slot included such shows as; W.I.T.C.H., Totally Spies, Martin Mystery, Funky Cops, Power Rangers, PXG and Black Hole High. The Jetix Max slot was dropped in June 2006, although it remainded on other Jetix channels around Europe.

Censorship
As Jetix was aimed at children aged 6 to 14, some shows were edited for content that is considered violent, scary or contains flashing images. Many of these edits have been brief and thus would not have been noticed had they not aired on other channels uncensored. The most notable edits are present on the anime Naruto, Goosebumps, MegaMan NT Warrior, and Power Rangers.

Magazine
Future Publishing publishes the official Jetix Magazine. Released every four weeks, the magazine featured puzzles and features based on the channel's characters as well as a six page Power Rangers comic. New issues contained a Sonic X comic based on the current Sonic X comic series by Archie. The magazine frequently included a free DVD featuring shows from the channel. Since 3 September the magazine would become Nitro! due to Jetix rebranding as Disney XD. The magazine would still offer four free gifts per issue however it will cover all major children's content rather than the content on Jetix.

Disney XD rebrand
In December 2008 Disney brought out the remaining 26% share in Jetix to acquire full ownership of Company. Within six months Disney relaunched the channel as Disney XD, in the US, followed by relaunch in the UK on August 31, 2009, replacing Jetix. On August 12, 2009 the Jetix on-screen logo was removed and replaced with the Disney XD logo counting down the days to the launch. . Disney XD is aimed towards boys aged 6 to 14  with Normal Disney channel forced more towards girls. The channel features live-action films, animated shows as well as sports coverage developed in collaboration with ESPN The channel launched the original series Aaron Stone, animated series Phineas and Ferb, live-action series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The channel continued to air shows that previously aired on Jetix, such as Pokémon Battle Dimension, Kid vs. Kat, Phil of the Future, American Dragon: Jake Long and Jimmy Two-Shoes.

Beach Soccer was a joint initiative between England Beach Soccer and Disney XD, holding Beach Soccer Roadshows across the UK. An artificial beach was built in each of the five locations, and beach soccer tournaments were held in Southampton, Nottingham, Minehead and Stockport, culminating in a beach soccer final in Oxford Street, London on Saturday August 29, 2009. Leading the programme was the England National Beach Soccer squad themselves, who were on hand to teach skills and drills and oversee the day’s coaching sessions.

British skateboarder Pete King skated his way across the UK to help get kids out and skateboarding as part of the launch of Disney XD From Land’s End to John O’Groats, Pete King kick-flipped and tail-slided through the UK executing daredevil tricks whilst conducting master classes for kids looking to become the next British skateboarding stars. King’s challenge was part of a series of challenges which Disney XD set for UK personalities to help inspire kids to try new activities. Viewers were able to watch the highlights of King’s journey on Disney XD in October 2009. Also, two shows have been made for Disney XD UK called Football Funnies and Goalmouth