Latin American pay television channel
Television channel
Disney XD
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Country
| Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
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Broadcast area
| Latin America
Caribbean
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Headquarters
| Buenos Aires
Sao Paulo
Mexico City
Bogota
Santiago, Chile
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Language(s)
| Spanish
Portuguese (for Brazil)
English
(only via
SAP
audio track)
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Picture format
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Owner
| Disney Media Networks Latin America
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Parent
| The Walt Disney Company Latin America
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Sister channels
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Launched
| 8 November 1996
; 27 years ago
(
1996-11-08
)
(as
Fox Kids
)
1 August 2004
; 19 years ago
(
2004-08-01
)
(as
Jetix
)
3 July 2009
; 14 years ago
(
2009-07-03
)
(as Disney XD)
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Closed
| 1 April 2022
; 2 years ago
(
2022-04-01
)
[1]
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Former names
| Fox Kids Network
(1996?1998)
Fox Kids
(1998?2004)
Jetix
(2004?2009)
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Disney XD
was a Latin American
pay television
channel
owned by
The Walt Disney Company
and one of the channels of
Disney Branded Television
which operated across Mexico, Central America, South America and the
Caribbean
region it is based on the
original American network
.
It was directly operated by Disney Media Networks and
The Walt Disney Company Latin America
. Launched on November 8, 1996, as an international feed of
Fox Kids
, it was rebranded as Disney XD in 2009 after five years under Disney's interim Jetix branding. The network closed on April 1, 2022,
[1]
with its content shifting to
Disney Channel
and
Disney+
.
[2]
[3]
[4]
History
[
edit
]
As Fox Kids (1996?2004)
[
edit
]
The channel was launched on November 8, 1996, as
Fox Kids
, originally owned by
Fox Kids Worldwide Inc.
,
[5]
a joint venture of
Saban Entertainment
and
News Corporation
. It was the third international version of the network to launch after those in Australia and the
United Kingdom and Ireland
, and the first version in another language besides English. On July 24, 2001, FKW was sold to
The Walt Disney Company
for US$5.3 billion.
[6]
As Jetix (2004?2009)
[
edit
]
On August 1, 2004, the TV network transitioned to Disney's new international children's action brand,
Jetix
, with Disney content merged into the schedule throughout the two years before.
[7]
It was the first Fox Kids network to rebrand as Jetix.
As Disney XD (2009?2022)
[
edit
]
In May 2009, after
Toon Disney
was rebranded to
Disney XD
in the United States, the Latin American-Disney branch confirmed Disney XD would replace Jetix in Latin America on July 3, 2009. On January 18, 2010, a Pacific feed was introduced for all South American Pacific countries and Bolivia outside Colombia. In August 2016, the channel moved to a full-time widescreen presentation, launching high-definition operations in each territory when technically able to. The Pacific South American feed shifted to a -1 hour feed of the eastern feed in June 2017.
Feeds
[
edit
]
Disney XD Latin America was split into three feeds across the region.
[8]
The network's three feeds were timed to
UTC?6
(identified within network promotions as
Mexico City
) and
UTC?05:00
(identified as
Bogota
or "Sureste") in Spanish, and in
Brazilian Portuguese
,
defaulted to
UTC?03:00
(identified as
Rio de Janeiro
or
Sao Paulo
).
Programming
[
edit
]
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
a
b
Hermosilla, Ignacio (April 1, 2022).
"¿Que paso con Disney XD? Los canales que salen y llegan a la TV"
.
biobiochile.cl
. Retrieved
April 1,
2022
.
- ^
Moderna, Pipoca (January 13, 2022).
"Disney renomeia e facha canais de TV paga no Brasil"
[Disney renames and closes pay TV channels in Brazil].
Terra
(in Portuguese)
. Retrieved
February 6,
2022
.
- ^
"Disney cesara transmisiones de los canales Disney XD, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Kids, FX Movies y Star Life en Latinoamerica"
[Disney will cease transmissions of Disney XD, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Kids, FX Movies and Star Life channels in Latin America.].
TVLaint
(in Spanish). January 10, 2022
. Retrieved
January 10,
2022
.
- ^
"Disney XD, Nat Geo Kids, Wild, FXM y Star Life salen de TV por cable de Latinoamerica"
.
Caraota Digital
(in Spanish). January 11, 2022
. Retrieved
January 13,
2022
.
- ^
Stiletano, Marcelo (October 5, 1996).
"La TV tiro un buen cable"
[The TV threw a good cable].
La Nacion
(in Spanish).
ISSN
0325-0946
. Retrieved
2022-02-26
.
- ^
"Disney compra 100% de Fox Family Worldwide"
[Disney buys 100% of Fox Family Worldwide].
Mercado Argentina
(in Spanish). July 25, 2001
. Retrieved
January 30,
2022
.
- ^
"El canal Fox Kids cambia de nombre: nace Jetix"
[The Fox Kids channel changes its name: Jetix is born.].
Adlantina
(in Spanish). January 9, 2004.
Archived
from the original on 2021-11-04
. Retrieved
January 30,
2022
.
- ^
Disney XD llega a America Latina y reemplazara a Jetix ? Anime, Manga y TV
. Anmtvla.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-09.
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Headquarters:
Pillar
, Argentina
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Media Networks
& Streaming
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Other holdings
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Defunct or Former
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