Jetix

Jetix (stylized in all caps) was a children's entertainment brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The brand was for a slate of action- and adventure-related programming blocks and television channels. Jetix programming mainly originated from the Saban Entertainment library, airing live-action and animated series with some original programming. The channel's target audience was older children and adolescents aged 8–15. Jetix was first launched as a programming block in the United States on Toon Disney on 14 February 2004, to compete with Cartoon Network's Toonami block, and in Europe in April 2004. By the end of 2004, Jetix began completely replacing the international Fox Kids channels around the world, the first being the French version in August 2004, and the last one being the German version, in June 2005. Although it was commercially successful, the Jetix brand was discontinued in 2009. All international channels were rebranded as either Disney XD or Disney Channel due to The Walt Disney Company's focus on its existing television brands. The last Jetix channel to shut down was Jetix channel in Russia (replaced with Disney Channel Russia) on 10 August 2010, and was fully discontinued with the shutdown of Jetix Play in the Middle East on 1 September 2010, which was replaced with Playhouse Disney, later Disney Junior.