Jetix Play

{{Infobox television channel

| name = Jetix Play

| image = Jetix Play logo.png

| image_alt =

| caption = Jetix Play's final logo, used from 2007 until its closure in 2010.

| type = Preschool television network

| country = United Kingdom{{cite web |url=http://www.port.ro/jetix_play/pls/tv/tv.channel?i_ch=10181&i_date=2010-12-04&i_where=1 |title=PORT.ro - Jetix Play |website=www.port.ro |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205225621/http://www.port.ro/jetix_play/pls/tv/tv.channel?i_ch=10181&i_date=2010-12-04&i_where=1 |archive-date=5 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.foxkidseurope.com/ |title=Fox Kids Europe |website=www.foxkidseurope.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031127051908/http://www.foxkidseurope.com/ |archive-date=27 November 2003 |url-status=dead}}

| area = Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East

| network = Jetix

| launch_date = January 2003 (Poland)
October 2003 (Eastern Europe and Turkey, later in MENA)

| closed_date = 31 July 2010 (CEE)
1 September 2010 (Middle East)

| former_names = Fox Kids Play (2003–2004)

| replaced_by = Playhouse Disney (most countries)

| headquarters = 338 Euston Road, London, United Kingdom

| language = English, Polish, Turkish, Russian

| picture_format = 576i (SDTV)

| owner = Jetix Europe

| parent = Jetix Europe (The Walt Disney Company)

| sister_channels = Jetix

| founded = January 2003 (as Fox Kids Play)
1 January 2005 (as Jetix Play)

| website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20091002043720/http://www.jetixplay.tv/}} (archived)

}}

Jetix Play (formerly Fox Kids Play) was a preschool entertainment brand, owned by Jetix Europe. The Jetix Play name was primarily used as a sister channel to Jetix in a small number of regions, such as Central and Eastern Europe, and Middle East.

History

File:Fox Kids play logo.png

The channel originally launched as Fox Kids Play in January 2003{{Cite web |title=Jetix Europe N.V. Annual Review and Financial Statements 2006 |url=http://www.jetixeurope.com/site/investor_relations/annual_report/2006/pdf/JETIXRA2006web.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330105233mp_/http://www.jetixeurope.com/site/investor_relations/annual_report/2006/pdf/JETIXRA2006web.pdf |archive-date=30 March 2007 |website=www.jetixeurope.com}} in Poland, and later launched in October 2003 in CEE (Including Russia) and MENA regions (including Turkey). Fox Kids Play was aimed at a younger audience than the main Jetix channel and primarily showed archived programming from BVS Entertainment and Fox Kids Europe's catalogues. The channel was available for 12 hours per day, from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M.

On 1 January 2005, Fox Kids Play was rebranded as Jetix Play.{{Cite web|last=Marcin|first=Szumichora|title="Jetix" zamiast Fox Kids|url=https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/jetix-zamiast-fox-kids|website=virtualnemedia}}

On November 1, 2008, Jetix Play increased its broadcast period from 12 to almost 17 hours per day, from 6 A.M. to 10:45 P.M.{{Cite web|title=Jetix Play [18.09.2009] - Start of broadcasting [English audio]|website = YouTube| date=11 April 2020 |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtrly8ZPyow&t=1s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/Jtrly8ZPyow| archive-date=2021-12-12|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}

After The Walt Disney Company increased their ownership in Jetix Europe, they planned to rebrand the channels after Jetix's rebranding into Disney XD or Disney Channel. Near its closure, the channel progressively ceased its carriage on operators in Poland, while stopping to air commercials in late May 2010.{{Cite web |title = Jetix Play kończy nadawanie w Polsce |access-date = 2023-05-03 |publisher = www.wirtualnemedia.pl |url = https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/jetix-play-konczy-nadawanie-w-polsce |language = pl}} The channel closed on 1 August 2010[http://media2.pl/media/66473-wkrotce-nowy-kanal-disneya-w-polsce.html Wkrótce nowy kanał Disneya w Polsce] ([http://translate.google.bg/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=bg&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://media2.pl/media/66473-wkrotce-nowy-kanal-disneya-w-polsce.html&sl=pl&tl=en Google Translate]) New Channel by Disney Soon in Poland in Poland and in Middle East on 1 September 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://en.kingofsat.net/channelhistory.php?ch=2663|title=Change Log - KingOfSat}} The channel was replaced with Playhouse Disney in most regions.

Programming

Programming on Jetix Play consisted of archive programming of animated cartoons and television series from BVS Entertainment's catalogue, which included shows from Saban Entertainment and the pre-1990 catalogue of DIC Entertainment, which BVS/Fox Kids Europe owned international rights to at the time.{{cite web |url=https://streamclues.com/disney-and-missing-saban-entertainment-fox-kids-jetix-worldwide-library/ |title=Disney+ and Missing Saban Entertainment & Fox Kids-Jetix Worldwide Library - StreamClues |date=14 September 2022 |access-date=2 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226042740/https://streamclues.com/disney-and-missing-saban-entertainment-fox-kids-jetix-worldwide-library/ |archive-date=26 December 2022}}{{cite web|access-date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127052639/https://kayiprihtim.com/haberler/dizi/fox-kids-ve-jetix-icerikleri-disney-plus/ |title=Disney Plus’ın Kayıp İçeriği: Fox Kids ve Jetix |url=https://kayiprihtim.com/haberler/dizi/fox-kids-ve-jetix-icerikleri-disney-plus/ |url-status=live}}

= Shows =

Other uses

Fox Kids Play was used by Fox Kids Europe as an interactive VOD in France and Israel,{{cite web | url=https://www.toymania.com/news/messages/0603_foxkids3.shtml | title=What's with Andy? At Licensing 2003 }} and expanded in the United Kingdom when it was added to Telewest in July 2003.{{cite news|title=Fox Kids Europe launches iTV games channel on Telewest|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-106222228.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026074324/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-106222228.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 October 2014|access-date=18 March 2013|newspaper=New Media Age|date=17 July 2003}} The service consisted of various television games based on Fox Kids programmes and third-party properties. The service extended to Sky Digital in March 2004.{{cite web | url=https://www.satellitetoday.com/uncategorized/2004/03/25/fox-inks-sky-game-deal/ | title=Fox Inks Sky Game Deal - Via Satellite - | date=25 March 2004 }}

In the Netherlands, a Jetix Play branded block was featured on Jetix. Unlike the channel, this block was strictly pre-school-focused and aired acquired shows aimed towards younger children, including The Koala Brothers, Bob the Builder, Hamtaro, and Strawberry Shortcake.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/HuYfXtfGGms Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200714132504/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuYfXtfGGms&feature=emb_title Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuYfXtfGGms&feature=emb_title| title = [ARCHIEF] Jetix Nederland - Jetix Play Promo | website=YouTube| date = 24 October 2016 }}{{cbignore}} In September 2009, the block began airing In the Night Garden...,{{cite web | url=https://blog.peuterplace.nl/2009/08/10/jetix-serie-in-de-droom-tuin-een-hit-in-nederland/ | title=Jetix serie 'In de Droom Tuin' een hit in Nederland | date=10 August 2009 }}

Between 2006 and 2007, in Romania and other CEE countries, a Jetix Play programming block was broadcast on Jetix, which similarity to the named channel aired archived programming from BVS's catalogue.{{Cite web|date=7 April 2006|title=Jetix Romania a lansat blocul Jetix Play pentru cei mai mici telespectatori|url=https://www.cinemagia.ro/stiri/jetix-romania-a-lansat-blocul-jetix-play-pentru-cei-mai-mici-telespectatori-2720/|website=Cinemagia}}{{Cite web|date=1 January 2015|title=Élt 4 évet: JETIX, a Fox Kids rövid életű utódja|url=https://hu.toonsphere.com/2015/01/jetix-csatorna-tortenete-2005/|url-status=dead|website=ToonSphere|access-date=9 May 2022|archive-date=12 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512044827/https://hu.toonsphere.com/2015/01/jetix-csatorna-tortenete-2005/}}{{Cite web|date=11 November 2007|title=Jetix lanseaza Jetix Play in Romania|url=https://www.money.ro/jetix-lanseaza-jetix-play-in-romania/|website=Money.ro}}