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58-610: The season premiered on February 18, 2008 as part of Jetix on Toon Disney ; it would be the last season to air on both entities before the launch of Disney XD in February 2009. For over 10,000 years, a spirit of pure evil known as Dai Shi has been locked away and safely guarded by the Pai Zhuq - The Order of the Claw - a secretive Kung Fu clan. The Pai Zhuq select their three top members, Jarrod, Theo Martin, and Lily Chilman, to become

116-547: A new children's block for the network. In March 2002, Angela Shapiro was named president of ABC Family Worldwide, after moving from president of Buena Vista Productions . She originally reported to ABC Broadcast Group president Steve Bornstein, who resigned in 2002. The post then reported directly to Disney president Bob Iger . In October 2003, ABC Family Worldwide was amalgamated into the ABC Cable Networks Group , run by Anne Sweeney . Shapiro also left

174-436: A competitor that would carry programming from the popular Fox Kids lineup. Viacom and Disney made competing offers for IFE; Viacom dropped out of bidding, and News Corporation offered $ 1.8 billion. News Corporation won with a bid of $ 1.9 billion. The acquisition closed on June 11, 1997; IFE was folded into Fox Kids Worldwide, which itself was renamed Fox Family Worldwide . Of the sale, Robertson stated that he "felt it

232-598: A deal to acquire Saban Brands' entertainment assets in May 2018. On March 23, 2012, Corus Entertainment launched ABC Spark , a channel targeted towards young adults which served as a Canadian version of ABC Family. On March 24, 2012, the ABC Family division took control of Soapnet as part of the wind-down of the service in favor of Disney Junior . On January 12, 2016, the Disney division's flagship channel, ABC Family,

290-545: A decision was made to spin off the CBN Family Channel into a new, for-profit company known as International Family Entertainment, via a sale at a price of $ 250 million in convertible notes. The majority of IFE was owned by the network's management, with a 15% minority interest held by TCI Development Corporation, a subsidiary of cable provider Tele-Communications Inc. Special voting shares were issued to Pat Robertson and Timothy Robertson that gave them control of

348-560: A joint programming alliance. The first Jetix Europe co-productions were W.I.T.C.H. and Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go! , with Get Ed and Yin Yang Yo! following in 2005 and 2006 respectively. In Fall 2006, Toon Disney in the United States became the exclusive home for Jetix, effectively ending the block on ABC Family. The Jetix programming block continued to take significant chunks of Toon Disney's airtime, until

406-437: A man named Robert "RJ" James - chef and owner of Jungle Karma Pizza. After testing the guardians, RJ grants them the powers and abilities of Jungle Fury Power Rangers - making them Earth's only hope to stop Dai Shi - who along with his Lieutenant Camille, other henchmen, and an army of undead Rinshi warriors is attempting to take over the world and allow animals to rule over humans. Initially, RJ acts only as Sensei and trainer to

464-574: A new joint brand for their children's television operations, Jetix , which would be used to brand 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. On December 8, 2008, Disney reached an agreement to increase its ownership in Jetix Europe to 96%, and announced an intent to purchase

522-466: A proper valuation. The ensuing conflict resulted in the two companies deciding to sell Fox Family Worldwide to a third-party. At the time, Fox was also preparing to acquire Hughes Electronics, the parent company of television provider DirecTV . On October 24, 2001, The Walt Disney Company acquired Fox Family Worldwide for $ 2.9 billion cash plus $ 2.3 billion in debt assumption, due to Fox Family Channel's 35% audience decline, which gave Disney control of

580-473: A single brand, called 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. After the end of Fox Kids in the US, much of the content previously aired on the block migrated to ABC Family and Toon Disney;

638-475: Is a channel that would air original and classic game shows . The co-owners planned to allow viewers to interact with its programming over a 1-900 line ; revenue was to be shared with providers that carried the channel, who could also integrate their own interactive content into the service. Upon its announcement, Game Channel already faced competition from Sony Pictures Television 's upcoming Game Show Network , as well as other new cable networks launching around

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696-605: Is a subsidiary of the Disney ABC Networks division of The Walt Disney Company that operates American basic cable channel ABC Family (now Freeform) and manages the programming libraries of Disney's subsidiaries BVS Entertainment and Fox Kids / Jetix . The company was originally formed as International Family Entertainment , a spin-off of the Christian Broadcasting Network 's cable network The Family Channel . In 1993, IFE acquired

754-495: Is an accepted version of this page 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/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

812-723: The CanalSat pay-TV platform in France after protracted negotiations. Jetix France was the first European version of Jetix to make the conversion to Disney XD on 1 April 2009. In countries where Disney Channel didn't already exist, Jetix became Disney Channel (most notably the Central Eastern Europe and the Hungarian, Czech, Slovakian, Romanian, and Israeli feeds). The last main Jetix feed in operation, Jetix Russia, made

870-534: The Fox Sports division , which included a slate of Thursday-night regular season games, and Division Series games. ESPN assumed the production responsibilities for these games as part of its ESPN Major League Baseball package, although they continued to air on ABC Family for the time being. The U.S. Fox Kids block broadcast by the Fox network was not included in the sale, and its operations were shifted to

928-630: The Fox Television Entertainment division. As Fox no longer held the rights to the Saban programming that primarily aired during the block, and no longer had appropriate synergies due to the sale of Fox Family, the company chose to contract the block to a third-party. Following a bidding war with DIC Entertainment , Fox subsequently announced in January 2002 that it would enter into an agreement with 4Kids Entertainment to program

986-767: The Cable Health Club (later known as FitTV ), a service devoted to fitness. In December 1993, IFE opened a bidding war to acquire the Nostalgia Network , competing with a partnership of Florida-based MOR Music TV Inc. and Arizona-based Gen-She Inc., and part-owner Concept Communications (owned by the Unification Church ). In December 1993, IFE purchased three Myrtle Beach, South Carolina theaters and Calvin Gilmore Productions for $ 20 million. The Great American Entertainment Co.

1044-540: The Executive Vice President of Disney Channels EMEA as CEO on 11 February 2009. John Hardie left Disney for ITN in June 2009 and was replaced with Giorgio Stock (who later became head of Turner Broadcasting System Europe ). In June 2008, Disney France announced that Disney Channel and Jetix would merge operations; at the time, Jetix was being affected by falling carriage rates and came close to leaving

1102-774: The Fox Family channel (which, owing to its new ownership, was renamed ABC Family , and its parent company renamed ABC Family Worldwide ), Saban Entertainment, Saban's 49.6% stake in Saban International Paris , Fox Kids' international networks in Latin America and Europe, a 76% stake in Fox Kids Europe (which operated the European networks), as well as additional cable rights to Major League Baseball (MLB) that were assigned to Fox Family via

1160-704: The French version's rebranding, which was followed up with the Latin American version later in the month. The transitioning continued throughout 2004 and 2005 with the rebranding of the Scandinavian version (October), versions in most European territories (January), the Netherlands (February) and Italy and Israel (March). The transition was completed in June 2005 when the final Fox Kids network in Germany

1218-595: The MTM programs as part of a new syndication division, and the sale would also bolster an impending British version of The Family Channel . In June 1993, prior to its launch, IFE sold a 39% stake in The Family Channel UK to local company Flextech . The channel officially launched on September 1. Flextech would later buy out IFE's share in The Family Channel UK, which then became the game show-oriented channel Challenge . On August 20, 1993, IFE soft-launched

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1276-625: The Power Rangers, but as the series progresses he joins their ranks as the Jungle Fury Purple Wolf Ranger. During this time, they are also joined by Dominic "Dom" Hargan who studied with RJ, and Fran - originally a customer then an employee of Jungle Karma Pizza. Dominic joins as the White Rhino Power Ranger, and Fran is enlisted to watch the monitors and advise of Rinshi attacks while RJ is with

1334-758: The Saban Entertainment (now BVS Entertainment ) and Fox Kids / Jetix libraries. Currently, the subsidiary is a sub-division of Disney General Entertainment Content , the television assets division of Disney's Disney Entertainment major business segment. Saban Brands would acquire the rights to some of the properties held by BVS Entertainment (the prominent ones being Power Rangers and Digimon ); most of these assets have since been sold to Hasbro and absorbed into its current production studio Hasbro Entertainment . The company has its origins in Pat Robertson 's Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN);

1392-670: The United Kingdom and Ireland, and in November, it started broadcasting in Latin America and Brazil. In November 1999, Fox Kids Europe N.V. was formed, with 75.7% being held by Haim Saban for Fox Family Worldwide, and the remainder listed on the Euronext . In an attempt at U.S. expansion in October 1999, Fox Family spun off two digital cable channels, BoyzChannel and GirlzChannel, which contained programming content targeted at

1450-534: The amount of $ 47 million to $ 53 million in a total of about $ 150 million. IFE's proceeds would be used for programming, marketing and possible acquisitions or investments. Plans were in the works for a home video distribution deal with Pacific Arts by the end of 1992, a South Korea cable network with Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. (now SK Hynix ), and a joint venture to bid for a Czechoslovakian TV station. Additional plans called for Family Channels in Britain and

1508-440: The assets of defunct British ITV broadcaster Television South , whose holdings included the library of U.S. studio MTM Enterprises . In 1996, IFE was acquired by News Corporation ; the MTM library was melded into 20th Century Fox Television 's library, while the remainder was melded into Fox Kids Worldwide (a merger of its Fox Kids unit with Saban Entertainment), to form Fox Family Worldwide . Fox and Saban planned to leverage

1566-441: 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. 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

1624-550: The company and to bring the European Jetix channels completely under the Disney umbrella, enabling Disney to have a singular unified strategy for its channels. After the completion of Jetix Europe's share buy-back offer, Jetix Europe was delisted from the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange on 27 February 2009. In the gradual phase out of the Jetix brand, Jetix Europe's CEO Paul Taylor resigned, with John Hardie,

1682-610: The company. IFE continued to use CBN's facilities under a rental agreement. As a stipulation of the spin-off, The Family Channel was required to maintain daily airings of CBN's flagship television program The 700 Club , a condition that has remained in effect to this day. CBN sold $ 23 million in notes to another cable company. An additional $ 127 million of convertible notes were converted into stock prior to an IPO in April 1992, in which CBN would sell them for $ 93 million to $ 106 million worth. More shares would be sold directly by IFE in

1740-621: The company. IFE then searched for a management company to handle the touring company for an equity stake. Instead, they sold Ice Capades in late 1995 while retaining the option of reacquiring a majority stake in Del Wilber & Associates for 10 years. By March 1995, IFE formed the Family Channel Pictures banner to produce four $ 8 to $ 12 million theatrical films per year. Amblin Television president Tony Thomopoulos

1798-431: The conversion to Disney Channel on 10 August 2010. Also, in the countries where Jetix Play broadcast, it became a localised version of Playhouse Disney ; however, the rollout was not synchronized with the conversion of the main Jetix networks in these areas, instead happening between 2010 and 2011, one region at a time. In Italy, the managing director of Jetix Italy, Francesco Nespega, led a management buyout; Jetix Italy

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1856-535: The epilogue, a more mature and responsible Jarrod goes back to the Pai Zhua to begin his training again, followed by Camille who later returns as a Power Ranger in her own right. Lily, Theo, and RJ remain at Jungle Karma Pizza. Dominic and Fran backpack around the world and Casey becomes a teacher at the Pai Zhuq - with Jarrod and Camille among his students. Jungle Fury Rangers Jungle Fury Spirit Rangers Supporting characters Villains Jetix This

1914-749: The international Fox Kids networks kept operating despite their US forerunner becoming defunct. The Jetix name was chosen after the company conducted international research specifically with a number of children's 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 Jetix with Jetix Cards Live ,

1972-404: The introduction of Disney XD in the United States on February 13, 2009. Disney XD was to be slightly different from Jetix; it still mostly focused on the boy demographic, but would include more live-action productions under the Disney banner and also be a home for Disney's recent animated productions (for both boys and girls), effectively superseding Toon Disney in the United States. The new brand

2030-534: The last one being the German version , in June 2005. Although it was commercially successful, the Jetix brand was later 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. After the shutdown of the last Jetix channel in Russia (replaced with Disney Channel Russia ) on August 10, 2010, and with

2088-521: The network that month. Later, programming executive Linda Mancuso died in December 2003. In early 2004, ABC Family's original movie production unit was taken over by Disney Channel's vice president of original programming and production Gary Marsh and vice president of original movies Michael Healy. In January 2004, Fox Kids Europe, Fox Kids Latin America and the ABC Cable Group launched

2146-456: The new guardians of Dai Shi. Jarrod's arrogant and bullying nature led to him being excluded and a rookie named Casey Rhodes is chosen instead. During the initiation ceremony, Jarrod returns and attacks Master Mao, inadvertently breaking the vessel containing Dai Shi's essence as he does so. The freed Dai Shi kills Master Mao and takes over Jarrod's body. The new guardians travel to the city of Ocean Bluff to seek their new master and find him to be

2204-450: The other Power Rangers. Eventually, Camille is targeted by henchmen Scorch and Snapper who are jealous of her popularity with Dai Shi - although, in reality, it is Jarrod's own human spirit fighting against Dai Shi she is attracted to. As a result, she turns against both them and Dai Shi, enabling Jarrod to throw off its spirit control, and the two join the Power Rangers who use their animal spirits finally to defeat Dai Shi and its forces. In

2262-409: The overseas Jetix networks engaged in various marketing exercises, including print publications, awards shows and sporting events. In the U.K., Future plc published the official Jetix Magazine ; it was launched in early September 2004 by Jetix Consumer Products and Future Publishing. Cavan Scott was the magazine's initial editor. Published every four weeks, it featured puzzles and features based on

2320-516: The popular Fox Kids lineup to turn The Family Channel (which was re-branded as the Fox Family Channel following the purchase) into a competitor to other children's-oriented cable channels such as Nickelodeon , Disney Channel and Cartoon Network . The subsidiary also established international Fox Kids networks in Europe and Latin America. After facing struggling ratings and a failed attempt by Saban to buy out News Corporation's stake in

2378-490: The primary programming theme, though not all Jetix networks and blocks were necessarily limited to that genre. Furthermore, programming from outside producers and distributors were also included. Jetix Animation Concepts was a brand by Walt Disney Television Animation used for animation co-produced by and for the Jetix global group by the ABC Cable Networks Group. As part of brand extension, many of

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2436-577: The religious broadcaster had re-positioned its CBN Satellite Service, which primarily carried televangelism , as the CBN Cable Network, which carried a mixture of secular programming and religious programs. Owing to its new scope, the service was later renamed the CBN Family Channel . By the 1990s, the network had become too profitable to remain under the ownership of the non-profit CBN without legal repercussions. In January 1990,

2494-611: The remainder to give it full ownership. Following its takeover of Jetix Europe, Disney began migrating the Jetix properties in the region to a new brand, Disney XD . In 2009, Switchover Media —a company formed by the management of the Italian Jetix operation, acquired the K2 and GXT networks from Disney, and managed Jetix until its re-branding as Disney XD. Switchover would later be purchased by Discovery Communications . On May 12, 2010, Saban Capital Group 's Saban Brands bought

2552-399: The respective genders. Both networks shut down after one year of operation due to a lack of leverage and demand by cable providers (each only had 100,000 subscribers), and a desire to invest more heavily in the parent channel. The Fox Family channel struggled under their ownership; Saban attempted to force News Corporation to sell it its share in the joint venture, but were unable to agree in

2610-479: The rest of Europe, and additional cable channels. In consideration by IFE for the cable channel's genres were game shows, westerns, country music and sports as well as Spanish-language simulcasting. On April 28, 1992, IFE began public trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker FAM. In May 1992, IFE announced plans to launch Game Channel, a joint venture with Game Technologies, which

2668-519: The rights to the Power Rangers franchise back from Disney for $ 43 million. Rights to the then-upcoming season Power Rangers Samurai , as well as previous seasons, were acquired by Nickelodeon in 2011. In September 2012, Saban Brands also re-acquired the international rights to the Digimon franchise, partnering with MarVista Entertainment as distributor. Hasbro subsequently announced

2726-559: The same general focus. In CEE , there was annual children's musical event called Jetix Kids Awards, in which children could vote their favorite shows and stars, in order to win prizes. The last edition took place in 2008. The Jetix Kids Cup (formerly known as the Fox Kids Cup ) was an association football tournament in which children from 16 countries competed to "promote fair play, sportsmanship and cultural exchange". ABC Family Worldwide ABC Family Worldwide

2784-546: The same period. On June 7, 1993, The Family Channel launched a game show block with interactive segments built around its new original production Trivial Pursuit , in preparation for the planned launch of Game Channel. In February 1993, IFE acquired the assets of Television South , a former ITV franchisee in Southern England , for $ 68.5 million. The deal gave IFE ownership of the library of Mary Tyler Moore 's studio MTM Enterprises ; IFE planned to leverage

2842-466: The shutdown of Jetix Play in the Middle East on September 1, 2010 (which was replaced with Playhouse Disney , later Disney Junior ) the Jetix brand officially ceased usage. In January 2004, Fox Kids Europe, Fox Kids Latin America (both of which were purchased by Disney in 2001 as part of Fox Family Worldwide ) and the ABC Cable Networks Group agreed to rename its then current operations under

2900-444: The venture, Fox Family Worldwide was later sold to its current owner, The Walt Disney Company , in 2001 for $ 5.3 billion, after which the company was rebranded as ABC Family Worldwide until 2016. The purchase gave Disney ownership of the Fox Family channel (which was subsequently rebranded as ABC Family), the international Fox Kids channels (which were later re-branded as Jetix , and then Disney Channel or Disney XD ), and rights to

2958-639: The world's first concurrently online and telecast trading card game. ABC Family aired Jetix on weekdays from 7am to 9am and weekends 7am to 12 noon ET/PT. The block also aired on Toon Disney Monday through Thursday from 7pm to 9pm ET/PT and weekends from 7pm to 9pm ET/PT. Outside of the United States, Jetix was first launched as a programming block on the European Fox Kids channels in April 2004, airing in mornings and afternoons. The transition of Fox Kids networks into Jetix started in August 2004 with

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3016-417: Was formed as a subsidiary of IFE to control the companies. In 1994, IFE acquired Dorothy Hamill International, which had bought the ice show franchise Ice Capades out of bankruptcy. However, the company went out of business afterward due to the decreasing popularity of its shows in favor of traditional figure skating competitions and exhibitions. The tour had a lackluster season, which led Hamill to leave

3074-570: Was hired as MTM Entertainment's chief executive officer and would also oversee programing on The Family Channel, Family Channel Pictures, and creative aspects of Ice Capades and Great American Entertainment Company. In 1997, Fox Kids Worldwide, a company formed in 1996 via the merger of Fox Children's Network and Haim Saban's Saban Entertainment , made a bid to acquire IFE. With the growing shift in children's television from over-the-air programming blocks to cable channels such as Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon , Fox and Saban sought to launch

3132-522: Was older children and adolescents aged 8–15. Jetix was first launched as a programming block in the United States on Toon Disney on February 14, 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

3190-457: Was rebranded as Jetix. The Fox Kids Play channels available in CEE and MENA (which primarily aired archive programming from Saban, Fox Kids, and Jetix archives, including some DiC Entertainment shows) were rebranded as Jetix Play, on 1 January 2005. The Jetix brand unified the children's programming department at ABC's domestic cable networks, as well as Fox Kids in Europe and Latin America, in

3248-676: Was renamed as Switchover Media and was now responsible for two channels that were previously operated by Jetix Italy, pay-TV channel GXT and free-to-air channel K2 (as of 2024, they are operated by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA ). However, the main Jetix Italy channel remained at Disney and was rebranded as Disney XD in September 2009. Jetix was primarily built upon Disney's ownership of the Saban Entertainment library (acquired along with ABC Family Worldwide in 2001), which included shows from Marvel Productions ; action-adventure shows were

3306-528: Was time for the Family Channel to join the consolidation that was going on in the industry." On August 15, 1998, The Family Channel was renamed Fox Family Channel; Fox continued to be subject to the mandate that The 700 Club be broadcast by the network. Rights to the MTM Enterprises library were folded into 20th Century Fox Television . In October 1996, a Fox Kids channel was launched in

3364-425: Was to be "aimed at boys ages 6-14 and features content focusing on the themes of adventure, accomplishment, gaming, music and sports." A few months before the U.S. launch of Disney XD on December 8, 2008, Disney announced that it would be increasing its shares in Jetix Europe to 96% with the intention to buy the remaining shares in the company, effectively ending Jetix Europe's autonomy. Disney wanted full control of

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