Jetix Latin America
| Disney XD | |
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| Launched | November 8, 1996 (Fox Kids Network) 1998 (Fox Kids) August 1, 2004 (Jetix) July 3, 2009 (Disney XD) |
| Owned by | The Walt Disney Company Latin America |
| Picture format | 16:9 480i/576i (SDTV) |
| Country | Latin America |
| Language |
Spanish Portuguese (Brazilian feed only) English (only via SAP audio track) |
| Broadcast area | Latin America and The Caribbean |
| Headquarters |
Buenos Aires, Argentina São Paulo, Brazil Mexico City, Mexico Coro, Venezuela Bogota, Colombia Santiago, Chile |
| Formerly called | Fox Kids Network (1996-1998) Fox Kids (1998–2004) Jetix (2004–2009) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Disney Channel Disney Junior ESPN |
| Website |
Latin American website Brazilian website |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| SKY México | Channel 311 (north feed) |
| Dish Network Mexico | Channel 304 (north feed) |
| DirecTV LA | Channel 316 |
| Telefónica TV | Channel 307 (central feed) |
| SKY Brazil | Channel 93 |
| Telefônica TV | Channel 320 |
| Via Embratel | Channel 94 |
| Oi TV | Channel 106 |
| Vivo TV | Channel 24 |
| DirecTV Caribbean | Channel 316 (north feed) |
| Cable | |
| Unicable | Channel 23 |
| TVA | Channel 28 |
| Multicanal | Channel 26 |
| Cablevisión | Channel 320 |
| AMNET Televisión | Channel 53 |
| Cabletica | Channel 32 |
| VTR Chile | Channel 7 |
| Flow Trinidad | Channel 41 / 162 |
Disney XD is a basic cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is broadcast throughout the region into five feeds, and features animated programs and sitcoms, primarily marketed to kids and teenagers from 6 to 14. It is directly operated by Disney & ESPN Media Networks and The Walt Disney Company Latin America, which are owned by The Walt Disney Company.
The channel was launched on November 8, 1996 as Fox Kids. On July 31, 2004 it was rebranded as Jetix with new on-screen graphics and the premiere of new original shows developed by Disney, due to the acquisition of the Fox Family Worldwide franchise in July 2001, which involved the Latin American management division of the channel. In May 2009, after Toon Disney being rebranded to Disney XD in the United States, the Latin American-Disney branch confirmed Disney XD will be rollout in the region replacing Jetix on July 3, 2009 . On January 18, 2010 a Chilean feed was introduced (collectively known as the Pacific feed), which also broadcasts in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador with the Chilean time onscreen (UTC−4/-3), pulling off the Argentinian feed that used to air in those countries since 1996 as Fox Kids.
Starting from July 2015, Disney partially implemented a new branding image on the channel's Latin American feeds as part of the "#GameOn" programming block, featuring gaming-based graphics, the premiere of new episodes and series, such as Star vs. the Forces of Evil and Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero. Starting from April 2016, the programming block is phased out and Disney XD gradually implements the current graphical branding on its promos, until it eventually rebrands on 1 June 2016, when the on-screen logo was later changed with the current look.
Since September 2015, Lego is the official sponsor of Disney XD in the region.
On August 2016, the channel changed its aspect ratio from fullscreen to widescreen. On June 2017, the Pacific feed stopped broadcasting as an independent feed an, instead, became a timeshift channel by one hour, relying on the South feed, with Argentine ads being replaced by Chilean, Bolivian and Peruvian commercials.
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