 Final logo used from 12 June 2015 to 31 March 2022 | |
| Country | Argentina Mexico |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Latin America Caribbean |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires Mexico City Bogotá Santiago |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Spanish English (only viaSAP audio track) |
| Picture format | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Disney Media Networks Latin America |
| Parent | The Walt Disney Company Latin America |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 8 November 1996; 28 years ago (1996-11-08) (asFox Kids) 1 August 2004; 21 years ago (2004-08-01) (asJetix) 3 July 2009; 16 years ago (2009-07-03) (as Disney XD) |
| Closed | 1 April 2022; 3 years ago (2022-04-01)[1] |
| Replaced by | Disney Channel (programming) |
| Former names | Fox Kids Network (1996–1998) Fox Kids (1998–2004) Jetix (2004–2009) |
Disney XD was a Latin Americanpay televisionchannel owned byThe Walt Disney Company and one of the channels ofDisney Branded Television which operated across Mexico, Central America, South America and theCaribbean region. It is based on theU.S. cable television channel of the same name.
It was directly operated by Disney Media Networks andThe Walt Disney Company Latin America. Launched on November 8, 1996, as an international feed ofFox Kids, it was rebranded as Disney XD in 2009 after five years under Disney's Jetix branding. The network closed on April 1, 2022,[1] with its content shifting toDisney Channel andDisney+.[2][3]
The channel was launched on November 8, 1996, asFox Kids, originally owned byFox Kids Worldwide Inc.,[4] a joint venture ofSaban Entertainment andNews Corporation. It was the third international version of the network to launch after those in Australia and theUnited Kingdom and Ireland, and the first version in another language besides English.
Fox Kids launched onSky México on February 4, 1997.[5]
On July 24, 2001, FKW was sold toThe Walt Disney Company for US$5.3 billion.[6]
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.
In May 2009, afterToon Disney was rebranded toDisney 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.
Disney XD Latin America was split into two feeds across the region.[8] The network's two feeds were timed toUTC–6 (identified within network promotions asMexico City) andUTC−05:00 (identified asBogotá or "Sureste").
