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Kix

Country	United Kingdom
Ownership
Owner	CSC Media Group

Kix was a free-to-air children's and teen's television channel in the UK, broadcasting between 06:00 to 23:30, showing cartoons, action and adventure series, extreme sports and music videos. It is owned by CSC Media Group, and was launched at 0600 (UK) on 19 May 2008, replacing a one-hour timeshift of sister channel Pop. Kix is aimed at boys 7–12 years old. The channel is currently only broadcast over digital satellite TV, and forms part of a suite of kids' channels operated by CSC.

In August 2013, everyone in Kix peed everywhere, it broke the camera and the channel was off for good.

History

The AGB Nielsen Media Research website initially announced that the channel would be called Klix and be put on Sky, however, this was a mistake and the channel is in fact called Kix!. The correction was made with a new document, which stated that all the other details will remain the same as posted in the original article. At 06:00 on 19 May 2008, Pop +1 ceased broadcast and was directly replaced on-air with Kix content. Medabots was the first programme to be broadcast under the Kix! identity.

Kix was the fourth dedicated kids' channel to be launched by CSC: its three sister channels are Pop which was launched on 29 May 2003, and shows cartoons and pop music videos for a mixed audience; Tiny Pop, which was launched on 27 July 2004, and shows cartoons for young children and pre-schoolers; and Pop Girl, launched on 6 August 2007, and also shows cartoons and live action shows but is aimed at a female-led audience. Some programmes which have aired on Kix! are or have been screened on one or more of the sister channels as well.

On 8 August 2008, Kix launched onto the Freesat platform on channel 606. The channel has not, however, yet been made available over cable TV.

On 7 May 2013, Kix! was renamed Kix. The labelling on the onscreen programme guide was changed in accordance with this. However, the channel logo continues to include the exclamation mark.

Kix moved over to 16:9 widescreen broadcasting on 8 July 2013; Pop, Pop Girl and Tiny Pop had all previously moved over to the wider format. Kix retained a version of its prior onscreen graphics, rather than completely relaunching its presentation alongside the move (as Pop Girl had done).

It died after people peeing on it in August 2013.

Kix Power

On 22 July 2013, Kix received a spin-off channel, Kix Power, which replaced Pop Girl +1 on Sky. The channel will solely air Power Rangers during its first six weeks, with one series shown in each of the first five weeks.

It is still on unlike Kix! LOL

Programmes

A selection of programmes that broadcast on Kix:

Current programming

• Ambition Skate Camp
• Digimon Data Squad
• Dragon Ball Z Kai
• New Zealand Smashes Ultimate GWR
• Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
• Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive
• Sonic Underground
• The Batman
• Total Drama Island
• Pee Land
• I Like Pee
• Go Away Dumbasses!
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
• Scan2Go

Former programming

• 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
• Adrenaline Project
• The Amazing Extraordinary Friends
• Biker Mice from Mars
• Brady's Beasts
• Beyblade (Note: did not air Beyblade V-Force and Beyblade G-Revolution series)
• Bunny Maloney
• Batman of the Future
• Class of the Titans
• Code Lyoko
• Cosmic Quantum Ray
• Dennis the Menace
• Di-Gata Defenders
• DinoSquad

• Evolution: The Animated Series
• Grossology
• GRR TV
• Hilarious Home Video
• Inspector Gadget
• The Invisible Man
• Kix Mix!
• Lab Rats Challenge
• Magi-Nation
• Metajets
• Monster Warriors
• Medabots
• My Dad the Rock Star
• ¡Mucha Lucha!
• Oggy and the Cockroaches
• Power Rangers Wild Force
• Power Rangers Dino Thunder
• Power Rangers SPD
• Power Rangers Mystic Force
• Power Rangers Jungle Fury
• Planet X
• Pinky and the Brain
• Poochini
• Roswell Conspiracies
• Skysurfer Strike Force
• Spider Riders
• Tales from the Cryptkeeper
• Transformers
• Zorro: Generation Z
• Legend of the Dragon
• Ultimate Muscle
• Ultimate Guinness World Records

Music, film and extreme sports programming

At launch, Kix! stated that in addition to cartoons, it would also broadcast music and extreme sports programming. In addition to full scheduled shows, elements of these formats have also occasionally been used as short filler between scheduled programmes.

Music was broadcast under the banner of Kix! Mix, in a similar manner to the Pop Party slots on Pop. Initially, the videos on Kix! were principally drawn from the guitar-pop, pop-punk and indie genres. Within the early billed Kix! Mix shows, there was also a regular feature, the Kix! Mix Quiz, where two bands would be pitted against each other in a general knowledge test.

Since the demise of the half-hour Kix! Mix shows, music videos (chiefly by pop bands such as McFly, rather than the rockier acts seen in the early days) have been used as filler on occasion. Following the introduction of the "Teenage Kix!" block, Kix! Mix was reintroduced for a time as a half-hour slot, though again playing power-pop rather than rock music. Kix! Mix Quiz did not return. The half-hour Kix! Mix subsequently ceased again, and music videos reverted to being used only as filler: they are today rarely seen on the channel, though CSC does continue to operate seven standalone dedicated music channels.

Extreme sports coverage was initially made available through the channel's purchase of imported freesports magazine Planet X. This show featured reports and profiles from the extreme sports world. For a time the slot ceased to be broadcast as a full billed show on Kix!, but clips from the programme continued to be used occasionally used as filler. The half-hour Kix! Xtreme block resumed broadcasting following the launch of Teen Kix!. Following the reintroduction of the slot, further sports-themed programming - such as racing series GRR TV - joined the lineup, but more recently the channel has again been moving away from full-length sports programming. A short filler strand called Kix Trix now exists, within which sportspeople demonstrate their skills.

In 2009 Kix! launched Kix Flix!, which was a film and DVD review programme. The channel had previously broadcast promotional/review pieces for films under the Kix Flix! banner in a short unbilled slot, similar to the Popcorn slot on Pop, but in 2009 a new, more substantial Kix Flix! launched as a billed 15-minute programme, with profiles of several film/DVD releases in each edition. This programme also aired on the entertainment channel Film24 under the title "Kids Flix!". This programme ceased to broadcast at around the time Film24 collapsed and ceased original programming.

Teen Kix!

In late 2009, a new programming block within Kix! began. "Teenage Kix!" or simply "Teen Kix!", initially ran from 20:00 until the channel's close at 23:30, though as of Easter 2010 the block was extended to begin at 6pm. The block includes action and adventure shows, the majority of which were already part of the Kix! schedule prior to the block being established. The introduction of the Teen block also saw the reintroduction of Kix! Xtreme and, for a time, Kix! Mix as full half-hour shows. The Teen block was subsequently scrapped in favour of using the general Kix! branding in the evenings.

See also

• Pop
• Pop Girl
• Tiny Pop
• CSC Media Group

External links

• Official website
• Pop Max on Twitter