Pop Max
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 16:9 576i SDTV |
Timeshift service | Pop Max +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Narrative Entertainment UK Limited |
Sister channels | Pop Tiny Pop Great! TV Great! Movies Great! Movies Action Great! Movies Classic |
History | |
Launched | 19 May 2008 |
Replaced | Pop +1 |
Former names | Kix! (2008-14) Kix (2014-17) |
Links | |
Website | popfun.co.uk/pop-max |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview (Manchester only) | Channel 208 |
Streaming media | |
FilmOn | Internet Protocol Television |
Pop Max (formerly Kix! and then Kix) is a British free-to-air children's television channel in the United Kingdom, owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited.[1] As of June 2014, it broadcasts cartoons, sci-fi, action and adventure series and anime on Sky and Freesat. Its target audience is 7 to 12-year-old boys.[2]
History[edit]
At 6am 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.[citation needed]
Kix was the fourth dedicated kids' channel to be launched by CSC: its three sister channels are Pop which was launched in October 2002,[citation needed] and shows cartoons and pop music videos for a mixed audience; Tiny Pop, which was launched in July 2004,[citation needed] and shows cartoons for young children and pre-schoolers; and Pop Girl, launched in August 2007.[citation needed]
In August 2008, Kix! launched onto Freesat.[3]
In May 2013, Kix! was renamed to Kix.[4] The labelling on the onscreen programme guide was changed in accordance with this. However, the Kix logo continued to include the exclamation mark until early 2014.
Unlike all the other channels from Narrative Capital, Pop Max is not on Virgin Media.
Kix broadcasts on Freeview since April 2016, following the earlier addition of Pop and Tiny Pop to the service. Until 2019, Kix transmitted on the same local-TV multiplex as Pop, so that Kix was only available in areas where Pop is available.[citation needed] In August 2017, Kix rebranded its identity and is now under the Pop Max brand; however, its programming remained relatively unchanged.[5] In June 2019, Pop Max moved to the G-MAN multiplex, meaning that Pop Max only broadcasts in Manchester on Freeview.[6][better source needed] As of 2021, Pop Max is not widely available on Freeview in the UK.
In early 2022, a live Pop Max stream was added to the Freeview Play version of the Pop Player app.[7]
Kix Power and Kix +1[edit]
In July 2013, Kix received Kix Power, which replaced Pop Girl +1 on Sky.[4] Kix Power broadcast only Power Rangers. Kix Power was replaced by a Kix +1 service in October 2013,[citation needed] and this timeshift ran through October to November 2013. Kix Power was then reintroduced in November 2013 for a second run, to operate in the run-up to December 2013, with Kix +1 resuming at the start of January 2014. Kix Power returned again, replacing Kix +1, on an ad hoc basis around major school holiday periods.[citation needed]
In April 2014, Kix +1 relaunched this time as Kix +. In July 2014, Kix + was closed down and replaced with Pop +1, which closed in 2008 and was replaced with Kix. In October 2014, Kix was rebranded as Kix Power for the October half-term. In October 2015, Kix +1 relaunched, replacing Pop Girl. In June 2016, Kix +1 was removed from Freesat and was replaced with Pop +1. In December 2016, Kix Power launched on Virgin Media.[citation needed]
Programming[edit]
The channel sources its programming from multiple independent studios.
Current programming[edit]
- Angry Birds Toons
- Bakugan: Armored Alliance
- Counterfeit Cat
- Cupcake & Dino: General Services
- Dragon Ball Super
- Grizzy and the Lemmings
- Mega Man: Fully Charged
- Nate Is Late
- Pokémon Journeys: The Series
- Power Rangers Beast Morphers
- Power Rangers Dino Charge
- Sonic Boom
- Space Chickens In Space
- Talking Tom and Friends
- Transformers: Cyberverse
- Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
- Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
- Voltron: Legendary Defender
- Zak Storm
Former programming[edit]
- 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
- 3 Amigonauts
- ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks
- Bakugan: Battle Brawlers
- Bakugan: Battle Planet
- The Batman
- Batman Beyond
- Beyblade
- Beyblade Burst
- Biker Mice from Mars (2006 series)
- Bunny Maloney
- Code Lyoko
- Clay Kids
- Cosmic Quantum Ray
- Detentionaire
- Digimon Data Squad
- Dino Squad
- Dinosaur King
- Dr. Dimensionpants
- Dragon Ball GT
- Dragon Ball Z
- Dragon Ball Z Kai
- Freaktown
- Get Ace
- Grojband
- Hanazuki: Full of Treasures
- Inazuma Eleven (seasons 1 and 2 only)
- Iron Man: Armored Adventures
- Justice League
- Justice League: Unlimited
- Lab Rats Challenge
- Legend of the Dragon (now on London Live as part of London Live Kids)
- Legends of Chima
- LEGO Nexo Knights
- Medabots
- Metajets
- Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
- Monster Warriors
- The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
- ¡Mucha Lucha!
- My Dad the Rock Star
- Naruto
- Naruto Shippuden (censored version)
- Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
- Numb Chucks
- Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion
- Oggy and the Cockroaches
- Pinky and the Brain
- Pirate Express
- Pokémon the Series: Black & White
- Pokémon the Series: Black & White: Rival Destinies
- Pokémon the Series: Black & White: Adventures in Unova
- Pokémon the Series: Black & White: Adventures in Unova and Beyond
- Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl (now on CBBC)
- Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension
- Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles
- Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl: Sinnoh League Victors
- Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
- Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Adventures
- Pokémon the Series: XY
- Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest
- Pokémon the Series: XYZ
- Power Rangers Dino Thunder (now available on demand on Sky Kids)
- Power Rangers Jungle Fury
- Power Rangers Megaforce
- Power Rangers Mystic Force (now available on demand on Sky Kids)
- Power Rangers Ninja Steel
- Power Rangers Ninja Storm
- Power Rangers Operation Overdrive (now available on demand on Sky Kids)
- Power Rangers In Space
- Power Rangers R.P.M
- Power Rangers Samurai
- Power Rangers S.P.D. (now available on demand on Sky Kids)
- Power Rangers Time Force
- Power Rangers Wild Force
- Rabbids Invasion
- Rated A for Awesome
- Scan2Go
- SheZow
- Slugterra
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic Underground
- The Spectacular Spider-Man
- Storm Hawks
- Tales from the Cryptkeeper
- The Dukes of Broxstonia
- The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
- Total Drama Island(edited version)
- The Transformers
- Transformers Cybertron
- Transformers: Rescue Bots
- Ultimate Muscle
- Wolverine and the X-Men
- X-Men: Evolution
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
References[edit]
- ^ "Sony Pictures Television U.K. Channels Sold to U.S. Investment Firm Narrative Capital". Variety. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Kix | Showreel | CSC Media". Cscmediagroup.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ Digital Spy. January 2014 https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/satellite/a120175/freesat-adds-bet-five-others/.
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(help) - ^ a b "News". Overnights.tv. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Kix changes name to Pop Max". Digitaltveurope.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Freeview Advice | Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ https://www.popfun.co.uk/pop-max-pokemon-takeover/
External links[edit]
- CSC Media Group
- Children's television networks
- Children's television channels in the United Kingdom
- English-language television stations in the United Kingdom
- Television channels in the United Kingdom
- Television channels and stations established in 2008
- Sony Pictures Television
- 2008 establishments in the United Kingdom