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38-532: In the city of Blue Bay Harbor, Shane Clarke, Tori Hanson and Dustin Brooks are three students at the Wind Ninja Academy. Their less than stellar performance and tardiness gets them the occasional lecture from their Sensei, Kanoi Watanabe. One day, the academy is attacked by Lothor, a banished ninja master and Kanoi's identical twin brother, who has returned to capture all the ninja students. Shane, Tori and Dustin are

76-602: A Greek service was launched with limited 13 hours following a 2-hour block launched in October. On March 21, 2002, it was announced that Buena Vista International Television would take over television servicing from Saban International for the 6,300 episode Saban catalogue in Europe and the Middle East beginning in May. FKE would continuing to hold holding all television rights in Europe and

114-544: A 75.7% majority stake and the other 24.3% being listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange . In 2000, five additional Fox Kids feeds launched: Italy , Turkey, Germany , Hungary and the Middle East . These launches made Fox Kids the only children's entertainment company with a local channel in every major European market. In late 2000, Saban Entertainment reconsolidated their European licensing subsidiary based in

152-724: A management buyout and rebrand as Switchover Media, and announced that they would purchase the GXT and K2 networks and blocks from The Walt Disney Company. The company also agreed to operate Jetix Italy for Disney until its rebranding as Disney XD Italy. Disney XD was expected to be rolled out to European territories in 2009. Later, however, Disney announced that the Jetix channel in certain countries (Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Bulgaria and Israel) will be renamed to Disney Channel , marking that channel's first introduction in these countries. The change took place on September 19, 2009, in

190-448: A scroll to unlock a power disk. While Tori gone, Dustin and Shane go to an environmental conference. A monster named Snipster shows up and cuts off Shane and Dustin's bonds while Tori encounters Marah and Kapri. After the fight, the big guns come out, and a new power disk is in action, the turtle mace. Tori misses Blake so much that she decides to go for a ride and ends up running into Blake, and he has something to tell her. Choobo has told

228-672: A visit from the afterlife from Blake and Hunter's parents show them the truth - that it was Lothor who killed them. The Thunder Rangers see the error of their ways and join the Wind Rangers in the battle against Lothor, bringing the Thunder and Ninja Zords together to form the Thunderstorm Megazord. When the Rangers lose their powers, Cam uses the Scroll of Time to travel into the past and retrieve

266-497: A young male audience that would air on Fox Kids networks in Europe and the Middle East and Disney networks in all other territories; alongside the increase of third-party acquisitions. The first agreement made out of the new strategy was a three-year deal with Disney's Buena Vista Home Entertainment to release Power Rangers and select Marvel shows in English-speaking territories. The company's CEO Bruce Steinberg also denied that

304-408: Is barely saved in time by the Wind Rangers. Blake becomes more eager to save his brother than the Wind Rangers are, but they help anyway, especially when they realize that the island is sinking. They find Hunter, who struggles to find himself in his rage, forcing Blake to take matters into his own hands. Cam discovers where the Rangers are and contacts them; the Rangers find that there's only one way off

342-494: Is later accused when it appears that Cam has stolen the amulet. His father, Kanoi, uncovers the truth, which leads to a face-off between Cam and Kiya. It is revealed that Kiya was the banished ninja who is now reborn as Lothor. Later, time runs out, and Cam reluctantly leaves to save the other Rangers, armed with a special gift from his mother, the Samurai Amulet. Meanwhile, the spell that froze time so that Cam could time travel to

380-695: The United Kingdom on October 19, 1996. After the successful launch of Fox Kids UK, five additional Fox Kids networks were launched between 1997 and 1999 for the Netherlands , France , Poland , Scandinavia and Spain . On April 1, 1999, the Central & Eastern Europe feed was launched for the CIS and Baltic countries. Fox Kids Europe became a publicly traded company in November 1999 with Fox Family Worldwide holding

418-817: The CEE region. On September 19, 2009, Disney Channel replaced Jetix in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia. But the Russian feed was still broadcasting under the Jetix name until it was announced that a separate Disney Channel would launch. After the launch of Disney Channel in Romania and Bulgaria, the Jetix feed in Russia began to be independent and got localized, with Russian titlecards and banners with Russian hours. The last Jetix channel to switch over to Disney XD

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456-610: The Disney XD logo in the credits, with "Jetix Europe Properties SARL, Luxembourg, Zurich Branch" credited underneath. As a legal entity, the UK subsidiary (which was mostly responsible for the operational side of Jetix) ceased to exist on March 11, 2019. However, other UK-based Jetix divisions, Jetix Entertainment Limited and Jetix Consumer Products UK Limited existed until April 20, 2014, although by then Jetix's functions were already integrated into Disney. The Dutch subsidiary which mostly handled

494-656: The Fox Kids channels to Jetix began with the France channel's rebranding on 28 August 2004 and ending with the German channel's rebranding on 10 June 2005. In May 2005, Jetix Europe subsidiary Jetix Italia launched GXT on Sky Italia , targeted towards male teens. SIP Animation co-produced a few animated series with Jetix Europe during the 2000s. On March 23, 2006, the pre-1989 DIC Entertainment catalogue, consisting of 20 shows which had been held by Jetix Europe and Disney since 2001,

532-613: The Middle East and Africa. In November, the Central and Eastern European channel team won gold in the U.K. Promax Awards for Jetix Max idents. On December 8, 2008, Disney made an agreement to increase ownership in Jetix Europe to 96%, with intentions to purchase the remainder and have Jetix Europe delisted from the Euronext Amsterdam exchange. By 2009, Disney had owned 99.8% of the company. On 15 July 2009, Jetix Europe subsidiary Jetix Italy S.r.l. announced that they would undergo

570-596: The Middle East with Buena Vista servicing FKE's program distribution activities to third-party broadcasters, while Buena Vista would handle all rights to Saban's catalogue not under Fox Kids Europe including rights outside of Europe and the Middle East. In December 2002, the company signed with BMG Europe for two Fox Kids Hits music compilation albums per year for 10 European markets. In January 2003, Fox Kids Europe launched their first sister network, Fox Kids Play, in Poland. The channel later extended to CEE and MENA regions, and

608-589: The Middle East, reaching 24.9 million households and broadcasting in 54 countries via 11 channel feeds in 16 languages. In the summer of 2001, the Italian Fox Kids channel launched a syndicated block for several local stations in Italy. On July 23, 2001, it was announced that The Walt Disney Company would purchase Fox Family Worldwide for $ 2.9 billion, which included FFW's majority stake in Fox Kids Europe, which

646-774: The Mighty Mammoth Zord, which combines with the Thunderstorm Megazord or the Hurricane Megazord to form the Thunderstorm Ultrazord or the Hurricane Ultrazord. In a last-ditch effort to take over the world, Lothor attempts to open the Abyss of Evil and release its evil, causing all the monsters that were defeated over the season to be resurrected. In a final battle, the rangers, along with the rescued ninja students manage to defeats Lothor's revived army, but he steals

684-652: The Rangers unleash the Ninja Zords, which could combine into the Storm Megazord and destroy monsters with its arsenal of Power Spheres, activated by special ninja power disks. Lothor again raises the stakes by sending his new allies to battle the Wind Rangers - the Thunder Rangers, Blake and Hunter Bradley, who have their own Thunder Zords. The Thunder Rangers are on a mission to destroy the Wind Rangers' Sensei, who they believed to be responsible for their parents' death, but

722-417: The Samurai Amulet and uses it to take away all of the Rangers' powers. However the Wind Rangers combine their inner ninja powers to overpower Lothor and throw him into the abyss. After the battle, the powerless Rangers become ninja masters at the Wind Ninja Academy. Ninja Storm Rangers Supporting characters Villains Guest stars Tori is sent on a ninja training mission to find a turtle that holds

760-597: The Samurai Amulet, a family heirloom in the possession of his late mother, where he discovers how Lothor rose to power. Cam returns to the present and uses the amulet to become the Green Samurai Ranger, armed with the Samurai Star Megazord, which later combines with the Rangers' zords to form the Hurricane Megazord. A lost scroll would later reveal to Cam the Lightning Riff Blaster, which could summon

798-600: The United Kingdom, Saban Consumer Products Europe, as a subsidiary of Fox Kids Europe. In February 2001, a Fox Kids feed was launched in Israel , while the Hungarian feed was extended to the Czech Republic and Slovakia, while launching in Russia as a programming block on free-to-air channel Ren TV . In June 2001 Fox Kids Europe announced that the Fox Kids brand had become the most widely distributed children's channel in Europe and

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836-691: The United States, Shout! Factory released the complete series on a five-disc set on June 21, 2016 in the United States. In the aftermath of the "Shattered Grid" storyline of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers , called "Beyond the Grid" Cam joined a team of Rangers, called the Solar Rangers, with the Ranger Slayer, Mike Corbett , Andros , Tanya , and an undefined Dino Charge Ranger. Jetix Europe Jetix Europe N.V. (formerly known as Fox Kids Europe N.V. )

874-445: The brand was also used for other usages, such as a VOD channel on UK cable provider Telewest . In April 2003, Saban Consumer Products Europe was renamed as Active Licensing Europe. On 11 June 2003, Fox Kids Europe announced that due to the low amount of original content being supplied following the October 2001 purchase of FFW, the company would increase the level of coproduction work with Disney to produce new programmes aimed at

912-423: The brothers that he wants to leave Lothor’s army. Tori talks to Shane and Dustin about what she's learned, but they are hesitant. Meanwhile, Hunter and Blake make their way to Lothor's ship, and things go awry. When the Rangers battle another of Lothor's creations, they are in for the surprise of their lives, and then they disappear without a trace. Temperatures across the globe start to drop at an alarming rate, while

950-554: 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, explained 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. The pre-launch period began with

988-631: The company would be rebranded under the Disney umbrella, by saying "Fox Kids Europe won't rebrand with Disney in its name. We're very different channel and that's why Disney bought us. We'll exploit other synergies, such as coproductions, consumer products and home video." The company also announced they had purchased out Fox Kids Israel to become fully owned and purchased back Israeli rights to Saban's library, both for $ 20.5 million. By 2003, Fox Kids Europe had extended to 34.8 million households in 57 countries via 12 channel feeds in 17 languages. In October 2003, it

1026-403: The confused Rangers find themselves on an island. Lothor looks on gleefully as the Thunder Rangers battle the Wind Rangers until Blake and Hunter begin to come to their senses. A formidable creature and the Rangers find that they have to get off the island before it sinks. Things take a turn for the worse when Hunter falls under a powerful spell that sends him on a murderous rampage for Blake, who

1064-452: The corporate side of Jetix had its final shareholders meeting on March 22, 2012. Buena Vista International Television serviced the television distribution of Jetix Europe's programmes, while the company itself handled all other rights, except for W.I.T.C.H. , which was entirely handled by Disney. These programmes are co-productions with Walt Disney Television Animation . Other than their own co-produced shows, Jetix Europe also licensed

1102-407: The island, but it's hazardous. The Wind and Thunder Rangers have to work together, but they become on the verge of running out of time. Cam resents not being a Ranger and wishes to prove himself, hating how his father is too overprotective. It's up to Cam to save the day, though, when the Rangers are stripped of their powers by Metropolis. This forces Cam to go on a dangerous quest to the past to find

1140-548: The launch of Jetix branded blocks on the Fox Kids networks which would transition to the rebrand once the name would become more familiar. The UK feed added the Jetix-branded block in April. The following month saw the subsidiaries begin to adopt the Jetix brand, with Active Licensing Europe becoming Jetix Consumer Products on 4 May 2004. following suit with Fox Kids Europe changing to Jetix Europe on 14 July 2004. The rebranding of

1178-403: The only thing that can save the world, the Samurai Amulet. In the beginning of the quest, Cam finds himself 30 years in the past. There are many more surprises in store for the young warrior when he meets his mom and dad as teenagers and discovers that his father has a brother known as Kiya, who is determined to take a mesmerizing amulet from Miko, Cam's mother. Cam interferes with his attempt and

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1216-399: The only three remaining students, and along with Sensei, who has been transformed into a guinea pig by Lothor, and his son Cam, retreat into the underground Ninja Ops. There, the three are given Wind Morphers, which allow them to transform into Power Rangers Ninja Storm and protect the city of Blue Bay Harbor from Lothor's forces. When Lothor demonstrates his ability to make his monsters grow,

1254-492: The past is wearing off, leaving the powerless Rangers to face a gigantic monster. Cam becomes the Green Ranger & help the other Rangers. These volume sets were also released in regions where BVHE held distribution rights. In countries where licensing was held by Jetix Europe , releases depended on the region or distributor. BVHE released the complete series in the United Kingdom on July 28, 2008, on an eight-disc boxset. In

1292-632: Was a European television broadcasting company that owned children's television channels and programming blocks across the Europe and Middle East, such as Jetix and Jetix Play . In September 1995, Fox Broadcasting Company and Saban Entertainment announced they had formed a strategic partnership in the creation of children's programming networks worldwide under the Fox Kids umberella. The networks would capitalize on Saban's library and Fox-parent News Corp.’s distribution strength. The venture launched their first international Fox Kids Network branded channel in

1330-516: Was announced that John de Mol Jr. had purchased a 5.1% stake in Fox Kids Europe. This stake was later expanded to 10.2%. In January 2004, Fox Kids Europe, Fox Kids Latin America and the ABC Cable Networks Group agreed to rename its then current operations under a single brand, called Jetix , which helped strengthen its then operations into a single force. The Jetix name was chosen after

1368-448: Was completed on October 24, 2001 The original intention of The Walt Disney Company for the Fox Kids Europe networks after the acquisition was to rebrand all operations as Toon Disney, a channel that had very little distribution internationally but this was scrapped, and the company was instead granted a non-fixed term license with 20th Century Fox Film Corporation to continue using the "Fox Kids" brand at no charge. In November 2001,

1406-565: Was re-acquired by DIC. In December, John De Mol Jr.'s stake in Jetix Europe was increased to 17.4%. In 2008, Jetix Europe licensed out Jetix France to The Walt Disney Company France and Disney-ABC-ESPN Television became its channel distribution partner. In February 2008, Jetix Europe was in talks to join affiliated companies, Disney Channel Europe, ESPN Europe and Disney–ABC International Television (DAIT), in their combined distribution sales unit. In June, Jetix Europe agreed to have DAIT take over distribution sales for all channels across Europe,

1444-551: Was the Dutch version on January 1, 2010. The last Jetix channel to close was the Russian version, which was rebranded as Disney Channel on Tuesday, August 10, 2010. The Jetix Play channels soon followed suit in 2010/2011, being replaced with Playhouse Disney / Disney Junior . Remnants of Jetix Europe continued until around 2012 to 2014 to wind down operations and as an overhang period to fully integrate Jetix into Disney. European Disney XD co-productions such as Rekkit Rabbit contained

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