Minimax (TV channel)

For the television channels formerly known as Minimax in Spain and Poland respectively, see Disney XD (Spanish TV channel) and Teletoon+. For other uses, see Minimax (disambiguation).

Minimax
CountryHungary
Broadcast areaHungary
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Romania
Moldova
Serbia
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Slovenia
Spain (1 January 1994-4 December 1998)
Poland (16 April 1999-16 October 2004)
HeadquartersAMC Networks International Central Europe, Budapest, Hungary
Programming
Language(s)Hungarian
Czech
Romanian
Serbian
Slovene
Spanish (1 January 1994-4 December 1998)
Polish (16 April 1999-16 October 2004)
Picture format16:9/4:3 576i HDTV
Ownership
OwnerSogecable/Canal+ (1994–2003)[1]
Fox Family Worldwide Inc. (1998)[2]
Cabeltechnologie (1999–2003)[3]
Mediatech Hungary (1999–2007)[4][5]
AMC Networks International Central Europe (2007–present)
Sister channelsJimJam
History
Launched1 January 1994 (Spain)
16 April 1999 (Poland)
6 December 1999 (Hungary)
1 June 2001 (Romania and Moldova)
23 December 2003 (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
17 June 2007 (Serbia)
22 November 2011 (Slovenia)
ReplacedSupermax (Czech Republic)
Closed4 December 1998 (Spain)
16 October 2004 (Poland)
Replaced byFox Kids (Spain)
ZigZap (Poland)
Links
Website(See #External links)

Minimax is a European pay television channel aimed at children, headquartered in Hungary, and broadcasting to 11 Central European countries. The channel was also broadcast in Spain from 1994 to 1998 and Poland from 1999 to 2004. Minimax's policy goals include edutainment and non-violent programs.

As of 2018, the channel runs 24 hours a day. Previously, from 1995 though 2017, Minimax timeshared with Sportmanía, Musicmax, Game One, ITV Hungary, M+, Cool, Animax that used to broadcast more mature and violent cartoons, including anime and C8 over the years.

As the channel broadcasts in multiple countries in multiple languages with the same schedule (except commercial advertisements), program trailers and other presentation elements did not feature written information from 2004 to 2021, however, they started being rolled out again.

Although most of its foreign show broadcasting is in the language it usually broadcasts in, the on-screen text are kept in their original language.

  1. ^ "Manga Classics - Minimax" (in Spanish). 24 September 2005.
  2. ^ Gallo, Isabel (2 December 1998). "Nace Fox Kids, una cadena infantil llena de acción, entretenimiento y aventuras". El País (in Spanish). elpais.com.
  3. ^ "Canal Plus launches Minimax channel". telecompaper.com. 13 December 1999.
  4. ^ "Canal Plus launches Minimax channel". telecompaper.com. 13 December 1999.
  5. ^ European Film and Media Culture. Lennard Højbjerg, Henrik Søndergaard. 2005. ISBN 9788763504270.