Pop Max
UK children's television channel
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::summary UK children's television channel ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Pop Max |
| logo | Pop Max logo 2017.svg |
| logo_caption | Final logo used from 2017 to 2025 |
| launch_date | |
| closed_date | (Freesat) |
| (Freeview) | |
| (Sky) | |
| picture_format | 16:9 576i SDTV |
| owner | |
| country | United Kingdom |
| language | English |
| replaced | Pop +1 |
| replaced_by | Pop and Pop Player (website and programming) |
| former_names | Kix! (2008–14) |
| Kix (2014–17) | |
| sister_channels | |
| timeshift_service | Pop Max +1 |
| :: |
| name = Pop Max | logo = Pop Max logo 2017.svg | logo_caption = Final logo used from 2017 to 2025 | launch_date = | closed_date = (Freesat) (Freeview) (Sky) | picture_format = 16:9 576i SDTV | owner = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | replaced = Pop +1 | replaced_by = Pop and Pop Player (website and programming) | former_names = Kix! (2008–14) Kix (2014–17) | sister_channels = | timeshift_service = Pop Max +1 | website = Pop Max (previously Kix! and then Kix) was a free-to-air children's television channel in the United Kingdom, owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited. As of June 2014, it broadcast cartoons, sci-fi, action and adventure series and anime on Sky and on Freeview. Its target audience was 6 to 15-year-old boys.
History
At 6am on 19 May 2008, Pop +1 ceased broadcast and was directly replaced on-air with Kix. 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 in 26 July 2004, and shows cartoons for young children and pre-schoolers; and Pop Girl, a defunct channel launched on 6 August 2007.
In August 2008, Kix! launched onto Freesat. The exclamation mark in its name was dropped in May 2013, though remained in some branding such as Sky's programme guide until the next year.{{cite web|url=http://www.overnights.tv/public/content/News.aspx |title=News |publisher=Overnights.tv |access-date=22 February 2015}}
Kix has broadcast on Freeview since April 2016, following the earlier addition of Pop and Tiny Pop to the service. In August 2017, Kix rebranded as Pop Max without any changes in its schedule. A stream of the channel was added to POP Player's Freeview Play app in early 2022. On 25 May 2022, Pop Max was replaced on Freeview with the Pop Player channel.
Closure
On 7 February 2024, Pop Max and other Narrative Entertainment channels were removed from Freesat a month before the closure the Tiny Pop linear channel, however it was relaunched in 21 August on Freeview and Sky in the same year. On 10 December 2024, Pop Max was dropped from Freeview.
On 17 April 2025, Sky confirmed that Pop Max would be removed from Sky providers on 22 April 2025. The channel closed on 22 April 2025, and its programming continues to be seen on the main Pop channel. It eventually came back as a FAST channel on Freeview, but closed just months later.
Kix Power
In July 2013, Kix launched a Power Rangers-exclusive channel known as Kix Power, replacing Pop Girl's hour-behind timeshift feed, which varied between this channel and Kix's own timeshift channel for several years, depending on school holidays.
Programming
Main article: List of programmes broadcast by Pop and sister children's television channels
References
References
- (14 May 2021). "Sony Pictures Television U.K. Channels Sold to U.S. Investment Firm Narrative Capital".
- "Kix | Showreel | CSC Media". Cscmediagroup.com.
- (29 May 2003). "Toons&Tunes launching today".
- (January 2014). "Freesat adds BET, five others".
- (9 August 2017). "Kix changes name to Pop Max". Digitaltveurope.com.
- "Pop Max Pokémon Takeover February 2022".
- (2022-05-25). "Channel Changes and closures on Freeview".
- Newsdesk1, RXTV. (2024-02-07). "Surprise removal of nine Freesat channels > RXTV info".
- Court, Molly. (2025-04-22). "Legendary children's channel on Sky axed from today after 17 years on air".
- (23 April 2025). "Narrative Entertainment nixes its POP Max kidsnet in the UK".
- (22 April 2025). "Pop Max shuts after 17 years".
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