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UK children's television channel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pop Max (previously Kix! and then Kix) was 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 broadcast cartoons, sci-fi, action and adventure series and anime on Sky and on Freeview. Its target audience was 6 to 15-year-olds. [2]
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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,[3] and shows cartoons and pop music videos for a mixed audience; Tiny Pop, which was launched in 26 July 2004, [citation needed] and shows cartoons for young children and pre-schoolers; and Pop Girl, a defunct channel launched on 6 August 2007.[citation needed]
In August 2008, Kix! launched onto Freesat.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6] A stream of the channel was added to POP Player's Freeview Play app in early 2022.[7] On 25 May 2022, Pop Max was replaced on Freeview with the Pop Player channel.[8]
On 16 April 2025, Sky providers revealed that Pop Max would close on 22 April 2025, with Sky confirming the channel’s removal date a day later.[9] The channel was closed on 22 April 2025 after its removal from Sky providers. However, its programming continues to be available through the Pop Player app and website. The last programme to air on the channel was an episode of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, before freezing halfway through the episode.
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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.
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