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{{short description|Central European children's television channel}}
{{About||the television channels formerly known as Minimax in Spain and Poland respectively|Disney XD (Spanish TV channel)|and|Teletoon+|other uses|Minimax (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = Minimax
| logo = Minimax-logo-320.png
| logo_size = 
| logo_alt = Minimax
| image = 
| launch_date = {{dts|format=dmy|1994|01|01}} (Spain)<br />{{dts|format=dmy|1999|04|16}} (Poland)<br />{{dts|format=dmy|1999|12|06}} (Hungary)<br />{{dts|format=dmy|2001|06|01}} (Romania and Moldova)<br />{{dts|format=dmy|2003|12|23}} (Czech Republic and Slovakia)<br />{{dts|format=dmy|2007|06|17}} (Serbia) <br />{{dts|format=dmy|2011|11|22}} (Slovenia)
| headquarters = [[AMC Networks International Central Europe]], [[Budapest]], Hungary
| language = [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]<br />[[Czech language|Czech]]<br />[[Romanian language|Romanian]]<br />[[Serbian language|Serbian]]<br />[[Slovene language|Slovene]]<br />[[Spanish language|Spanish]] (1 January 1994-4 December 1998)<br />[[Polish language|Polish]] (16 April 1999-16 October 2004)
| picture_format = [[16:9]]/[[4:3]] [[576i]] [[HDTV]]
| owner = [[PRISA TV|Sogecable]]/[[Groupe Canal+|Canal+]] (1994–2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mangaclassics.mboards.com/858150/11721101-minimax/|title=Manga Classics - Minimax|date=24 September 2005|language=es}}</ref><br />[[ABC Family Worldwide|Fox Family Worldwide Inc.]] (1998)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1998/12/03/radiotv/912639604_850215.html |title=Nace Fox Kids, una cadena infantil llena de acción, entretenimiento y aventuras |newspaper=El País |publisher=elpais.com| date=2 December 1998|access-date=|language=es|last1=Gallo |first1=Isabel }}</ref><br />Cabeltechnologie (1999–2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/canal-plus-launches-minimax-channel--195973|title=Canal Plus launches Minimax channel|date= 13 December 1999|publisher=telecompaper.com}}</ref><br />Mediatech Hungary (1999–2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/canal-plus-launches-minimax-channel--195973|title=Canal Plus launches Minimax channel|date= 13 December 1999|publisher=telecompaper.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QMHwEHgK9JQC&dq=Mediatech+Media+%28Hungary%29&pg=PA128|title=European Film and Media Culture|publisher=Lennard Højbjerg, Henrik Søndergaard|date=2005|isbn=9788763504270}}</ref><br />[[AMC Networks International Central Europe]] (2007–present)
| country = [[Hungary]]
| area = [[Hungary]]<br />[[Czech Republic]]<br/>[[Slovakia]]<br>[[Romania]]<br>[[Moldova]]<br>[[Serbia]]<br>[[Croatia]]<br>[[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]<br>[[Montenegro]]<br>[[North Macedonia]]<br>[[Slovenia]]<br>[[Spain]] (1 January 1994-4 December 1998)<br>[[Poland]] (16 April 1999-16 October 2004)
| former_names = 
| replaced = [[Supermax (TV channel)|Supermax]] (Czech Republic)
| replaced_by = [[Jetix|Fox Kids]] (Spain)<br />[[Teletoon+|ZigZap]] (Poland)
| closed_date = 4 December 1998 (Spain)<br />16 October 2004 (Poland)
| sister_channels = [[JimJam]]
| website = (See [[#External links]])
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}}

'''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 [[educational entertainment|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, [[Cool TV|M+]], [[Cool TV|Cool]], [[Animax (Eastern European TV channel)|Animax]] that used to broadcast more mature and violent cartoons, including anime and [[C8 (Eastern Europe)|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.

==History==
Minimax has its origins in Spain, where it was launched on 1 January 1994 as part of a 4-channel Sogecable package on [[PRISA TV|Canal Satélite]], broadcasting on the [[Astra 1C]] satellite for 13 hours a day, from 8am to 9pm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESbYLuacOmM  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/ESbYLuacOmM |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Canal+ España promo (1993)|website=[[YouTube]]|date=1993 |access-date=4 May 2012 |language=es}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1995/07/02/radiotv/804636027_850215.html  |title=Minimax, un canal sin violencia exclusivo para el público infantil|newspaper=El País|publisher=elpais.com|date=1 July 1995|access-date=|language=es|last1=Rivas|first1=Rosa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mangaclassics.mboards.com/858150/11721101-minimax/|title=Manga Classics - Minimax|date=24 September 2005|language=es}}</ref> In 1994, Canal+ expressed its intentions to launch the channel across Europe and even to offer the Canal Satélite package to [[Latin America]]n viewers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1994/01/13/radiotv/758415628_850215.html|title=Sogecable lanza Canalsatélite, la mayor oferta de televisión por satélite en España|newspaper=El País|publisher=elpais.com|date=12 January 1994|language=es}}</ref> In 1995, the channel [[:es:Sportmanía|Sportmanía]] launched and began timesharing with Minimax. In 1996, Minimax reached a deal with [[Nickelodeon]] to broadcast the latter's shows on weekends.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1996/08/03/radiotv/839023205_850215.html  |title=Minimax se 'casa' con Nickelodeon|newspaper=El País|publisher=elpais.com|date=2 August 1996|access-date=|language=es|last1=Rivas|first1=Rosa}}</ref> In May 1998, Minimax began broadcasting series from [[Fox Kids]], initially as a three-hour block.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1998/04/03/radiotv/891554409_850215.html |title= Canal Satélite emitirá en Minimax programas infantiles de Fox Kids  |newspaper= El País |publisher=elpais.com|date=2 April 1998|access-date=|language=es }}</ref> However, by November 1998, [[ABC Family Worldwide|Fox]] had purchased Minimax's broadcasts entirely and it was replaced by the Spanish version of Fox Kids on 4 December of that year. However, Minimax programming continued to be shown in the mornings for preschool audiences.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1998/12/03/radiotv/912639604_850215.html |title=Nace Fox Kids, una cadena infantil llena de acción, entretenimiento y aventuras |newspaper=El País |publisher=elpais.com|date=2 December 1998|access-date=|language=es|last1=Gallo |first1=Isabel }}</ref>

The current Central European iteration of Minimax began on 16 April 1999 when the Polish version of the network was launched.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/canal-plus-launches-minimax-channel--195973|title=Canal Plus launches Minimax channel|date= 13 December 1999|publisher=telecompaper.com}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010406072424fw_/http://www.minimax.com.pl/rodzice-fs.htm Minimax - pierwszy polski kanał dla dzieci], minimax.com.pl</ref> A version of Minimax was launched in Hungary on 6 December 1999, to coincide with the Christmas season. At launch, the channel aired only between 18:00-20:00 CET.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fn.hir24.hu/gazdasag/2004/02/03/tul_tevemacin/ |title=Túl a tévémacin |publisher=hir24.hu |date=5 February 2004 |access-date=29 October 2012}}</ref> Until 3 March 2000, it gradually extended its broadcast hours, and from that date onwards, the channel aired between 06:00-20:00 CET until 31 December 2017.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} This new version of Minimax focused on European-produced programming, some of it from the communist era, and providing it when no other children's channel did, and not showing violent content. This caused the channel to surge in popularity in Hungary.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c1oQ2Prl8JIC&dq=minimax&pg=PA116|title=Popular Television in Eastern Europe During and Since Socialism|publisher=Anikó Imre, Timothy Havens, Kati Lustyik|date=10 September 2012|isbn=9780415892483}}</ref>

On 2 May 2000, a regional version of the French television channel [[Game One]] (originally planned as Game Channel) began timesharing with Minimax, broadcasting between 20:00-22:00 CET. On 15 May 2001, Minimax began its test transmissions in Romania and Moldova, until the channel was fully launched in 1 June to coincide with Children's Day. On 27 August 2001, ITV Hungary took over Game One's time space.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

In 2003, the Hungarian company Mediatech Media gained full control of the Minimax brand, previously having co-owned it with the original owners [[Groupe Canal+]] and Cabeltechnologie.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QMHwEHgK9JQC&dq=Mediatech+Media+%28Hungary%29&pg=PA128|title=European Film and Media Culture|publisher=Lennard Højbjerg, Henrik Søndergaard|date=2005|isbn=9788763504270}}</ref> On 9 February 2003, ITV Hungary closed down. On 15 September 2003, M+ was launched, taking over the nightly slot. M+ was provided only smaller cable companies. Although most cable companies turned off the signal after Minimax signed off, [[UPC Romania|UPC]] and [[UPC Direct]] after Minimax signed off instead aired the "Minimax for UPC" channel which broadcast programs from the now-defunct music channel Musicmax which was aired same channel space as Game One/ITV/M+ and Minimax.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

On 23 December 2003, the Hungarian feed of Minimax started broadcasting in Czech when a test transmission occurred in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and on 1 January 2004, a fully localised Czech feed (though sharing with the Hungarian feed) was launched in those countries, taking over the channel space of the defunct TV channel [[Supermax (TV channel)|Supermax]] on some providers, while the Supermax channel still aired on a few providers until 15 September 2004.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

On 4 September 2004, M+ merged with Humor 1 and renamed as [[Cool TV|Cool]]. When it was still called M+, it has operated independently from Minimax since 6 December 2003.

In Poland, Minimax's programming was becoming starkly divided between content for preschoolers and content for teenagers (akin to the American channel [[Noggin (brand)|Noggin]]). Because of this, there were two main blocks - MiniKaruzela (premiered on 24 December 2000) for preschoolers and MaxiStrefa (premiered in January 2002), showing sitcoms and cartoons for older audiences. MiniKaruzela was spun off into [[MiniMini+]] (named after Minimax) on 20 December 2003, however MiniKaruzela broadcast until 10 April 2004, Minimax was replaced by [[Teletoon+|ZigZap]] on 16 October 2004, which is now known as Teletoon+. The channel still retains a focus on pre-teens and teens. Despite Minimax not having existed in Poland for a long time, MiniMini+ has still retained its name.

On 4 December 2004 in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, [[Animax (Eastern Europe)|A+ Anime]] began timesharing with Minimax, replacing Cool. In Hungary only on the UPC Direct platform the lesser-known music channel called A+ Music was aired on the same channel space as A+ and Minimax. On 6 September 2006, [[Sony Pictures Television International]] acquired A+ and later relaunched it as [[Animax (Eastern Europe)|Animax]] on 2 July 2007.<ref name="STR">[http://sat-tv-radio.hu/egyeb-orszagos-terjesztesu-magyar-nyelvu-tevek/anime.html?Itemid=31 ANIME+]</ref>

In June 2007, Chellomedia (now [[AMC Networks International]]) acquired Minimax from Mediatech Media. Later that year, the channel launched in [[Croatia]], [[Serbia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and [[North Macedonia]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c1oQ2Prl8JIC&dq=minimax+croatia+tv&pg=PA116|title=Popular Television in Eastern Europe During and Since Socialism|publisher=Anikó Imre, Timothy Havens, Kati Lustyik|date=10 September 2012|isbn=9780415892483}}</ref> The channel operates in the Serbian language in these countries.

Between 29 October and 22 November 2009, the Slovak-language operations of Minimax were replaced with Czech-language ones.<ref>{{cite web |date=29 October 2009 |title=Minimax Slovakia |url=http://minimaxtv.sk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029232620/http://www.minimaxtv.sk/article.php?id=480 |archive-date=29 October 2009 |access-date=29 October 2009 |website=Minimax Slovakia |publisher=Minimax |language=sk}}, the website stopped operating sometime after this date.</ref>

On 22 November 2011, the channel launched in Slovenia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2011/11/22/minimax-gets-slovenian-deal/|title=Minimax gets Slovenian deal|publisher=digitaltveurope.com|date=22 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=15 June 2013|title=Minimax|url=https://www.minimaxtv.si/|url-status=live|access-date=15 June 2013|website=Minimax Slovenia|publisher=Minimax|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615223502/https://www.minimaxtv.si/|archive-date=15 June 2013|language=sl}}</ref>

Animax broadcast for the last time in the region on 31 March 2014, and was relaunched as [[C8 (Eastern Europe)|C8]] on 1 April 2014 in Hungary and 5 May 2014 in Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sat-tv-radio.hu/friss-hirek/megszunik-az-animax.html?Itemid=2 |title=Megszűnik az Animax! |publisher=sat-tv-radio.hu |author=Kardos Attila |date=3 December 2013 |access-date=3 December 2013 |language=hu}}</ref> On 30 December 2015, C8 closed down in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, and Romania. Since then, Minimax has been 24/7 in those countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sat-tv-radio.hu/friss-hirek/24-oras-lesz-a-minimax-erkeznek-az-uj-dreamworks-rajzf.html?Itemid=1 |title=24 órás lesz a Minimax |publisher=sat-tv-radio.hu |date=5 October 2017 |access-date=22 November 2017 |language=hu}}</ref>

On 5 October 2017, AMC announced that Minimax would go 24/7 in Hungary. In December 2017, it was announced that Minimax would operate for 24 hours per day in Serbia by New Year's Eve.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mts.rs/privatni/promocije/televizija/minimax|title=Минимакс ће почети 24-часовну шему|website=Mts}}</ref> On 1 January 2018, C8 closed down completely and Minimax filled up the overnight slot, leading the Hungarian version to broadcast 24/7.

Near the end of 2019, it was announced that Minimax, as well all AMC-owned channels, would be removed from [[Digi TV (TV channel)|DIGI]]. However, on 31 December 2019, executives made a last minute decision to continue broadcasting the channels.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://media1.hu/2019/12/31/ejfeltol-eltunik-a-sport1-es-a-sport2-a-digi-tol-de-a-spektrum-a-tv-paprika-es-a-tobbi-amc-s-tevecsatornak-megis-megmaradnak/|title = Éjféltől eltűnik a Sport1 és a Sport2 a DIGI-től, de a Spektrum, a TV Paprika és a többi AMC-s tévécsatorna mégis megmarad| newspaper=Media1 |date = 31 December 2019 | last1=Dániel | first1=Szalay }}</ref>

==Visual identity==

For the first year of the channel's existence, its logo was a black oval with the words "Mini Max" written in an abstract black and yellow font, often upon a dark turquoise background.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x57xk7IuMVQ
 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/x57xk7IuMVQ |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Mini Max Promos - 17th April 1994|website=[[YouTube]]|date=17 April 1994|access-date=22 August 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 1995, the branding of the channel was refreshed, with a logo design still used to this day. The Spanish graphic design agency Ostra Delta designed a new logo and a new package of idents for Minimax.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rth4Y9CpyPEC&q=Minimax|title=Identidad televisiva en 4D|publisher=Costa Solà-Sagalés Costa, Joan Costa|date=2005|isbn=9789990508062|language=es}}</ref> The logo consisted of a blue ring with an orange centre with the channel name in a thick white wavy font on top, however, the colours could vary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-vJnmrP9u8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/7-vJnmrP9u8 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Minimax Promos Part 1 - July 1997|website=[[YouTube]]|date=  July 1997|access-date=12 December 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9iGzZImLzM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/b9iGzZImLzM |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Minimax reklám 2004 (2.)date=2004|website = [[YouTube]]|access-date=2 September 2019|language=hu}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The idents consisted of the channel's multiple (normally 6) loosely animated human mascots doing various things and at the end of each ident the channel logo would rapidly draw itself in the centre of the screen with the name flashing through different fonts before the end of the ident. This was also accompanied by a jingle (normally extended into a song), which still remains to this day.

Upon the channel's relaunch on 16 April 1999, the idents were kept and new versions were commissioned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FypikH-M8sQ|title=Minimax - Oprawa graficzna 1999-2004 (UPDATE)|website=[[YouTube]]|date=1999|access-date=26 July 2019|language=pl}}</ref> At night, a testcard would play (with the Minimax theme) telling the viewers to resume watching in the morning.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minimax - Testcard z lat 2002 - 2004 (W kolorze) | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbSqESz3FEY |date=2002 |access-date=19 January 2020 |language=pl}}</ref>

On 1 July 2004, the logo was refreshed to an orange ring with a transparent centre and white text. However, until 20 February 2006, idents were in a transition, and still featured the original mascots and the blue version of the logo appearing but hastily shrinking from the screen and the orange version appearing on top.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtdgxEAZYoc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/XtdgxEAZYoc |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Minimax - Ident compilation (Romania) (2004-2006) (part 2)|website=[[YouTube]]|date=2004|access-date=8 December 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> All written information was removed from idents and information screens at this time as well, and replaced with audio announcements to better facilitate the channel's multilingual broadcasts. The signoff ident depicted a starry sky while an announcer wished the viewers goodnight.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minimax adászárás - A+ adáskezdés - 2005. július [újradigitalizált] | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr_FC5oQXM0 |language=hu |date=July 2005}}</ref>

On 20 February 2006, the original package was fully replaced after 11 years. This time, the new package was designed by the Hungarian agencies Studio Baestarts and KGB Studios. The mascots were replaced with new partially 2D-animated ones, a girl named Mini, a boy named Max, and an anthropomorphic cat and dog respectively named Picicica, meaning "small cat" in Hungarian (Kočka Micka in Czech Republic and Slovakia),<ref>{{cite web |title=Minimax Slovakia |url=http://www.minimaxtv.sk/article.php?id=479 |website=Minimax Slovakia |access-date=2 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202070923/http://www.minimaxtv.sk/article.php?id=479 |archive-date=2 December 2008 |url-status=dead |language=sk}}</ref> and Macikutya, meaning "bear-dog" (Cutulache in Romania, Bumbrlíček in Czech Republic and Slovakia).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/minikresz/about|title= MiniKRESZ - YouTube|publisher = MiniKRESZ|date = 17 March 2014|language = hu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDYhh8b1m6I |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/rDYhh8b1m6I |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Minimax Romania Closedown/A+TV Start Up (February - August 31, 2006)|website=[[YouTube]]|publisher=|date=2006|access-date=23 December 2020|language=ro}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Minimax Slovakia |url=http://www.minimaxtv.sk/article.php?id=480 |website=Minimax Slovakia |access-date=29 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029232620/http://www.minimaxtv.sk/article.php?id=480 |archive-date=29 October 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The mascots do not speak in dialogue, like the channel's idents and information boards. They also feature in a similarly dialogue-less series of animated [[public service announcements|PSA]] shorts called MiniKRESZ, animated by Studio Baestarts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMvdg-UQjrA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/oMvdg-UQjrA |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title= MiniKRESZ - Fogd a kezem átkelésnél! - rajzfilmsorozat, filmek gyerekeknek (mese, KRESZ gyerekeknek) - YouTube|publisher = MiniKRESZ|date = 20 March 2014|language = hu}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2009, live-action versions of Mini and Max starred in the Minimax original show, ''MiniChef.''

The signoff ident depicted Mini and Max putting Picicica and Macikutya to sleep, who come out the door just as Mini and Max leave, cutting to the Minimax logo. Other Minimax idents would play as the next station opened.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minimax adászárás - A+ adáskezdés (+reklám, ajánló) (2007. február 10.) | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9AGcFbP1zE |date=10 February 2007 |access-date=10 May 2021 |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Minimax adászárás - Animax adáskezdés (2014. március 31.) UTOLSÓ! | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaAZmGD_iIQ |date=31 March 2014 |access-date=13 February 2021 |language=hu}}</ref> In 2015, the closedown was truncated to just Mini and Max putting the pets to sleep.

On 23 March 2013, both the logo and the idents received a fully 3D CGI refresh, which included the 2006 idents being reanimated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PwParVH304 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/6PwParVH304 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Minimax Closedown No C8 3|website=[[YouTube]]|date=2013|access-date=6 May 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> 
 
On 1 July 2021, the Hungarian feed rebranded its presentation again, with a package designed by Bulgarian agency ROBO LAB, with a redesigned version of the logo. Mini and Max were dropped after 15 years while Picicica and Macikutya had updated designs, however, they only appear on the channel's websites now, not on air.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://amcn-hu.com/minimax-klub/|title=Minimax Klub|publisher=AMC Networks|date=July 2021|language=hu}}</ref> The idents were rolled out to all other Minimax feeds on 1 August.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF0ZpfH6of4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/vF0ZpfH6of4 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Minimax Hungary promos, ads (01.07.2021)|website=[[YouTube]]|date=1 July 2021|language=hu}}{{cbignore}}</ref> These idents re-introduced written information in start and end cards for commercial breaks, and in programme promotion.

==Announcers==
* Balázs Láng (Hungarian) (1999–2008)
* Attila Dolmány (Hungarian) (2008–2010)
* Gábor Csőre (Hungarian) (2010–present)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://emtv.blog.hu/2012/08/18/emtv_csatornahangok |title=Csatornahangok |date=1 January 2013 |publisher=Emtv.blog.hu |access-date=28 February 2013}}</ref>
* Libor Terš (Czech)
* Marius Săvescu (Romanian) (2001–2008)
* Alexandru Rusu (Romanian) (2008–present)
* Unknown announcer, but to be announced soon (Serbian) (2007-present)
* Unknown announcer, but to be announced soon (Slovenian) (2011-present)

==International channels==
[[File:Minimax TV map.svg|thumb|350x350px|Availability of Minimax by country:
{|
| {{Color box|#00c000}} || Available, localised feed
|- valign="top"
| {{Color box|#00ff00}} || Available, other country's feed
|- valign="top"
| {{Color box|#81ff81}} || No longer available 
|}]]

===Current channels===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Launch date
! scope="col"| Country
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|1999|12|06}}
| {{HUN}}
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|2001|06|01}}
| {{ROU}}<br />{{MDA}}
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|2003|12|23}}
| {{CZE}}<br />{{SVK}}
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|2007|06|17}}
| {{SRB}}<br />{{CRO}}<br />{{SVN}} (Serbian feed)<br />{{BIH}}<br />{{MKD}}<br />{{MNE}}
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|2011|11|22}}
| {{SVN}} (Slovenian feed)
|}

===Defunct channels===
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! scope="col" | Active date
! scope="col"| Country
! scope="col"| Replacement
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|1994|01|01}}–{{dts|format=dmy|1998|11|15}}
| {{ESP}}
|[[Jetix|Fox Kids / Jetix]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|1999|04|16}}–{{dts|format=dmy|2004|10|16}}
| {{POL}}
|[[Teletoon+|ZigZap]]
|}

==See also==
* [[JimJam]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.minimax.hu Hungarian site]
* [http://www.minimaxcz.tv Czech site]
* [http://www.minimaxro.tv Romanian site]
* [http://www.minimaxtv.rs Serbian site]
* [http://www.minimaxtv.si Slovenian site]

{{AMC Networks}}
{{Television in Hungary}}
{{Television in Romania}}

[[Category:AMC Networks International]]
[[Category:Children's television networks]]
[[Category:Children's television channels in North Macedonia]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1999]]
[[Category:Television stations in Romania]]
[[Category:Television channels in North Macedonia]]
[[Category:Television channels in Hungary]]
[[Category:Television stations in the Czech Republic]]
[[Category:Television channels in Slovakia]]
[[Category:Television stations in Serbia]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Hungary]]
[[Category:Defunct television channels in Poland]]