CDX Network

The CDX Network is an American pay television channel owned by the Nexstar Media Group, first soft-launched on Christmas Day, 2015, and officially launched on January 6, 2016. It is the flagship property of the CDX Networks Group, also owned by Nexstar, and also serves as Nexstar's flagship channel.

History
Before the network launched, a small company known as XOL Media, now known as The CDX Group, launched two channels, TubeTV Network and Piggy Studios Television, now TubeTV Movies. The channels did little success to receive any viewers, until both networks debuted two original series. In late 2014, XOL announced that they would launch a third channel that would air all programs on both channels. The channel would be named CDX, and would launch in late 2015 to early 2016.

CDX originally broadcasted cartoons that were also available on it's sister channels, but as time went on, the network began to produce it's own programming under the CDX Studios banner. Most of it's original programming has received universal acclaim from viewers, and helped boost it's ratings, being on par with rivals Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

The network's parent company went through many changes in 2019. First, XOL Media was renamed to The CDX Group, and PST announced that they would switch into a premium movie-based channel in mid-2020. Second, The CoolDude201672 Company, CDX's parent, was acquired by WarnerMedia, making CDX fall under the same umbrella with Cartoon Network. And third, WarnerMedia announced that they would sell 5 of it's assets in order to pay off their debt. During October 2020 until January 2021, the Nexstar Media Group announced that they would acquire all of The CoolDude201672 Company and its' assets for $60 million dollars. The acquisition was completed on January 6, 2021, 5 years after the network launched around the world.

Programming
Original programming is produced by CDX Studios. Shows produced by the company include but not limited to; The Awkward Adventures of Israel, The Shocky Show, Plants, Stickly-Man: Heroes United (a TubeTV Network original series), Brick Ball (a Piggy Studios Television original series), and Object World. Third-party programming includes Battle for Dream Island, Invader Zim, Angry Birds Toons, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, The Amazing World of Gumball, most shows originally broadcasted on Vortexx, KidsClick, and Qubo, Hilda, and internet-only series like Homestar Runner.

Unlike most cartoon channels, CDX broadcasts and simucasts programming from it's rival networks. When the network launched, CDX introduced the Third-Party Series policy. It states that CDX has exclusivity rights to broadcast former Nickelodeon/Cartoon Network/Disney XD shows as long as the network is still on the air. It also prevents other networks from removing series that they own off the air.

CDX Studios
CDX Studios is the in-house animation studio that produces the network's original series. At times, the studio produces feature films for theaters and/or the CDX SparkStar Access service. For example, the studio produced and distributed Homestar Runner: The Movie.

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Differences from other cartoon channels
CDX is different for many reasons:

Programming
As stated above, a majority of it's programming were originally aired on it's rival networks.

Advertising
Most of CDX's advertising has them mocking it's rivals, especially Discovery Family. As for commercials, the network's commercial breaks have commercials that can be found on networks like Freeform and TBS, with some restrictions;

Prohibited commercials
These commercials cannot be broadcast on the network (you will have to find out yourself, sorry).


 * Old Navy
 * Public service announcments
 * Commercials targeted at girls
 * GrubHub
 * Misleading advertising

Reception
CDX has received universal acclaim from critics and viewers for it's diverse collection of programming and third-party series. In terms of viewership, the network is usually in first place against it's rivals.