Minimax

Minimax is a Romanian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Serbian and Czech TV channel. The channel was originally owned by Canal+, but in 2007, Chellomedia (now AMC Networks International) acquired Minimax from Mediatech Media. The channel airs Thomas & Friends episodes and many other TV shows. Its Polish equivalent is MiniMini.

Currently broadcasting[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbian)
Serbia/Kosovo (since 2007)
Hungary (since 6 December 1999)
Romania (since 1 June 2001)
Slovenia (since 2011)
Czech Republic (since 1 January 2004, replacing Supermax on 15 September 2004)
Slovakia (Czech, since 9 February 2003)
Moldova (Romanian)
Macedonia (Serbian)

Formerly broadcasted[]

Spain (1994-1998)
Poland (1999-2004)

Series premieres on Minimax[]

Series 8 (25 September 2006)
Series 9 (26 September 2008)
Series 13 (23 March 2010)
Series 14 (7 May 2011)
Series 15 (28 March 2012)
Series 16 (19 March 2013)
Series 17 (22 March 2014)
Series 18 (episodes 1-20: 21 April 2015, episodes 20-26: 6 July 2016)
Series 19 (only episodes 1-20: 12th July 2016)
Series 20 (only episodes 1-26: 25th December 2017)
Series 22 (15 August 2019)

Specials premieres on Minimax[]

Calling All Engines! (24th June 2007)
Hero of the Rails (17th April 2011)
Misty Island Rescue (31st October 2010)
Day of the Diesels (25th February 2012)
Blue Mountain Mystery (1st November 2012)
King of the Railway (15th September 2013)
Tale of the Brave (27th September 2014)
Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (30th April 2016)
The Great Race (2nd March 2018)
Journey Beyond Sodor (6th November 2017)
Big World! Big Adventures! (15th August 2019)

Trivia[]

The last six episodes of Series 18 were considered part of Series 19.
The last six episodes of Series 19 and the last two episodes of Series 20 were never aired.
In Romania, Thomas' Crazy Day has aired with the sound and narration from Jumping Jobi Wood!. This was never corrected.
Minimax Romania and Hungary have uploaded Number One Engine on their official YouTube channels.