Bioster XD

Logo of the channel, used as primary logo since 2015 (US and Canada only; 2016 worldwide) (for other logos see Bioster XD/Logo History)

## Main Information

### Sister channels

* Row Channel
* Row Series
* Row Extra
* Row Life
* Row Sports
* Row Sports 2
* Bioster Channel
* Biosterang
* BitToons
* Row Movies
* Kulture
* K. Wildlife
* The E
* Track

## Broadcast information

### Launched

October 1st, 2002 (as Row Motion)
January 1st, 2010 (as Bioster XD)

### Broadcast area

United States (nationwide)

**Bioster XD** is a cable and satellite television channel, originally having male audiences aged 6 to 14 as its main demographic.

The channel's main programming consists of action/comedy programs, either carried from Bioster Channel, made externally or produced specifically for Bioster XD.

The brand is prominent world-wide, but its widespread isn't as big as Bioster Channel's, having around 30 international feeds, with some of them being spread on several countries or closed down over time.

## History

In December 3rd, 2001, Row Communications and Television announced that there were plans on expanding their catalogue of cable TV channels, which at the time only consisted of Row Channel, Row Series, Row Sports and Row Comedy.

Their plan was to make 3 new channels alongside the ones they already had; these 3 channels would be Lif, Row Motion and Bioster Channel, which were all planed to launch somewhen in 2002.

Out of the 3 channels set to launch on 2002, Row Motion was the last one to do so, at October 1st of that year. It worked as a pseudo sister channel to Row Sports, being focused on extreme sports.

On 2007, Row Television announced that they had plans on cutting some of their brands worldwide, one of them being Row Motion, whose networks started getting removed in 2008 with the UK's signal shutting down on February 7th. Alongside this, Row Television also announced that there were plans on expanding the Bioster brand beyond a single channel, and, as such, Bioster XD was concieved.

Both of these plans eventually overlapped, with every Row Motion still on-air after 2009 getting replaced by Bioster XD, starting with the United States-based service on January 1st, 2010, at 12:00AM EST.

## Programming

The channel's content is a mixture between original series and series carried from Bioster Channel.

Unlike Bioster Channel (but like fellow sister network Biosterang)—whose advertising comes in the form of program promotions and underwriter sponsorships—Bioster XD operates as an advertiser-supported service running traditional television commercials in addition to promotions for the channel's shows.

### Current programming

#### Programming specifically produced for XD

 Protegent: The Series
 Random Life
 The Nothing Show

#### External programming that doesn't air on Bioster Channel

 Hamster & Gretel
 Sonic Prime

### Reruns of ended programming

A list of programs currently broadcast in reruns.

#### Programming that didn't air on Bioster Channel (or had a really limited run on it)

 Milo Murphy's Law
 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
 Victor and Valentino
 Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart

## International

Bioster XD has a presence worldwide, with most of the channels forming as replacements for extinct brand Row Motion. However, some of those feeds had to be closed over time, either for executive, financial, or external reasons out of Row Television's control.

### Former channels

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