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Cartoonito is the name of two children's channels that air animated series for preschoolers: Cartoonito Africa — broadcast in
Boomerang was launched in English for the Middle East and select African countries in March 2005. On 5 June, the channel expanded to Europe, with audio tracks for Polish (though partial) and Hungarian viewers. December saw the addition of a Greek audio track.
On 1 August 2007, the channel began broadcasting from the Astra 1K and Hot Bird 7A satellites in CIS and Baltic countries. Select programs were also available in Russian.
An Arabic audio track and a complete Polish audio track became available in 2008. In January 2010, Boomerang expanded to Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro, bringing its total distribution to 9.5 million homes.
The channel's African website, BoomerangTVAfrica.com, launched in 2010. On 12 October 2011, a dedicated Central and Eastern European feed was launched, serving Poland, Hungary, and Romania and featuring audio tracks for each respective country along with English. Preschool brand
On 14 January 2015, the channel adopted the global rebrand and renamed itself as Boomerang Africa. On 1 July 2016, Boomerang MENA – an official feed for the Arab world, launched to replace the African feed on the region's TV providers, as well as in Greece and Cyprus. The HD channel carries a separate schedule and set of censorship rules, with three audio tracks: English, Arabic, and Greek. Boomerang Africa switched to 16:9 widescreen on 21 September 2016. On 4 March 2019, it began broadcasting in HD.
Official Middle Eastern websiteOfficial African website
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Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
, and Cartoonito MENA — broadcast in the Middle East and North Africa
MENA, an acronym in the English language, refers to a grouping of countries situated in and around the Middle East and North Africa. It is also known as WANA, SWANA, or NAWA, which alternatively refers to the Middle East as Western Asia (or a ...
, Greece
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, and Cyprus
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. Both channels are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. The subsidiary is responsible for managing the collection of their cable and satellite networks around the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.
History
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Background
Boomerang was launched in English for the Middle East and select African countries in March 2005. On 5 June, the channel expanded to Europe, with audio tracks for Polish (though partial) and Hungarian viewers. December saw the addition of a Greek audio track.
On 1 August 2007, the channel began broadcasting from the Astra 1K and Hot Bird 7A satellites in CIS and Baltic countries. Select programs were also available in Russian.
An Arabic audio track and a complete Polish audio track became available in 2008. In January 2010, Boomerang expanded to Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro, bringing its total distribution to 9.5 million homes.
The channel's African website, BoomerangTVAfrica.com, launched in 2010. On 12 October 2011, a dedicated Central and Eastern European feed was launched, serving Poland, Hungary, and Romania and featuring audio tracks for each respective country along with English. Preschool brand Cartoonito
Cartoonito is a brand name used by Warner Bros. Discovery for a collection of television networks and programming blocks that target preschool-age children. The name combines the "cartoon" with the Spanish suffix "ito", meaning "small".
As of 2 ...
joined both feeds as a morning and afternoon block. Despite the split, Boomerang continued to air in several European countries (such as Portugal and the Netherlands) until 2015.
History
As Boomerang (2016–2023)
On 14 January 2015, the channel adopted the global rebrand and renamed itself as Boomerang Africa. On 1 July 2016, Boomerang MENA – an official feed for the Arab world, launched to replace the African feed on the region's TV providers, as well as in Greece and Cyprus. The HD channel carries a separate schedule and set of censorship rules, with three audio tracks: English, Arabic, and Greek. Boomerang Africa switched to 16:9 widescreen on 21 September 2016. On 4 March 2019, it began broadcasting in HD.
As Cartoonito (2023–present)
InAfrica
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
, Cartoonito was launched as a daily morning (formerly morning and afternoon) block beginning on 12 October 2011. The original block ended on 1 January 2014, but later returned on 4 April 2022, as part of the May 2021 relaunch. On 8 February 2023, it was announced that Cartoonito would expand into a full-time channel in Boomerang's place on 25 March.
On 22 June 2023, the broadcasters announced that Boomerang in the MENA would rebrand to Cartoonito on 4 September 2023, along with its Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
and Nordic counterpart.
Programming
Current programming
Original programming
* ''Baby Looney Tunes
''Baby Looney Tunes'' is an American animated television series depicting toddler versions of ''Looney Tunes'' characters. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The series focused on real world problems and morals that children may relate t ...
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* ''Batwheels
''Batwheels'' is an American computer-animated superhero children's television series that premiered on September 17, 2022, on HBO Max, and on October 17, 2022, on Cartoon Network's preschool block, Cartoonito.
Plot
The Bat-Family's vehicles ar ...
''
* ''Bugs Bunny Builders
''Bugs Bunny Builders'' is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the characters from ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies''. The series aired on July 25, 2022 on Cartoon Network on their Cartoonit ...
''
* ''Lamput
''Lamput'' is an Indian animated television series of shorts created by Vaibhav Kumaresh and produced by Vaibhav Studios for Cartoon Network Asia, consisting of 15 seconds micro shorts that were extended to 2 minutes for the second season. Se ...
''
Acquired programming
* ''The Adventures of Little Penguin'' * ''Cocomelon
''Cocomelon'' (stylized as CoComelon) is an American YouTube channel and streaming media show acquired by the British company Moonbug Entertainment and maintained by the American company Treasure Studio. Cocomelon specializes in 3D animation v ...
''
* ''Dino Ranch
''Dino Ranch'' is a CGI animated children's television series created by Matthew Fernandes, co-founder and chief creative officer of Industrial Brothers. Dino Ranch follows the adventures of the Cassidy family as they tackle life on the ranch in ...
''
* ''Fireman Sam
''Fireman Sam'' (Welsh: ') is a Welsh animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd ...
'' (MENA only)
* Toad and Friends
* Lu and the Bally Bunch
* ''Grizzy & the Lemmings
''Grizzy & the Lemmings'' (french: Grizzy et les Lemmings) is a French computer-animated television series produced by Studio Hari with the participation of France Télévisions, Cartoon Network and Boomerang. It is a silent comedy focusing on ...
''
* ''Interstellar Ella''
* ''Kikoumba''
* '' Kingdom Force''
* ''Legends of Spark''
* ''Lucas the Spider
Lucas the Spider is an animated character created by animator Joshua Slice, named after and voiced by his nephew. Lucas is based on a jumping spider and has starred in multiple short YouTube videos between 2017 and 2019. The first Lucas the Spide ...
''
* ''Masha and the Bear
''Masha and the Bear'' (russian: Ма́ша и Медве́дь, translit=Masha i Medved ) is a Russian preschool comedy computer-animated television series created by Oleg Kuzovkov and produced by Animaccord Animation Studio, loosely based on the ...
''
* ''Masha's Tales''
* ''Mecha Builders
''Mecha Builders'' (also known as ''Sesame Street Mecha Builders'') is a computer-animated children's television series and a spin-off of ''Sesame Street'', that began production in May 2020. The series is co-produced by the United States organiz ...
''
* '' Mighty Mike''
* ''Moley
''Moley'' is a British computer-animated television series directed by Leon Joosen and produced by Tony Nottage at Nottage Productions, based on the stories written by James Reatchlous. The show revolves around Moley, an anthropomorphic mole who ...
''
* '' Mr. Bean: The Animated Series''
* ''Mush Mush & the Mushables''
* '' Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go''
* ''Zig & Sharko
''Zig & Sharko'' ( French: ''Zig et Sharko'') is a French animated slapstick comedy television series created and directed by Olivier Jean-Marie and produced by Xilam Animation. The series' premise focuses on the lives of Zig, a brown hyena, an ...
''
Sister channels
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a television channel offering animation ranging from action to comedy for children aged 7–14.Boing
Boing is a television channel that airs repeats of programs formerly seen on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. It launched on 30 May 2015, as the fourth extension of Turner's larger Boing brand.Toonami
Toonami is a television channel catered towards young adults consisting of DC animation from Batman, Superman and Young Justice. It launched in 2017 on Kwesé TV until the platform went defunct in 2019. Then it was made available on Cell C's defunct streaming service Black for that same year. In March 2020, the channel was revived as a 2 month pop-up channel onDStv
Digital Satellite Television, commonly abbreviated to DStv, is a Sub-Saharan African direct broadcast satellite service owned by MultiChoice and based in Randburg, South Africa. Launched on 6 October 1995, the service provides multiple audio, ...
and GOtv
GOtv Africa is a pay television terrestrial service in sub-Saharan Africa owned by broadcaster MultiChoice. It mainly consists of African and international programming.
History
The terrestrial TV service was founded in October 2011 by MultiCho ...
thereafter it was made available full-time on the StarTimes
StarTimes is a Chinese electronics and media company with strong presence in Sub-Saharan Africa.
StarTimes offers digital terrestrial television and satellite television services to consumers, and provides technologies to countries and broadcas ...
platform after its closure. As of March 2021, Toonami can also be found on Canal+
Canal+ (Canal Plus, , meaning 'Channel Plus'; sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal) is a French premium television channel launched in 1984. It is 100% owned by the Groupe Canal+, which in turn is owned by Vivendi. The channel broadcasts several ki ...
, Intelvision, Azam TV and Zuku TV.
See also
*Cartoonito
Cartoonito is a brand name used by Warner Bros. Discovery for a collection of television networks and programming blocks that target preschool-age children. The name combines the "cartoon" with the Spanish suffix "ito", meaning "small".
As of 2 ...
* List of international Cartoon Network channels
Since the inception of Cartoon Network and its sister networks, Warner Bros. Discovery has set up international feeds of the networks.
Cartoon Network Background
Cartoon Network Europe, a pan-European English feed, was launched in 1993. Span ...
* List of programs broadcast by Cartoonito
References
External links
Official Middle Eastern website
{{Authority control Middle East and Africa Middle East and Africa Television channels and stations established in 2016 Television stations in the United Arab Emirates Television stations in Saudi Arabia Television stations in Egypt Television channels in Jordan Television stations in the State of Palestine Television stations in Iraq Television stations in Algeria Television stations in Libya Television stations in Lebanon Television stations in Morocco Television stations in Kuwait Television stations in South Africa Television channels in Greece Television channels in Cyprus Television stations in Yemen Television channels in Syria Television stations in Kenya Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA