Since the inception of
Cartoon Network and its sister networks,
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has set up international feeds of the networks.
Cartoon Network
Background
Cartoon Network Europe, a pan-European English feed, was launched in 1993.
Spanish,
Swedish
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, Danish, French, Italian, and
Norwegian
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audio tracks were added in 1994. The network's
Dutch feed was launched in 1997. Another feed launched in 1998, which aired in France, Italy and Spain. The pan-European feed kept airing in the other parts of Europe. The network's
Italian feed became independent a few months later after the launch of the French channel, while the
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
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and
French feeds were split in 1999.
A
Polish feed launched a year earlier, in 1998.
On September 17, 1993, some Russian cities began receiving Cartoon Network Europe through broadcasts from the Astra satellite. The channel broadcast in English.
Since July 1, 1996, the channel has been available from the Panamsat 4 satellite in the territories of Southern Russia and Ukraine, in the Asian republics of the former USSR.
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// Июль 1996 In 1997, the channel's distributor in the CIS became - «Chello Zone». In the same year, the channel was partially dubbed into Russian.
In 1998, the channel began broadcasting on the territories of Belarus and Ukraine, the Baltic states and the North-West of Russia from the Astra 1G satellite. Broadcasting was 16 hours a day, from 8:00 to 0:00 MSK.,
// Август 1998г at night, the channel was rebroadcast «Turner Classic Movies Europe» (TCM Europe). In November 1999, the channel became available on the platform
NTV Plus and other cable networks, broadcasting from the Sirius 2 satellite.
In 1999, the network's
British feed officially split off from the pan-European version.
This followed after the shared transponder analogue feed on
Astra 1C
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History
Astra 1C was the third commu ...
became scrambled with
VideoCrypt
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and the short-lived British version of
TNT
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was launched.
A
Nordic feed was launched in 2000,
broadcasting in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and English. This also became available in Iceland and Finland. The Dutch Cartoon Network closed down in 2001. It was replaced with the pan-European feed in 2001. A Dutch audio track was simultaneously added. Greek subtitles became available the same year. The Polish feed branched into separate ones for Romania and Hungary in 2002.
A
German feed was launched in 2006.
A
Turkish feed was added in 2008.
In April 2005, Cartoon Network Europe was completely dubbed into Russian.
On 1 October 2008, a separate feed of Cartoon Network was created for Hungary and Romania, while the two additional audio tracks that were previously added to
Cartoon Network Poland
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Hist ...
in 2002. Czech Republic and Slovakia both used to receive this channel feed in an English-language muted audio track..
On October 1, 2009, the channel was launched -
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, broadcasting in the countries of CIS and South-Eastern Europe
The network's
Arabic
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feed launched in 2010. This is the only
EMEA
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-marketed feed not broadcast in English. On 17 November 2010, the Dutch feed relaunched and started broadcasting 24 hours a day and with a new logo. All programs and ads air in Dutch. The Spanish feed shut down in 2013, together with the Spanish
Cartoonito
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. The Spanish feed relaunched as part of Latin America in August 2013. This market can still watch Cartoon Network on
Boing, The African Portuguese feed was launched in 2013 in Angola and Mozambique. It launched in Portugal in the same year.
, the ex pan-European feed still airs in the Greek part of Cyprus; it is also one of the four feeds available in the Middle East and Africa (the other ones being the
Arabic
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,
French, and
Portuguese
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** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
feeds). This pan-European feed broadcasts in English, while Greek subtitles are available. All other European countries have their own local feed.
On 1 September 2017, the Central and Eastern European channel feed added a Czech-language audio track for its audience in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, replacing the English-language muted audio track.
Channels
Adult Swim
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Boomerang
Boing
Cartoonito
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Discovery Kids
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Toonami
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Other channels
Note: In Italy, pop-up channels occasionally replaces Cartoon Network +1 and Boomerang +1, like Cartoon Network Lego Days, Boomerang Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry Channel. In July 2018, Cartoon Network +1 UK became temporarily Ben 10 Channel.
See also
*
List of international Nickelodeon Network channels
*
List of international Disney Branded Television channels
References
External links
List of international sitesat the official American website of Cartoon Network
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Cartoon Network
Adult Swim
Boomerang (TV network)
Boing (TV channel)
Cartoonito
Discovery Kids
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