Cartoon Network is a children's

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channel in CIS &

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which was launched on 1 October 2009, replacing the pan-European feed of Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network is available in

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, Croatian,

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, Serbian and Slovene.

History

Block

From 14 April 1996 to 6 April 1997, the Russian channel TV-6 has broadcast the Cartoon Network block with the channel's bumpers voiced into

, as well as two multi—part projects - the animated series ''

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'' and the classic ''

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'' short cartoons.

Channel

In October 1996, Cartoon Network Europe began to be rebroadcast in

by the pay-TV operator Kosmos-TV (owned by an American company Metromedia International),Детский мир
// Август 1998г the duration of the broadcasts was not fixed. Broadcasting was carried out from 5:00 to 21:00 Moscow time, and the TNT UK TV channel was broadcast in the evening. In October 1999, the channel TCM Europe began broadcasting during non-working airtime instead of TNT UK. On 1 November 1999, the channel Cartoon Network Pan-European officially began broadcasting on the territory of

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and in the CIS and

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on the platform of the Russian satellite operator NTV Plus and in other cable networks, broadcasting from the

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(partially duplicated). Broadcasting was from 8:00 to 00:00 Moscow time, and at night the TV channel TCM Europe was broadcast. The distributor of the channel in the CIS and the Baltic States was Chello Zone. On 1 April 2005, Cartoon Network Pan-European received a full-fledged

audiotrack. In mid-May 2006, a rebranding was carried out, which included an updated version of the logo and a new design. Later, the Cartoon Network Cinema block appeared. In 2008, a representative office of Turner Broadcasting System Russia opened in

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, which began distributing the channel. On 1 October 2009, its own version of the TV channel appeared — Cartoon Network Russia and Southeastern Europe (CN RSEE), broadcasting in the CIS, Baltic States and

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. There is also a new block Cartoon Toon Toon. During the break, advertising for the CIS countries and

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is different. On 26 November 2010, a new corporate identity was introduced, as well as a new design. In the same year, a website was launched - cartoonnetwork.ru and cartoonnetwork.bg, the site is controlled and maintained in London. Since March 2011, the channel has switched to round-the-clock broadcasting, the broadcast of TCM Europe on the frequency of Cartoon Network RSEE has stopped. In 2014, the editorial office of the TV channel is located in

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, However, the broadcasting center is still located in

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. In the same year, the Marathon Mix block appeared. At the end of 2015, it became known that the distributor of the channel in

and the CIS would be Media Alliance, a subsidiary of the state media holding National Media Group and Discovery Inc. The transaction was completed in May 2016. The company managed the Russian legal entity of the channel — Turner Children's Programs LLC, which was headed by Discovery representative Grigory Lavrov, who was also the general director of Media Alliance. Since 18 November 2020, Cartoon Network RSEE has received a Czech license (RRTV) in order to ensure the continuation of legal broadcasting in the

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in accordance with the EU Directive on Audiovisual Media Services (AVMSD) and the law on the single market after the UK leaves the

. Since the

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has minimum broadcasting rules, it was chosen for licensing purposes in the

. The broadcasting center of the channel is still located in

. On 6 November 2021, the channel feed started with dubbing in Croatian, Serbian and Slovene. On 9 March 2022, the channel has been closed in

, along with Boomerang and Discovery channels, with these closures being a response by

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and

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on the actions of the invasion of Ukraine. It continues broadcasting in the CIS and

. From 1 August 2022, some new cartoon series began to be released without

dubbing. At the request of the Czech regulator, between Latvian regulator NEPLP, on 17 April 2023 the version of the channel stopped showing in Latvia and was replaced by the Scandinavian version, the original RFB mutation will be removed from this country by 1 May 2023 at the latest. However,

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and Lithuania continued to broadcast this version of the channel.

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