Cartoon Network is a Polish
pay television
Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichannel television providers, b ...
channel aimed at children, which launched in 1998 as a localised feed of the
U.S. television network of the same name. The channel is owned by
TVN Group
TVN Group (''TVN S.A.'') is a Polish media and entertainment group established in 1995 as ''TVN Sp. z o.o''. The CEO of TVN Group is Katarzyna "Kasia" Kieli, president and managing director of TVN Warner Bros. Discovery.
Its TV channel, TVN, ...
, a subsidiary of
Warner Bros. Discovery.
History
Cartoon Network Poland was launched on 1 June 1998 replacing Cartoon Network Europe.
On 30 September 2002, the channel began airing in
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...
and
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
, thus sharing its video feed with those countries while adding two additional audio tracks in Hungarian and Romanian.
On 1 March 2007, Cartoon Network Poland started broadcasting 24 hours a day. 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 to the channel added in September 2002 were moved there. Both feeds are transmitted from Warsaw. The channel also carried a
Toonami
Toonami ( ) is an American late night television programming block that primarily broadcasts Japanese animation and occasionally American action animation. It was created by Sean Akins and Jason DeMarco and produced by Williams Street, a divis ...
programming block between 2002 and 2006.
On 14 October 2015, Cartoon Network launched in HD.
On 1 September 2016, Cartoon Network Poland rebranded using Check It 4.0 package. On 4 June 2018 at 10PM, Cartoon Network Poland aired Cartoon Network Classics for the first time.
On 1 January 2021, Cartoon Network Poland began airing with the Czech license from RRTV.
See also
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Boomerang (CEE)
References
External links
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{{Television in Poland
Cartoon Network
Turner Broadcasting System Poland
Television channels in Poland
Television channels and stations established in 1998
1998 establishments in Poland
Polish-language television stations