Cartoon Network (Worldwide)
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The U.S. cable network Cartoon Network has spawned numerous international versions.
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[edit] Asia Pacific
[edit] Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Korea
Cartoon Network has been available from most Pay TV providers in Asia since the early 1990s. In most parts of Asia, the Cartoon Network feed is the same. This means viewers in Singapore get the same Cartoon Network programming at the same time as the viewers in Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia, and many other countries in the region. However, some countries such as Japan, Pakistan, the Philippines and India get a customized version of Cartoon Network for the country and do not use the same feed as the other countries in Asia. Also, unlike the Indian, Filipino & Japanese counterparts, its website is a conjoined one for viewers in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
Unlike its American counterpart, Cartoon Network Asia does not carry the Adult Swim block, (except for the Philippines), but it does carry the Miguzi and Toonami block. It used to carry the Boomerang block late at night, but have ceased doing so lately. However, classic Warner Bros. and MGM cartoon programming are still aired regularly as part of its daily programming, as does programming from the Miguzi block such as Teen Titans (they might be carried under the Toonami block, however, as in the case of Teen Titans).
While it does not carry the Tickle U block, it airs a similar block known as Tiny TV. Unlike the Tickle U block, however, this block generally airs programming that are created by Hanna Barbera and/or Warner Bros. and might or might not be educational, such as The Flintstone Kids and Baby Looney Toons.
As of November 11, 2006 Cartoon Network Korea was launched [1] It is a joint venture between TBS and JoongAng Ilbo
[edit] Australia, New Zealand and The Pacific Islands
Cartoon Network in Australia is available on Pay TV (Foxtel, Optus and Austar). It is also on 3 as a part of their new mobile TV service for $4 a month although cartoons are repeated frequently on the mobile service.[1] SKY Network Television has broadcasted the network in New Zealand, since October 1994.[2]
The Cartoon Network feed used in Australia and New Zealand is different from the one used in the Asia region, and thus do not share the same programming as those in the region.
Cartoon Network is also available in Fiji and the rest of the Pacific Island Nations through Sky Pacific.
[edit] India
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Cartoon Network India is arguably the most popular cartoon-dedicated television channel in India. It airs Hindi-dubbed versions of a variety of cartoons, including traditional Cartoon Network programmes featuring Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, Popeye the Sailor and Dexter's Lab. The programming lineup also such as superhero series including Superman: The Animated Series, Batman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited. The anime-dedicated Toonami block airs series like Pokémon, Beyblade,xiaolin showdown Digimon, Duel Masters, Transformers:The Unicron Trilogy and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . Thus far, Cartooon Network has also aired a few Indian-made cartoons, featuring Akbar and Birbal, Tenali Raman and Vikram and Betala. It may be noted that shows premiere in Cartoon Network India long after their Western runs. (For instance, Pokémon premiered in India in May 2003, while Justice League Unlimited premiered in April 2006.) Though some poor decisions have been made lately regarding the line up of cartoon such as the abrupt stop of 'One Piece' , 'TMNT', 'Superman', Spiderman, 'Batman', Justice league, Justice League Unlimited etc. Now Cartoon Network Pakistan is more or less showing shows which can be viewed on Cartoon Network HQ. The only exceptions are the repeats Beyblade & Xiolin Showdown. The good thing is that pokemon season are updated every six month.
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[edit] Pakistan
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The Network has set-up a dedicated beam for Pakistan since November 2004, airing its premium quality programmes featuring cartoons like Tom and Jerry, Popeye the Sailor, Scooby-Doo, Dexter's Laboratory, Pokémon, The Powerpuff Girls, Archie's Weird Mysteries, Mucha Lucha, and full-length, animated movies like An American Tail, the television premiere of Xiaolin Showdown, and many more. The channel broadcasts both Urdu and English translated cartoons; Strategic Alliances holds rights to the channel and in late 2006 Cartoon Network plans to air a Pakistani-made cartoon. The programming line-up also such as superhero series including Superman: The Animated Series, Batman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited. The anime-dedicated Toonami block airs series like Pokémon, Beyblade, Digimon, Duel Masters, Transformers: The Unicron Trilogy, Teen Titans and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Shows not produced by Turner or Warner Bros are also aired. Due to a popular response, sponsoring has increased immensely and the program quality is getting better with more variety with a localistic impact. Cartoon Network Pakistan is working on its dedicated web site for Pakistan and plans to launch it by late 2006. Though some poor decisions have been made lately regarding the line up of cartoon such as the abrupt stop of 'One Piece' , 'TMNT', 'Superman', Spiderman, 'Batman', Justice league, Justice League Unlimited etc. Now Cartoon Network Pakistan is more or less showing shows which can be viewed on Cartoon Network HQ. The only exceptions are the repeats Beyblade & Xiolin Showdown. The good thing is that pokemon season are updated every six month.
[edit] Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, the Indian beam is carried out and is broadcast by almost every cable operator in the country.
[edit] Philippines
Started in 2001, the Philippines has a separate feed of its own, including localized content. Although it has the same programming as the Asia-Pacific feed, it also carries Adult Swim and Toonami. This division of Cartoon Network is shown on SkyCable and Destiny Cable and some other provincial cable networks. It will also be the first network to air Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and The Simpsons.
Unlike its other Asian counterparts, Cartoon Network Philippines has its own website which was launched in March 2006. Cartoon Network Philippines website is already on even before March 2006, but it is used for promotions & contests.
[edit] Japan
In Japan, Cartoon Network is broadcast on the SKY PerfecTV! platform, cable, and on broadband TV platforms. Cartoon Network Japan airs several anime, traditional Cartoon Network programs, as well as acquired western programs, such as The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show and Clifford the Big Red Dog. All non-Japanese programs are available with the original English audio, as well as the Japanese-language dub. Cartoon Network Japan was notable for being the only network in Japan outside of Tokyo that aired the second season of The Big O, which was co-produced by Cartoon Network.
[edit] Europe
[edit] United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Cartoon Network was twinned with movie channel TNT. Cartoon Network ran from 5:00am until 7:00pm, with TNT taking over from 7:00pm to 5:00am. In earlier days, it was commonplace for slides between programmes and commercial breaks to show what was showing in the rest of Europe on the network, presumably so local editions of the station could show opt-outs. Sunday afternoons saw "Super Chunk", which showed back to back episodes of one show for two hours between 1pm and 3pm. Another feature was "The Longest Day", in which Cartoon Network ran for an extra four hours until 11:00pm on June 21, 1993, every year. This slot was dedicated to full-length cartoon movies. In 1995, Cartoon Network began running for an extra two hours until 9pm, and on December 16, 1996, it became a 24-hour channel, as did TNT. However, a version of the channel called TNT & Cartoon Network continued to appear on some providers.
In 1998, Vbirds launched all the cartoon characters called Wow, Boom, Bling & D:Lin.
In February 1, 1999, saw the introduction of a strand called "aka Cartoon Network", which had a DJ theme and would run from 7pm to 9pm, the 'host' being an afroed cartoon character called Jackie Potato. It would feature selected cartoons from the Cartoon Network library (including Space Ghost Coast to Coast) and a show called Cult Toons, which featured a heavily re-edited Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Aimed at adults, the strand was in some ways a precursor of Adult Swim in the United States. Adult Swim is now available in the UK, though not carried on a Turner station but a channel called "Bravo" (no relation of the NBCU network.
In May 27, 2000, the channel Boomerang was launched by Cartoon Network in the UK and Ireland, and most "classic" cartoons were moved from Cartoon Network to the new channel, which initially broadcast from 6am–12am. Before long, however, it became 24 hours, and the remaining classic shows also moved to Boomerang. In September of 2000, Toonami began broadcasting weekdays for two hours between 4pm–6pm, and 9pm–11pm, as well as weekends from 10am–12pm and 10pm–12am. Dragonball Z had already been airing on Cartoon Network since 1999, and had been attracting very good ratings, which may have contributed to the decision to launch Toonami in the UK. Its output consisted almost solely of Japanese anime such as the cult Dragonball Z, Tenchi Muyo, and Gundam Wing. The only non-Japanese shows for quite some time were the American-produced The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest and Batman Beyond (Batman of the Future in the UK). Around the same time, there was almost completely new programming on the channel, and so Boomerang began in a late night slot.
In June of 2002, Toonami disappeared from Cartoon Network UK, and in October, a new channel was created called CNX. It was hailed as a high-octane, "triple-A mix of Action, Adventure, and Anime." All American and Japanese animation shown on Toonami was broadcast on this 24 hour channel from 6am–12am, and during the night, there were hard hitting American dramas such as The Shield, adventure shows such as Spawn, martial arts films and extreme sports programmes. In 2003, there was a slot between 9pm and 10pm showing Cartoon Network produced comedy such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The extreme sports and films were moved to a small slot between 10pm and 2am. For the rest of the time, Toonami returned, on CNX, showing all of its previous output, plus a number of new shows. In September of 2003, after 11 months on air, CNX was shut down, and Toonami became a 24-hour channel, in line with Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
In April 2006, Cartoon Network Too was launched on Sky Digital broadcasting cartoons primarily made by Hanana-Barbera such as Dexter's Laboratory, the Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Ed, Edd & Eddy, and Wacky Races. Other cartoons shown include the Cramp Twins and Courage the Cowardly Dog. However, within a little over a month the channels programming changed, similar to early Cartoon Network with Archive Of Cartoons Such As Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry. The channel airs from 7am to 7pm everyday.
In April 11, 2005, ten months after the United States, the channel received a new logo. The idents also changed to the same ones used in the U.S., with a CGI layout of a town and various characters (usually related to the show that was coming up next) engaging in activities. These replaced the previous idents used since 2003, featuring characters from one TV show falling through something and coming out in another show. Actual show clips were used.
On July 27 2006, Cartoon Network, along with , CN Too Boomerang, Toonami, Boomerang +1 and TCM, were suffered a major technical fault due to a power cut in Soho, London. This was due to the energy supplier EDF cutting power from different parts of Soho one at a time for four hours, purposely, due to the inability to meet energy demands in the wake of a heat wave. The power cut caused a mix up of channels (i.e. Cartoon Network being broadcast on Boomerang and Toonami, with Boomerang being broadcast on CN Too). Boomerang +1 was off air for some time, while TCM, reverted between TCM France and other programming during the times it was able to provide a service. Most advertising was suspended and several of the channel websites were offline also. Those who could still receive the channels had a backup transmission played out, making people curious into why the incorrect programmes were played out when compared to the EPG CN Too and Boomerang were showing episodes of The Flintstones. These backups where played out with a scrolling message which said "We apologise for the disruption to this service. This is due to technical difficulties. We will resume normal programming as soon as possible" in multiple languages. Whilst most channels returned to the air relatively quickly, it took longer for CN Too to resume programming and Toonami viewers, many of whom have made note of their disdain for the direction in which Turner took the Brand in the UK, joked that the backup transmission was better than the regular one, purely on the basis that no live action aired during the black out.
[edit] Scandinavia - Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland
In Scandinavia, Cartoon Network was twinned with movie channel TNT in a pan-European version. Cartoon Network ran from 6:00am until 8:00pm CET, with TNT taking over from 8:00pm to 6:00am CET. Some programmes on the pan-European feed were dubbed into Norwegian, Swedish and Danish. 1996, it became a 24-hour channel, as did TNT. However, a version of the channel called TNT & Cartoon Network continued to appear on some providers. In 2000, a regional Scandinavian version of Cartoon Network was created, broadcasting in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian.
Most of the programming comes with monophonic English, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian soundtracks. The self-imposed necessity to dub material into three languages takes a heavy toll on the availability of new programs in the feed, which may come late, in smaller amount or not come at all. Existing programming is heavily recycled. The feed has seen an upsurge of commercial advertising in recent years, despite being distributed only on pay-TV. Most of the commercials and announcements on English soundtrack are nevertheless in Danish.
In mid-May 2006, the Cartoon Network logo was changed from the original logo to the British one, as well as the pre-show commercials was changed to British-style. The Boomerang block was removed but most of its program content still remains in the channel.
[edit] Lilletoon
Lilletoon is a preschool-programming block currently airing in Scandinavia. It is aired early mornings (6AM weekdays and 7AM weekends). It consists of series dubbed entirely on Norwegian, Swedish and Danish. The block currently consists of the shows:
- Noddy
- Pororo the penguin
- Arthur
- The Koala Brothers
[edit] Central Europe - Hungary, Poland and Romania
Cartoon Network is broadcast from Poland in Central Europe in three audio versions, Polish, Hungarian and Romanian. All shows are dubbed in this languages and regional competitions take place. Advertising is shown in Polish.
[edit] Western Europe - Spain, France, Germany
Spain receives its own feed with Spanish soundtrack. It's available through satellite platform Digital+ and cable operators and it carries the Toonami block. A local version of the Boomerang channel is also available.
France have a localized version of the channel with French soundtrack. The channel is carried on Canal+.
In Germany an own version of Cartoon Network is available on the digital platforms. However, CN programming is also featured on Kabel Eins on weekends. Also, a German Boomerang channel is found on several Pay-TV providers.
[edit] Eastern Europe
Estonia receives ad-free UK feed. Ukrainian cable operators used to distribute ad-free UK feed (as of 2003). The European feed of Cartoon Network-TCM is used throughout much of Eastern Europe.
[edit] North and South America
[edit] Brazil
Cartoon Network has been available from all Pay TV providers in Brazil since 1994. The Brazilian channel has its own schedule with local Brazilian productions like Monica's Gang
Like its American counterpart, Cartoon Network Brazil carries the Adult Swim and Toonami block, but it doesn't carry the Miguzi block. Boomerang became a separate channel in 2002. Classic Warner Bros and MGM cartoons are still aired regularly as part of its daily programming. All Brazilian programs are in Portuguese.
[edit] Canada
Due to restrictions on foreign television ownership and Canadian content, the only way to watch Cartoon Network in Canada is with a grey market American satellite dish. Almost all of Cartoon network's programming is carried on Canadian cable channels YTV and Teletoon.
[edit] Near East
[edit] Israel
There is a limited service of Cartoon Network and Boomerang channels and some Israeli digital service providers.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Cartoon Network HQ
- America
- Cartoon Network Europe
- Cartoon Network Asia
- Oceania
