Cartoon Network (India)

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Cartoon Network (India)
Cartoon Network
Launched 1995
Owned by Turner Broadcasting (Time Warner Inc.)
Sister channel(s) POGO
Website Cartoon Network India
Availability
Satellite
Tata Sky (India) Channel 613
Dish TV (India) Channel 511
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) Channel 43
Cable
Available on most cable systems Check Local Listings for channels

Cartoon Network is a cable and satellite television channel created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming.

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[edit] History

Cartoon Network started broadcast in India as the dual-channel TNT & Cartoon Network in 1995 with Cartoon Network operating from 6:00 a.m to 10:00 p.m, with Turner Classic Movies (formerly TNT) taking up the remainder of the daily schedule. Eventually, Cartoon Network India became a separate 24-hour channel which broadcasts in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and a 30-minute time shift version with regional variation available in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Maldives. Cartoon Network Pakistan, started in 2004 is a separate feed dedicated for Pakistani viewers. Programs broadcast on this feed is almost identical to the programs broadcast on Cartoon Network India, with the exception of few shows. It has a translation in some areas. The channel is basically a relay version of Cartoon Network India. [1]

[edit] Programming Blocks on Cartoon Network India

[edit] Toonami

The anime-dedicated Toonami block runs for an hour from 5 p.m to 6 p.m every Monday to Saturday and broadcasts shows like Pokémon, Dragon Ball Z, Beyblade, Duel Masters, Digimon and Transformers. It is currently broadcasting Pokémon: Advanced Battle and Dragon Ball Z.

[edit] Boomerang

Boomerang is a two hour block in Cartoon Network India starting at 10 p.m. It was started in 2007 and is intended to cater mainly to adults returning home after work[2]. It features shows like The All New Popeye Show, Johnny Bravo, The Jetsons, and The Tom and Jerry Show. Earlier, in 2003, it was launched as an attempt to re-showcase the old cartoon series like Flintstones, Jetsons, Scooby Doo Where are you!, Yogi Bear and all other Hanna-Barbera creations which had been put off the air due to the incoming of new, and more popular in culture, cartoons like Courage the Cowardly Dog, Samurai Jack, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and more recently added Teen Titans . But due to not much success, it was put of the air and re-launched with more popular shows like Johnny Bravo and Tom and Jerry.

[edit] Tiny TV

Tiny TV was a former programming block of Cartoon Network India which was started in 2003 and continued on till 2007. It focuses mainly on pre-schoolers in the age of 2-6 years. It was a three hour block starting at 11 a.m from Monday to Saturday and on 10:30 a.m on Sundays. It featured programs like Pingu, Bob the Builder, Oswald, Make Way for Noddy and Kipper initially[3], and later included Caillou, Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, Panshel's World, Baby Looney Tunes and Galli Galli Sim Sim. All the programs shown in the Tiny TV block has been shifted to Cartoon Network's sister channel, Pogo.

[edit] Cookie jar

Cookie Jar is a one-hour block on Cartoon Network India which aims the early evening audience with some of the best Cartoon Network shows like Tom and Jerry, Courage, the Cowardly dog and Richie Rich. It has been renamed as Cookie treat. Richie Rich was replaced by Tom and Jerry Tales.

[edit] Blob tv

It was a one hour block hosted by the Fish Balloon from The Powerpuff Girls. It featured The All New Popeye Show and Krishna: The Animated Series initially. Krishna was soon replaced by Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! and Popeye by Maskman, after which the block was removed.

[edit] Hero time

It is a one hour block on Cartoon Network India,It is shown on Sundays,it begins with Ben 10 and after that it shows Di-Gata Defenders. Recently, Ben 10 began airing the whole hour.

[edit] Toon mukabla

It is a show which started from 5th of May, 2008. The show, beginning at 10 A.M.,showed back-to-back episodes of Ben 10., Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon and Naruto.

[edit] Programming

It airs English, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi-dubbed versions of a variety of popular Cartoon Network programs like Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, The Popeye Show and Dexter's Laboratory.

[edit] Shows Currently Shown on Cartoon Network India (as of 19 May 2008)

[edit] Shows Formerly on Cartoon Network

[edit] Cartoon Network Theatre

[edit] Dragonball Z Movies

[edit] Schedule

6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30
Monday Ben 10 Tom and Jerry Shaggy & Scooby Doo Get a Clue! Ben 10 Digimon Frontier Naruto Dragon Ball Z
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday Courage the Cowardly Dog Ben 10 Tom and Jerry
Sunday Skatoony Cartoon Network Theatre Tom and Jerry Tales
Legend
Returning Cartoons Game Shows Movie New Cartoons Anime series

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cartoon Network India and Pakistan Feed in Intelsat 10
  2. ^ The Hindu Business Line : Cartoon Network’s Boomerang targets adult viewers
  3. ^ The Hindu Business Line : Tiny tots for that extraa punch

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