| Cartoon Network Arabic | |
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| Launched | 10 October 2010 |
| Owned by | Turner Broadcasting System Europe (Time Warner, Inc.) |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i, HDTV) |
| Language | Arabic |
| Broadcast area | Middle East, Northern Africa |
| Headquarters | United Arab Emirates |
| Formerly called | Boomerang EMEA |
| Website | Official Site |
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| Satellite | |
| Nilesat | 12437 H - 27500 - 3/4 |
| Arabsat BADR6 | 11727 H - 27500 - 3/4 |
Cartoon Network Arabic (Arabic: Cartoon Network بالعربية) is a free-to-air children's channel that is broadcast for a pan-Arabian audience in the MENA region, and it is the official Arabic edition of Cartoon Network. The channel was launched on October 10, 2010 at 10:10 am U.A.E. time.[1][2] The channel's launch coincides with the opening of Turner Broadcasting System's new offices in Dubai Media City, U.A.E., the channel's local owner.[3] A Middle Eastern branch of Time Warner.
The channel broadcasts via Arabsat Badr 6 and Nilesat. Cartoon Network Arabic is considered a free alternative to the subscription-based Cartoon Network channel offered in the Middle East via Orbit Showtime Network, despite the varying differences in programming and available languages.
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Currently, the channel is solely available in Arabic, with no possible methods of switching audio language to English or any other language or subtitles. This is due to the fact the channel uses prints as distributed by the respective shows' Arabic dubbing studios. The channel broadcasts a line of Cartoon Network's own shows dubbed from English. The line up of shows is not up-to-date with the original English channel. Cartoon Network may also offer other, more-localised shows via various partnership deals with Arab production companies, such as Dubai-based Lammtara Pictures (Freej) or Jordan-based Rubicon Group Holding (Ben & Izzy, Tareq wa shireen).[3] Since the channel is free-to-air, it may feature some censorship cuts like most Arab television channels.
Beginning from the holiday week of Eid al-Adha in the year 1432 Hijri (or formally November 5, 2011), Cartoon Network Arabic began to occasionally air a selection of dubbed Cartoon Network made-for-TV films and specials at random dates, albeit during the weekends (as per the U.A.E.). The following had aired so far:
Turner Broadcasting System Europe had announced it would launch its UK-based preschoolers' channel Cartoonito across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, increasing the brand's distribution to 125 million homes in 112 territories.[5] On Cartoon Network Arabic, Cartoonito was launched as a morning block that is broadcast for seven days a week, starting from September 4, 2011.
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