Cartoon Network (Middle East and Africa)
Cartoon Network | |
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Launched |
September 17, 1993 (as Cartoon Network UK/Europe) August 1999 (demerged from Cartoon Network UK/Europe) July 1, 2016 (launch of Cartoon Network MENA) |
Owned by | Turner Broadcasting System Europe (Time Warner) |
Picture format |
16:9 (576i, SDTV) (Africa) 16:9 (1080i, HDTV) (MENA) |
Slogan | Check It. |
Language |
English (Africa and MENA versions) Arabic (MENA only) Greek (Cyprus; subtitles only) |
Broadcast area | Arab world, Africa and Cyprus |
Headquarters |
Turner House, Great Marlborough Street, London, United Kingdom Dubai, United Arab Emirates (MENA version) |
Sister channel(s) |
Boomerang Turner Classic Movies CNN International Cartoon Network Arabic Cartoon Network Hindi |
Website |
Arab world, English or Arabic Arab world, English website African website (in English) |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
beIN (Arab World) | Channel 106 (HD, MENA version) |
DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa) | Channel 301 (SD, Africa version) |
Cable | |
Cablenet (Cyprus) | Channel 304 (HD, MENA version) |
Cablevision (Lebanon) | Frequency 11760 (HD, MENA version) |
IPTV | |
PrimeTel (Cyprus) | Channel 400 (HD, MENA version) |
CytaVision (Cyprus) | Channel 32 (HD, MENA version) |
Cartoon Network (also known as Cartoon Network Africa or Cartoon Network MENA when referring to the individual versions) is a formerly pan-European digital TV channel serving the Arab world, Africa and Cyprus, created by Turner Broadcasting System, a unit of Time Warner and dedicated to showing animated programming. Based on the original American version of the channel (which itself launched on October 1, 1992), it launched on September 17, 1993 and split from Cartoon Network UK/Europe in August 1999.
Cartoon Network used to broadcast in time-sharing with Turner Classic Movies. TCM would air classic movies from 9:00 PM CET to 6:00 AM CET, while Cartoon Network would run for the rest of the day.
On July 1, 2016, Cartoon Network MENA, a feed in HD on beIN, was launched, featuring an Arabic audio track. In addition to being offered by various Gulf IPTV providers (as well as Cablevision in Lebanon and most Cypriot TV providers except for NOVA Cyprus), Cartoon Network MENA also has a separate schedule and censorship rules from Cartoon Network Africa.
History
The pan-European feed was launched on September 17, 1993 as Cartoon Network UK/Europe; the channel broadcast all over Europe in English. A Spanish-language audio track was launched on March 4, 1994, along with Swedish, Danish, French, Italian and Norwegian audio tracks.
The Benelux feed was launched on July 12, 1997. Another feed was launched in June 1998, which aired in France, Italy and Spain. The pan-European feed kept airing in the other parts of Europe. The Polish feed was launched on September 1, 1998.
The Italian feed became independent a few months after the launch of the Western Europe feed, while the Spanish and French feeds split on August 23, 1999.
On October 15, 1999, the UK feed had officially split off from the pan-European version, which was when the shared transponder analog feed on Astra 1C became scrambled with VideoCrypt, and when the short-lived UK-and-Ireland-only version of TNT had been launched.
The Nordic feed was launched on January 1, 2000, available in Denmark, Sweden and Norway; it is available in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and English. The feed is also available in Iceland and Finland.
The Benelux Cartoon Network was closed down on July 31, 2001 and replaced with the pan-European feed on the following day; a Dutch audio track was also added on that day. The Polish feed added Romanian and Hungarian audio tracks on September 30, 2002. A Russian audio track was added on April 1, 2005 and Greek subtitles were added on June 20, 2005.
The German feed was launched on December 5, 2006, and the Turkish on January 28, 2008. The Romanian feed (also known as CN CEE) was launched in January 2008. On October 1, 2009, the Hungarian audio track of the Polish feed moved to the Hungarian feed. The Czech Republic and Slovakia receive Cartoon Network CEE in English.
The Bulgarian feed was launched on October 1, 2009 with Bulgarian and English audio tracks. The Russian audio track moved to this feed on the same day. Since January 1, 2014, the RSEE feed has been airing 24/7 in all countries it is offered in. Before that date, the 24/7 version was unavailable outside of Russia.
The African website was CartoonNetworkAfrica.com, which was launched on May 10, 2010.[1] Since the website redesign in 2014, the aforementioned website, along with the pan-European CartoonNetworkHQ.net, redirects to CartoonNetworkHQ.com instead.
Cartoon Network Arabic launched on October 10, 2010. It is the only feed in the EMEA region which is completely unavailable in English. The Benelux feed was relaunched in November that year, with the Dutch audio track also removed from the pan-European feed at the same time. The Spanish feed closed down on July 1, 2013 along with the Spanish Cartoonito. Viewers in Spain can still watch Cartoon Network shows on Boing, with a block exclusively consisting of Cartoon Network shows called ¡Findes! Cartoon Network also available on the channel. The Portuguese feed launched on October 1, 2013 in Angola and Mozambique. It was later launched in Portugal on December 3, 2013.
Nowadays, the formerly pan-European feed still airs in Africa. A separate feed in HD is one of three feeds available in the Arab world, as well as the sole feed in Cyprus, with MENA viewers also having access to Cartoon Network Arabic and Cartoon Network Hindi. The other European countries all have their own local feeds.
The channel switched to widescreen on October 6, 2014; it also began using the Check It 3.0 look on the same day.
In December 2015, Turner Broadcasting System entered into an exclusivity deal with beIN Media Group to supply all Turner-owned pay TV channels in the Arab world exclusively via the latter's beIN Network subscription service, including Cartoon Network Africa, Boomerang Africa and TCM Africa, starting from January 1, 2016.[2] This consequently removed Cartoon Network and other Turner-owned channels from OSN's broadcast services from January 16, 2016 onwards, though subscribers to Etisalat and du's respective pay TV services in the UAE were virtually unaffected.
On July 1, 2016, Cartoon Network MENA and Boomerang MENA were launched, broadcasting in 1080i on beIN with an Arabic audio track available.[3] Cartoon Network MENA and Boomerang MENA have different programming and schedules from Cartoon Network Africa, and Cartoon Network MENA censors many programs, sometimes censoring scenes which are unedited on Cartoon Network Arabic. While Cartoon Network MENA is offered with Greek subtitles in Cyprus, Boomerang MENA is also available in Greece and Cyprus with a Greek audio track instead of an Arabic track.
Since September 2016, Cartoon Network MENA has been available on PrimeTel's IPTV service,[4] and is the only Cartoon Network channel available in Cyprus. The channel replaces Cartoon Network Africa (which had already ceased broadcasting on all TV operators in Greece as well as on the Cypriot TV operator NOVA Cyprus in 2013), thus ending its role as a pan-feed.[4] Other areas in Europe are served by separate feeds.
The English-language website in the Arab world is CartoonNetworkME.com, which was launched on July 1, 2016. CartoonNetworkMENA.com, which was launched around the same time, serves as a hub where users can choose between the English- or Arabic-language versions of the Middle Eastern Cartoon Network website.
Programs and blocks
Current programming
Cartoon Network MENA
- Adventure Time
- The Amazing World of Gumball
- Ben 10
- Clarence
- Justice League Action
- Lego Nexo Knights
- Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Regular Show
- Teen Titans Go!
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise
- Uncle Grandpa
- We Bare Bears
- Supernoobs
Cartoon Network Africa
- Adventure Time
- The Amazing World of Gumball
- Ben 10
- Clarence
- Johnny Test
- Lego Nexo Knights
- Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
- Mighty Magiswords
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Regular Show
- Steven Universe
- Teen Titans Go!
- Uncle Grandpa
- We Bare Bears
- Yo-kai Watch
Current blocks
Cartoon Network MENA
- Super Saturdays (every Saturday at 7:35 AM KSA/5:35 AM CET)
- Nice Guys (Sunday to Thursday at 1:05 PM KSA/11:05 AM CET)
Cartoon Network Africa
- Good Morning (Monday to Friday at 5:40 AM CAT)
Former blocks
Cartoon Network MENA
- Breakfast Club (Friday and Saturday at 6:55 AM KSA/4:55 AM CET)
- Richard High School/Gumball: Back to School (was used by the channel to air the fourth season of The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Laugh Out Loud (Sunday to Thursday at 11:00 AM KSA/9:00 AM CET)
Upcoming programming
Cartoon Network MENA
- Mighty Magiswords (TBA 2017)
Cartoon Network Africa
- OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (September 11, 2017)
- Dragon Ball Super (TBA 2017)[5]
- Summer Camp Island (TBA 2018)[6]
Movies, specials and miniseries
Cartoon Network MENA
- Over the Garden Wall (November 2016, treated as a single movie)
- TTG vs. PPG (December 2016, Teen Titans Go! episode that crosses over with The Powerpuff Girls)
Cartoon Network Africa
- TTG vs. PPG (December 2016, Teen Titans Go! episode that crosses over with The Powerpuff Girls)
- Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite (February 18, 2017)
- Heroes (15 - 16 April 2017, 08:20 AM CAT)
Former programming
Cartoon Network MENA
- Beat Monsters
- Matt Hatter Chronicles
- Steven Universe (also canceled on Cartoon Network Arabic and Cartoon Network Turkey; return date unknown)
Cartoon Network Africa
Many of the programs below were moved to either Boomerang or Boing Africa instead.
- The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
- 2 Stupid Dogs
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
- The Addams Family
- The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers2009
- Angelo Rules
- Atom Ant
- Atomic Betty
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia
- Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders
- Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge
- Barney Bear
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold
- Ben 10 (TV series) (original series)
- Ben 10: Alien Force
- Ben 10: Omniverse
- Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
- Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge
- Best Ed
- Camp Lazlo
- Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
- Casper's Scare School
- Cave Kids
- Chop Socky Chooks
- Chowder
- Class of 3000
- Codename: Kids Next Door
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Count Duckula
- Cow and Chicken
- The Cramp Twins
- Class Of The Titans
- Danger Mouse
- Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Dr. Dimensionpants
- Dragons: Riders of Berk
- Droopy
- Droopy, Master Detective
- Dumb and Dumber
- Ed, Edd 'n Eddy
- Eliot Kid
- Evil Con Carne
- Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
- Fat Dog Mendoza
- Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends
- The Flintstones
- Flintstone Frolics
- The Flintstone Kids
- Gadget Boy and Heather
- Generator Rex
- George of the Jungle
- Gormiti Nature Unleashed
- Green Lantern: The Animated Series
- Grim & Evil
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
- Grojband
- Heathcliff and Marmaduke
- Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
- Hero: 108
- Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi
- Hong Kong Phooey
- Huckleberry Hound
- I Am Weasel
- Inazuma Eleven
- Inch High Private Eye
- Incredible Crew
- Jabberjaw
- The Jetsons
- Johnny Bravo
- Josie and the Pussycats
- King Arthur's Disasters (2007-2009, 2011-2012)
- Level Up
- Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
- Looney Tunes
- The Looney Tunes Show
- The Magic Roundabout
- The Magilla Gorilla Show
- The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
- The Mask: The Animated Series
- Mike, Lu and Og
- Megas XLR
- The Moomins
- Mucha Lucha
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- My Spy Family
- Lego Nexo Knights
- Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
- The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
- The New Scooby Doo Movies
- The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
- The New Yogi Bear Show
- Out of Jimmy's Head
- Paddington Bear
- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
- The Pink Panther Show
- Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks
- Popeye
- The Powerpuff Girls (original series)
- Quick Draw McGraw
- The Raccoons
- Redakai: Conquer the Kairu
- Richie Rich
- Robotboy
- Samurai Jack
- The Scooby Doo Show
- Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo (1979)
- Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo (1980)
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
- The Secret Saturdays
- Sheep in the Big City
- Skunk Fu!
- The Smurfs
- Snagglepuss
- Spaced Out
- Squirrel Boy
- Sparkle Friends
- Star Wars: Clone Wars
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Supernoobs
- Sym-Bionic Titan
- The Tex Avery Show
- Thunder-Cats
- Time Squad
- Tom and Jerry
- Tom and Jerry Kids
- Top Cat
- Total Drama Island
- Total Drama Action
- Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
- Total Drama All-Stars and Pahkitew Island
- Transformers: Prime
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise2016-Present
- Wacky Races
- What a Cartoon!
- Yo Yogi!
- Yogi's Treasure Hunt
- Young Justice2013-Present
Logos
- First Cartoon Network logo, used from September 17, 1993 to April 20, 2006.
- Second Cartoon Network logo, used from April 21, 2006 to December 6, 2010.
- Third and current Cartoon Network logo, used from December 7, 2010 to present.
Sister channels
Boomerang
Boomerang is a television channel which formerly used to air classic cartoons. Two versions of the channel exist; one for the Arab World, as well as Greece and Cyprus, and another for Sub-Saharan Africa. It was launched on June 5, 2005.
On July 1, 2016, the channel was split into Boomerang Africa and Boomerang MENA;[3] the latter version airs in 1080i with English and Arabic audio tracks on beIN,[3] and is also available in Greece and Cyprus, albeit with a Greek audio track.
Cartoonito
Cartoonito is a preschool brand owned and distributed by Turner Broadcasting System Europe,[7] which is offered as a dedicated television channel in the United Kingdom and Italy, but was also formerly available as a block on various EMEA Boomerang feeds in addition to Cartoon Network Arabic; the block was later phased out in 2014. The brand is aimed at young children under the age of 6 years.
See also
- Cartoon Network around the world
- Boomerang (EMEA)
- Turner Classic Movies (Middle East and Africa)
- CNN International
References
- ↑ "Cartoon Network launches dedicated African website". Media Update. 2010-05-19. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- ↑ "Turner and beIN Media Group Announce Strategic Partnership Exclusively for the Middle East & North Africa Region". beIN Media Group. 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
- 1 2 3 "Cartoon Network MENA and Boomerang MENA Launch on beIN, Also in HD". RegularCapital. July 2, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- 1 2 "Cartoon Network News in Brief - Mid-September 2016". RegularCapital. September 19, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Dragon Ball Super to Air on Toonami France, Boing Spain and Cartoon Network Africa". RegularCapital. October 10, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- ↑ "Cartoon Network Africa And Boomerang Africa 2017 Upfront". RegularCapital: Cartoon Network International News. RegularCapital/Turner Broadcasting System Europe/Burson-Marsteller. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ↑ Whittock, Jeese (2011-04-21). "Cartoonito spreads across EMEA". C21Media. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
External links
- Site that allows users to choose between Cartoon Network Arabic's website or that of Cartoon Network MENA
- Official MENA website (in English)
- Official Africa website (in English)