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| Country | Germany United Kingdom[1] |
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| Headquarters | Munich, Germany London, United Kingdom |
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| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Parent | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
| Sister channels | List
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| History | |
| Launched | 15 January 2015; 10 years ago (2015-01-15) (as Boomerang Nordic) 11 September 2024; 14 months ago (2024-09-11) (as Cartoonito Western Europe) |
| Former names | Boomerang(2015–23) |
Cartoonito is a pan-Europeanchildren's televisionchannel owned bythe EMEA sub-division ofthe international division ofWarner Bros. Discovery. It launched on 11 September 2024,[3] following the merger ofCartoonito Portugal andCartoonito Nordic, which had been in operation since 2023.[4]
On 5 June 2005,Boomerang Europe was launched in English for allEurope,Middle East andAfrica, including Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique. On 31 December 2013, the Pan-European feed was removed in Portugal due to the launch of the Portuguese feed ofCartoon Network. On 21 April 2015,[5] Boomerang in European Portuguese was launched in Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique as a partnership withDStv and it is available on theDStv Bué andDStv Grande packages. Later, it was launched in Portugal on 26 April 2018 and it is available withVodafone andNowo TV operators.[6] The channel also became available onMeo on 2022.
Both Cartoonito Portugal and Cartoonito Nordic originated as blocks onBoomerang in 2022, before taking over the channel space in March and September 2023 respectively.
On 19 January 2015, Boomerang Nordic applied the 2014–15 rebrand.[citation needed]
In January 2022, it was announced that a Cartoonito programming block would also come to Boomerang on 1 February 2022.[7][8] Due to the channel changes from 17 April to 1 May 2023, the Czech Radio and Television Broadcasting Council also gave the green light to show the channel in Latvia.[9]
Boomerang Nordic fully transformed into a 24/7 Cartoonito channel on 4 September 2023, along with itsTurkey andMENA counterparts.[10]
On 11 September 2024, the channel's feed merged withCartoonito Portugal, formingCartoonito Western Europe.[3]
On 21 February 2022, Cartoonito launched as a morning and afternoon block onBoomerang.[11] Boomerang Portugal would become a 24/7 Cartoonito channel on 23 March 2023.[12][13][14]
On 11 September 2024, the channel's feed merged withCartoonito Nordic, formingCartoonito Western Europe.[3]
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