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| Broadcast area | Latin America |
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| Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Spanish Portuguese English |
| Picture format | 16:91080iHDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Americas |
| Parent | The Cartoon Network, Inc. |
| Sister channels | Cartoon Network Cartoonito Discovery Kids Adult Swim |
| History | |
| Launched | December 1, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-12-01) |
Tooncast is aLatin Americanpay television channel owned byWarner Bros. Discovery through itsInternational division. It was launched on December 1, 2008;[1] its programming consists of classical animation, both fromHanna-Barbera,Warner Bros. Animation andCartoon Network. The channel is a commercial-free service.
The channel was launched on December 1, 2008, after all classic animation programming fromWarner Bros.,Hanna-Barbera andMGM were removed fromBoomerang Latin America, to center the network towards the teen audience, and replacing it with live-action programming instead.
Tooncast follows theBoomerang US old channel line-up, which aired classic cartoons. Old Cartoon Network commercials are also broadcast on the channel, such as "Cartoons That Never Made It", Cartoon Network Groovies and Boomerang Shorties. Unlike other channels ofTurner Broadcasting System Latin America, few pay-TV providers carry Tooncast. The only exception is Brazil, where the channel is available on most subscription TV providers, such asOi TV,Claro TV,GVT TV,Vivo TV, Kiwisat and Nossa TV. Since August 1, 2014, Tooncast began to be carried onNET, the biggestcable television company in Brazil.[2][3]
Even though Tooncast remained with a single pan-regional feed with audio tracks in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and English, in November 2012 the channel started using theBrazilian content rating system.
On September 26, 2018, the channel was picked up by Sky Brasil.
On April 1, 2019, all classic programming from the Turner animation library, including productions fromWarner Bros.,Hanna-Barbera andMGM, were removed from the schedule making focus on Cartoon Network original productions, and also airing anime series likePokémon and the Brazilian animated seriesMonica and Friends, followingWarnerMedia's business restructure, that also affected programming on sister networks like Cartoon Network and Boomerang. However, it eventually returned from June 1–July 1, 2019 and they have recently been reinstated. The cartoons ofHanna-Barbera,Warner Bros. and MGM returned to the programming in June, however, they left the schedule again in July of the same year, and then returned in January 2020, where shows likeBatman Beyond,Teen Titans andThunderCats were included in the schedule for the first time.
On June 1, 2021, the channel's programming underwent a drastic change, being greatly reduced compared to previous months; However, this reduction in programs is also accompanied by some new releases. It is speculated that these changes were caused by the launch inLatin America of thestreaming serviceHBO Max.
On December 1, 2022, the channel removed all Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros., and DC shows, leaving only original Cartoon Network shows, bringing back some shows that were removed, but making the channel's programming even smaller.
On June 1, 2023, Tooncast's programming changed yet again, this time bringing back retired shows, including Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera classics.
On November 28, 2023, customers of the operatorSky Brasil received notice thatTCM andTooncast would be removed from the operator on December 31 (But only leave in January 31, 2024). The operator later confirmed that the channels would leave other operators throughout 2024,[4] but the information was later denied by WBD itself.
After that, it was revealed that both channels will receive HD signals, now under the management of Warner Bros. Discovery.[5]
Division ofWarner Bros. Discovery | |
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| Cartoonito | |
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| Defunct | |
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