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| Broadcast area | MENA Sub-Saharan Africa Greece Cyprus Turkey |
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| Headquarters | London,United Kingdom |
| Programming | |
| Languages | English (MENA and Africa feeds) Arabic (MENA feed only) Greek (MENA feed only, continuity and bumpers in English) Turkish (MENA feed only) |
| Picture format | 16:9 (576i,SDTV) (Africa feed) 16:9 (1080i,HDTV) (downgraded to16:9576i for SDTVs; MENA feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
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| History | |
| Launched | 12 October 2011; 14 years ago (2011-10-12) (as a block) 1 July 2016; 9 years ago (2016-07-01) (as independent channel feeds) |
| Former names | Boomerang(2016–2023) |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| DStv | Channel 302 (Cartoonito Africa) |
| Azam TV (East Africa) | Channel 227 (Cartoonito Africa) |
| GOtv | Channel 90 (Cartoonito Africa) |
| beIN | Channel 610 (Cartoonito MENA) |
| D-Smart | Channel 122 (HD; Turkish language) |
| Tivibu | Channel 118 (HD; Turkish language) |
| Digiturk | Channel 168 (HD; Turkish language) |
| Turkcell TV+ | Channel 123 (HD; Turkish language) |
Cartoonito is apay television children's channel broadcast in theMiddle East,Greece,Cyprus,Turkey andNorth andSub-Saharan Africa. It originally launched as a programming block on 12 October 2011, before it launched independent channel feeds on 1 July 2016, and replaced Boomerang in some markets in 2023. The channel is part of theCartoonito brand owned byWarner Bros. Discovery andits EMEA arm.
On 12 October 2011,a dedicated Central and Eastern European feed was launched, serving Poland, Hungary, and Romania and featuring audio tracks for each respective country along with English. Preschool brandCartoonito joined both feeds as a morning and afternoon block. Despite the split, Boomerang continued to air in several European countries (such as Portugal and the Netherlands) until 2015.
On 14 January 2015, the channel adopted the global rebrand and renamed itself as Boomerang Africa.[1] On 1 July 2016, Boomerang MENA – an official feed for the Arab world, launched to replace the African feed on the region's TV providers,[2] as well as in Greece and Cyprus. TheHD channel carries a separate schedule and set of censorship rules, with three audio tracks: English, Arabic, and Greek. Boomerang Africa switched to16:9 widescreen on 21 September 2016. On 4 March 2019, it began broadcasting in HD.
On 3 December 2018,Cartoonito launched as an afternoon block onCartoon Network Turkey, airing every day from 12:00 noon to 3:30 PM local time. However, as part of its global re-introduction, a Cartoonito block also arrived on Boomerang on 5 September 2022.
InAfrica, Cartoonito was launched as a daily morning (formerly morning and afternoon) block beginning on 12 October 2011. The original block ended on 1 January 2014, but later returned on 4 April 2022, as part of the May 2021 relaunch.[3][4] On 8 February 2023, it was announced that Cartoonito would expand into a full-time channel in Boomerang's place on 25 March.[5]
On 22 June 2023,[6] the broadcasters announced that Boomerang in the MENA would rebrand to Cartoonito on 4 September 2023, along with itsTurkey andNordic counterpart.[7][8][9]
On 9 October 2024, the Turkish feed merged into the MENA as part ofWarner Bros. Discovery's cut-cost strategy. However, theDOG and the Turkish advertising and age rating remain unchanged.
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