Broadcast area | Spain |
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Headquarters | 160 Old Street, London, England, United Kingdom[1] |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Castilian Spanish Secondary audio feed: English or Catalan (on certain programmes) |
Picture format | 4:3 SDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Turner Broadcasting System España |
Sister channels | Cartoonito |
History | |
Launched | 4 March 1994 |
Replaced | Cartoon Network (pan-EMEA) |
Closed | 30 June 2013[2] |
Cartoon Network was a U.K.-based Spanish specialty television channel aimed at children, operated by Time Warner through its subsidiary Turner Broadcasting System España (TBS España). Being a version of the original namesake American channel. the channel's programmes were mostly consisted of original animated productions from Cartoon Network and fellow Time Warner company Warner Bros., but it also broadcast other American and international productions.
Besides being available in Castilian Spanish, most shows were also available in English and Catalan via a secondary audio feed. The channel along with Cartoonito closed in Spain on June 30th, 2013 due to dwindling TV ratings and the pay TV crisis.