Country | Singapore (Southeast Asia) China (East Asia) |
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Broadcast area | East Asia South East Asia Pacific Islands Maldives Oceania |
Headquarters | Singapore |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English Chinese Malay Indonesian Thai Vietnamese (Voice-over) |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i/480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific |
Sister channels | Cartoon Network Asia Cartoon Network Philippines CNN International Cinemax Asia HBO Asia HLN Warner TV |
History | |
Launched |
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Replaced | Boomerang |
Closed |
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Cartoonito is the brand of two feeds that air animated series for preschoolers: Cartoonito Asia and Cartoonito Australia. Both are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific.
The original version of Cartoonito was launched on 1 December 2012, replacing Boomerang Asia. The channel would close on 1 January 2015, with Boomerang relaunched as part of the 2015 global rebrand.[1][2]
As part of Cartoonito's 2021 relaunch, the brand returned to Asia as a block on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in March and May 2022 respectively; the block shifted to Boomerang full-time in November. On 28 June 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that Cartoonito would once again become its own channel, and the switchover from Boomerang took place on July 28.[3]