Cartoonito (Central and Eastern European TV channel)

Cartoonito
CountryUnited Kingdom[1][2]
Germany
Broadcast areaBalkans
Baltics
Benelux
CIS
Caucasia
Central Europe
Central and Eastern Europe
East-Central Europe
Eastern Europe
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom[1][2]
Munich, Germany
Programming
Language(s)Dutch
English
German
Hungarian
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Bulgarian
Czech (continuity in English)
Slovenian (continuity in English)
Serbian (continuity in English)
Croatian (continuity in English)
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Sister channelsCartoon Network
CNN International
WarnerTV Comedy
WarnerTV Film
WarnerTV Serie
History
Launched12 October 2011; 13 years ago (12 October 2011)
(as a block)
4 January 2023; 22 months ago (4 January 2023)
(as a channel)
ReplacedBoomerang EMEA
Boomerang Germany
Closed14 December 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-14) (Latvia)[3]
9 March 2022; 2 years ago (2022-03-09) (Russia) (due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine)
Former namesBoomerang (2011–2023)
Links
Websitewww.cartoonito.de
Availability
Streaming media
NetherlandsZiggo GO
UkraineSweet.tv

Cartoonito is a European pay television channel that airs animated programming for pre-school children. It is broadcast in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, the CIS, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, the Balkans, the Baltics and the Caucasus. Cartoonito was previously the Central and European feed of Boomerang, until it relaunched on 18 March 2023 at 6 am CET.[4]

  1. ^ a b "License document" (PDF). rrtv.cz. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Ofcom | TV Cable and Satellite".
  3. ^ "NEPLP no Latvijā retranslējamo programmu reģistra izslēdz 38 programmas". Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Kanał Boomerang 18 marca zmieni się w Cartoonito. "Miejsce dla przedszkolaków i ich rodzin"". www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 4 January 2023. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.