Spacetoon

Spacetoon
Channel's "Stoon" logo
CountryUnited Arab Emirates,[1] Indonesia, Ukraine, Syria
Broadcast areaArab world
Ukraine[2]
Indonesia
HeadquartersDamascus, Syria (formerly)[3]
Dubai, UAE
Programming
Language(s)Arabic (Arab world)
Indonesian (Indonesia)
Picture format576i (4:3 - 16:9 SDTV)
Timeshift serviceMalyatko TV (2009–2010) (Formerly Spacetoon Малятко)
Ownership
OwnerSpacetoon International[4]
Sister channelsSpacetoon 2
Spacetoon Radio
Space Power (SPTV)
History
Launched15 March 2000; 24 years ago (2000-03-15) (Arabic channel)
24 March 2005; 19 years ago (2005-03-24) (Indonesia, terrestrial)
1 April 2005; 19 years ago (2005-04-01) (English and Korean)
31 December 2009; 14 years ago (2009-12-31) (Ukrainian channel)
18 May 2013; 11 years ago (2013-05-18) (Indonesia, Telkom-1 satellite)
Closed25 March 2010; 14 years ago (2010-03-25) (Ukrainian channel)
1 January 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01-01) (English channel)
15 November 2011; 13 years ago (2011-11-15) (Korean channel)
17 May 2013; 11 years ago (2013-05-17) (Indonesia, terrestrial)
Replaced byMalyatko TV (Ukraine)
NET. (Indonesia, on terrestrial)
Spacetoon Indonesia (launch as a channel on Telkom-1 satellite, it was listed as Spacetoon 1)
Links
Websitespacetoon.com
Availability (channel space shared with Space Power in Arabic world only)
Streaming media
Live StreamSpacetoon Arabic

Spacetoon (Arabic: سبيستون or سبيس تون) is a pan-Arab free-to-air television channel that specializes in animation and children programs. It began broadcasting on 15 March 2000 in Damascus,[5] and it is currently headquartered in Dubai.[6] The channel targets children from 4 and up. Its late night block Space Power is targeted at teenagers and young adults. The Spacetoon company also maintains a video-on-demand app called Spacetoon Go. It is informally referred to as Stoon.

The Spacetoon company has had two now-defunct channels in the Arab world, Space Power TV and Spacetoon English.

The main Indonesian channel began airing on 24 March 2005 in Jakarta.[7] It later became NET., and its broadcast remains on satellite television. Currently, there are three Spacetoon channels in Indonesia: Spacetoon, Space Shopping and Spacetoon Plus. In India, Spacetoon India exists as licensing company, but not as a separate TV channel. In South Korea, Spacetoon launched in 2005 but has since closed down.[8] A Turkish feed is scheduled to release soon.[9]

Spacetoon is currently broadcast in 22 countries, and has an audience of over 130 million viewers.[10]

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  3. ^ "Spacetoon International - Middle East & Dubai Global Headquarter". 16 February 2008. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Spacetoon Store | Toys in Saudi Arabia | Copyright Compliance Policy". store.spacetoon.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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  7. ^ Sunarto (2009). Televisi, kekerasan, dan perempuan (in Indonesian). Penerbit Buku Kompas. p. 96. ISBN 978-979-709-415-7.
  8. ^ "Spacetoon International - Korea Area of Operation". 6 September 2008. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ "Spacetoon Group celebrates 40 years of bringing anime to the MENA region". Arab News Japan. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Spacetoon, ALC Announce New Broadcast and Licensing Deals for MENA". Animation World Network. 29 March 2016.