Cartoon Network (German TV channel)
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Country | Germany |
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Broadcast area | Germany Austria Switzerland Liechtenstein South Tyrol Luxembourg |
Headquarters | Munich, Germany |
Programming | |
Language(s) | German English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
Sister channels | Warner TV Comedy Warner TV Serie Warner TV Film Cartoonito CNN International |
History | |
Launched | 17 September 1993 3 September 2005 (as a block on Kabel eins) 5 December 2006 (as an independent channel) | (as Cartoon Network Europe)
Replaced | Cartoon Network Europe |
Closed | December 2013Kabel eins) | (as a block on
Links | |
Website | www |
Cartoon Network is a German pay television channel which primarily broadcasts cartoons. It is a localized version of the American cable network of the same name program and is available in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Broadcasting
[edit]In August 2013, SES Platform Services (later MX1, now part of SES Video) won an international tender by Turner Broadcasting System to provide playout services for Cartoon Network, Boomerang, glitz*, TNT Film and TNT Serie (in both SD and HD) for the German-speaking market, digitization of existing Turner content, and playout for Turner on-demand and catch-up services in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Benelux region, from November 2013.[1]
M7 Group's Kabelkiosk stopped broadcasting of Cartoon Network on 1 March 2017.
History
[edit]Cartoon Network launched in Germany on September 3, 2005 as a Saturday morning programming block on kabel eins. In December 2013 kabel eins cancelled the programming block.[2] In June 2006, a German version of Boomerang was launched; this was followed by the simultaneous launch of Cartoon Network Germany as a 24-hour channel and TCM Germany on December 5, 2006.[3] On 1 September 2016, Cartoon Network Germany re-branded using graphics from the Check It 4.0 branding package.[4]
Logos
[edit]- First logo, used from 5 December 2006 to 25 November 2010.
- Second logo, is currently in use since 25 November 2010 to present.
Programming
[edit]Current
[edit]Source:[5]
- Adventure Time
- Batwheels
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
- Ben 10 (2016 TV series)
- Craig of the Creek
- DC Super Friends
- Jade Armor
- Lego Monkie Kid
- Looney Tunes Cartoons
- New Looney Tunes
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
- Teen Titans Go!
- The Amazing World of Gumball
- The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe
- Total DramaRama
- We Baby Bears
- We Bare Bears
References
[edit]- ^ "Playout and video-on-demand: SES Platform Services wins international tender by Turner Broadcasting" (Press release). SES Platform Services GmbH. August 28, 2013. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ "Kabel eins beendet samstäglichen Zeichentrickblock" (in German). TV Wunschliste. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Turner schaltet Spielfilm- und Trickfilmsender auf". Digital Fernsehen. November 23, 2006.
- ^ "Cartoon Network Germany And Cartoon Network Poland Rebranded To Check It 4.0 Today". RegularCapital: Cartoon Network International News. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ KG, imfernsehen GmbH & Co. "Serien nach Sendern: Cartoon Network". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-16.
External links
[edit]- Official Site
- Austrian Official Site (Redirects to German)
- Swiss Official Site
- Press office