Boomerang (Central and Eastern European TV channel)

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Boomerang
Boomerang 2014 logo.svg
Broadcast areaBalkans
Benelux
Central Europe
Eastern Europe
Programming
Language(s)Dutch
English
German
Hungarian
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Bulgarian
Czech
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerWarnerMedia International
Sister channelsCartoon Network CEE
Cartoon Network Germany
Cartoon Network Netherlands & Flanders
Cartoon Network Poland
Cartoon Network Russia and Southeastern Europe
CNN International
Warner TV Comedy
Warner TV Film
Warner TV Serie
History
Launched5 June 2005; 16 years ago (2005-06-05)
(as Boomerang Europe)
12 October 2011; 10 years ago (2011-10-12)
(independent feed)
ReplacedBoomerang Germany
Links
Websitewww.boomerangtv.de
www.boomerang-tv.hu
www.boomerangtv.nl
www.boomerang-tv.pl
www.boomerang-tv.ro
www.boomerangtv.ru
www.tvboomerang.com
Availability
Cable
UPC (Poland)Channel 612
Vodafone (Romania)Channel 505
Kabel Deutschland (Germany)Channel 610 (SD) / Channel 621 (HD)
Unitymedia (Germany)Channel 243 (SD)
UPC (Switzerland)Channel 193 (Deutschswizz)
Channel 493 (Romandy & Ticino)
Ziggo (Netherlands)Channel 309
Telenet (Belgium)Channel 371 (Flanders)
Channel 361 (Brussels)
Caiway (Netherlands)Channel 124
DELTA (Netherlands)Channel 251
Kabel Noord (Netherlands)Channel 202
Satellite
Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland)Channel 92
Platforma Canal+ (Poland)Channel 102
Focus Sat (Romania)Channel 68
Digi TV (Romania)Channel 81
Makedonski Telekom (North Macedonia)Channel 205
DigitAlb (Albania)Channel 86
Sky (Germany/Austria)Channel 500 (SD)
Canal Digitaal (Netherlands)Channel 43
IPTV
KPN (Netherlands)Channel 55 (HD)
Max TV (North Macedonia)Channel 203
Open IPTV (Serbia)Channel 522
Telekom Entertain (Germany)Channel 216 (SD/HD)
T-Mobile (Netherlands)Channel 196 (HD)
Proximus TV (Flanders)Channel 43
Proximus TV (Brussels & Wallonia)Channel 293
Scarlet (Belgium)Channel 138
Streaming media
Ziggo GO (Netherlands)ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only)

Boomerang is a European pay television channel which focuses on animated programming for children. This feed is broadcast in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Russia and CIS countries, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, the Baltic states and Caucasus countries.

History[]

Boomerang EMEA was launched in June 2005. On 12 October 2011 at 6:00 am (CEST) it was split into two different feeds: this feed focused on Central and Eastern Europe, while Boomerang HQ centered on the Benelux, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Middle East & Africa, and Portugal. The European feed at the time consisted of four audio tracks, which were in English, Romanian, Hungarian and Polish. On 1 August 2007, TV channel began broadcasting from the Astra 1K and Hot Bird 7A satellites in the territories of the CIS and Baltic countries.[1] The TV channel partially broadcast in Russian.[2] Since 1 October 2013 , the channel has been completely dubbed into Russian.[3]

Between November 2014 and February 2015, Boomerang CEE replaced Boomerang HQ in the Netherlands and the Flanders region of Belgium, and got a localised Dutch feed between 2 February 2015 and 2017.[4] Since 2017 the CEE feed is available in the Netherlands and Belgium.[5]

On 4 April 2018, Boomerang CEE switched to the 16:9 aspect ratio.[1]

On 1 October 2018, Boomerang CEE replaced Boomerang Germany and took over its channel slot. It launched a subfeed intended to air German advertisements and has no Russian rating icons being displayed in its broadcast, differing from the main feed. Sometimes they were shown anyway because of mistakes.[6]

On Monday, 1 November 2021, Boomerang CEE launched a new Bulgarian-language audio track, as well as a Bulgarian channel subfeed for Bulgarian television advertisement commercials, only on Bulsatcom, for now as A1 Bulgaria, (which is A1 Telekom Austria Group’s Bulgarian subsidiary, or its foreign subsidiary from Bulgaria.), & Vivacom, & other operators have yet to add it. [7]

On Friday, 03 December 2021, Boomerang CEE launched a new Czech-language audio track, & was available with Czech-language dubbing on Vodafone Czech Republic A.S. Akciová společnost, (or simply just Vodafone Group PLC’s czech subsidiary, or one of its operations from the Czech Republic Of Czechia.), or simply just Vodafone in the Czech Republic Of Czechia, as other operators have yet to add it with 60% of its content being dubbed into the Czech-language with Czech-language dubbing for the Czech-language audio track, due to having dialogue, as the other 40% of its content are tv shows that has no dialogue, & they’re left undubbed, & is available in 1080i HDTV/HD.

Cartoonito[]

The programming block's logo used at the time.

Cartoonito was a programming block targeting pre-kindergartners, & preschoolers. It aired weekday mornings and afternoons before the Cartoonito branding was phased out entirely in 2014, when Cartoonito merged with Boomerang's schedule.

Logos[]

  • 5 June 2005 – 2 February 2015

  • 2 February 2015 to present

See also[]

  • Boomerang around the world
  • Boomerang (France)
  • Cartoon Network (CEE)
  • Cartoon Network (Dutch TV channel)
  • Cartoon Network (Germany)
  • Cartoon Network (Poland)
  • Cartoon Network (Russia and Southeastern Europe)
  • CNN International

References[]

  1. ^ "Boomerang развлекает детей". old.telesputnik.ru. 2 February 2009.
  2. ^ 1 июня встречаем новый пакет «ДЕТСКИЙ»
  3. ^ Телеканал Boomerang заговорил по-русски. Журнал Mediasat
  4. ^ "Nieuw logo voor Boomerang". Broadcast Magazine (in Dutch). 1 February 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Boomerang CEE (Dutch) - Continuity (July 1, 2017)". 1 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Boomerang Germany - Final Day/Closedown/CEE Takeover (September 30-October 1, 2018)". 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
  7. ^ "Boomerang CEE (Bulgaria) - Launch (November 1, 2021)". 1 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.

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