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 | WarnerMedia International |
Sister channels | Warner TV Comedy Warner TV Serie Warner TV Film Boomerang CNN International |
History | |
Launched | 17 September 1993 5 December 2006 (as an independent channel) | (as Cartoon Network Europe)
Replaced | Cartoon Network Europe |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Cable | |
Kabel Deutschland (Germany) | Channel 611 (SD) Channel 620 (HD) |
Unitymedia (Germany) | Channel 242 (SD) |
UPC Austria (Austria) | Channel 286 (HD) |
Vodafone (Germany) | Channel 493 (SD) |
UPC (Switzerland) | Channel 192 (Deutschswizz) Channel 492 (Romandy & Ticino) |
Satellite | |
Sky Deutschland (Germany/Austria) | Channel 505 (SD) |
IPTV | |
Telekom Entertain (Germany) | Channel 217 (SD/HD) |
Sky Deutschland (Germany) | Channel 505 (SD) |
Cartoon Network is a German pay television channel which primarily broadcasts cartoons. It is based in Munich and is available in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Broadcasting[]
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[]
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[]
First logo, used from 5 December 2006 to 25 November 2010.
Second logo, is currently in use since 25 November 2010 to present.
References[]
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Official Site
- Austrian Official Site (Redirects to German)
- Swiss Official Site
- Press office
- Children's television networks
- Cartoon Network
- Television stations in Germany
- Television stations in Austria
- Television stations in Switzerland
- German-language television stations
- Television channels and stations established in 2006
- Turner Broadcasting System Germany
- 2006 establishments in Germany
- 2006 establishments in Austria