Tooncast
Broadcast area | Latin America |
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Headquarters | Atlanta, United States Buenos Aires, Argentina Sao Paulo, Brasil Santiago, Chile Bogota, Colombia Mexico City, Mexico Lima, Peru |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish Portuguese English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (rescaled to 4:3 480i/576i for SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | WarnerMedia International |
Sister channels | Cartoon Network Cartoonito |
History | |
Launched | December 1, 2008 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Antina (Argentina) | Channel 24 |
Cable | |
izzi (Mexico) | Channel 323 |
Claro TV (Latin America) | Channel 213 (Colombia) Channel 7 (Chile) Channel 71 (Ecuador) Channel 23 (Peru) |
Megacable (Mexico) | Channel 161 |
NET (Brazil) | Channel 110 |
VTR (Chile) | Channel 254 (digital) |
Altice (Dominican Republic) | Channel 210 |
Cablevisión (Argentina) | Channel 209 |
CableOnda (Panama) | Channel 116 |
Star Globalcom (Peru) | Channel 73 |
Satellite | |
TuVes HD (Chile) | Channel 23 |
Movistar Latin America Kiwisat (Puerto Rico) | Channel 312 Channel 465 |
Claro TV (Brazil) | Channel 110 |
Oi TV (Brazil) | Channel 122 |
Sky Brasil | Channel 62 |
IPTV | |
Claro TV (Latin America) | Channel 433 (Dominican Republic) Channel 215 (Argentina) |
Movistar Latin America | Channel 312 (Chile) Channel 312 (Colombia) Channel 511 (Argentina) |
Tooncast is a Latin American pay television channel owned by AT&T's WarnerMedia under its International division. It was launched on 1 December 2008;[1] its programming consists of classical animation, both from Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network. The channel is a commercial-free service.
History[]
The channel was launched on 1 December 2008, after all classic animation programming from Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera and MGM were removed from Boomerang Latin America, to center the network towards the teen audience, and replacing it with live-action programming instead.
Tooncast follows the Boomerang US old channel line-up, which aired classic cartoons. Old Cartoon Network commercials are also broadcast on the channel, such as "Cartoons That Never Made It," Cartoon Network Groovies, and Boomerang Shorties. Unlike other channels of Turner Broadcasting System Latin America, few pay-TV providers carry Tooncast. The only exception is Brazil, where the channel is available on most subscription TV providers, such as Oi TV, Claro TV, GVT TV, Vivo TV, Kiwisat and Nossa TV. Since 1 August 2014, Tooncast began to be carried on NET, the biggest cable television company in Brazil.[2][3]
Even though Tooncast remained with a single pan-regional feed with audio tracks in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and English, in November 2012 the channel started using the Brazilian content rating system. Tooncast once played Powerhouse from Cartoon Network.
On 26 September 2018, the channel was picked up by Sky Brasil.
On 1 April 2019, all classic programming from the Turner animation library, including productions from Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera and MGM, were removed from the schedule making focus on Cartoon Network original productions, and also airing anime series like Pokémon and the Brazilian animated series Monica and Friends, following WarnerMedia's business restructure, that also affected programming on sister networks like Cartoon Network and Boomerang. However, it eventually returned from June 1-July 1, 2019 and they have recently been reinstated. The cartoons of Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros. and MGM returned to the programming in June, however, that change was made again in July of the same year, and then returned in January 2020, where they were included for the first time in the program channel such as Batman Beyond, Teen Titans and Thundercats.
On June 1, 2021, the channel's programming undergoes a drastic change, being greatly reduced compared to previous months; However, this reduction in programs is also accompanied by some new releases. It is speculated that these changes came as an effect of the launch in Latin America of the streaming service HBO Max.
Programming[]
Current programming[]
As of January 2022[4]
- Haunted Tales for Wicked Kids
- Tom & Jerry Kids
- The Flintstone Kids
- The Batman
- Tom and Jerry Tales
- Legion of Super Heroes'
- Duck Dodgers
- Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
- Camp Lazlo
- Loonatics Unleashed
- Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
- Mike, Lu & Og
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks
- Time Squad
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- The Zeta Project
- The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
- Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
- Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
- Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?
Former programming[]
- The Archie Show
- Animaniacs
- Baby Looney Tunes
- The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show
- Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
- Justice League Unlimited
- Batman: The Animated Series
- Superman: The Animated Series
- As Aventuras de Gui & Estopa
- Atomic Betty
- Batman Beyond
- Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
- Casper and Friends
- Crazylegs Crane
- Secret Squirrel
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
- Dexter's Laboratory
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Johnny Bravo
- Cow and Chicken
- Looney Tunes
- Merrie Melodies
- Captain Planet
- The Centurions
- Chowder
- Dragon Ball
- Ed, Edd n Eddy
- Grim & Evil
- Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long
- The Flintstones
- The Jetsons
- Popeye
- Carrapatos e Catapultas
- Evil Con Carne
- Fantastic Four
- Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
- Felix the Cat
- Freakazoid!
- Garfield and Friends
- Generator Rex
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
- The Herculoids
- Hong Kong Phooey
- Huckleberry Hound
- Justice League
- Justice League Unlimited'
- Jonny Quest
- Jorel's Brother
- Josie and the Pussycats
- Monica's Gang
- Krypto the Superdog
- Laff-A-Lympics
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
- The Little Lulu Show
- Magilla Gorilla
- ¡Mucha Lucha!
- Megas XLR
- MGM Cartoons
- Monica's Gang
- The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
- The New Yogi Bear Show
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies
- Oggy and the Cockroaches
- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
- Pink Panther and Sons
- The Pink Panther Show
- Pink Panther and Pals
- Quick Draw McGraw
- Tom and Jerry
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Pokémon
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Pinky and the Brain
- The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
- Samurai Jack
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
- The Scooby-Doo Show
- Sheep in the Big City
- She-Ra: Princess of Power
- Sítio do Picapau Amarelo
- Snagglepuss
- Space Ghost/Dino Boy in the Lost Valley
- Static Shock
- Super Friends
- Sym-Bionic Titan
- The Addams Family
- The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
- The Secret Saturdays
- I Am Weasel
- Squirrel Boy
- 2 Stupid Dogs
- Teen Titans
- Taz-Mania
- Top Cat
- X-Men: Evolution
- ThunderCats
- Trunk Train
- Wacky Races
- Wally Gator
- What a Cartoon! Show
- Cartoon Cartoons
- Yogi Bear
- Yogi's Gang
References[]
- ^ "Turner lanzó Tooncast, nuevo canal de dibujitos animados - Noticias de TV - Prensario Internacional". Prensario.tv. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ "1ф. Mсo Exclusiva: Tooncast entra na NET em agosto, com novo acordo da Turner". TV Magazine. 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ ANMTV (2014-07-21). "Tooncast estreia na NET em agosto (AT) - ANMTV". Anmtv.xpg.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ "Tooncast - Programación".
External links[]
- Joint ventures
- Turner Broadcasting System Latin America
- Television channels and stations established in 2008
- Commercial-free television networks