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Cartoon Network (British and Irish TV channel)
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Cartoon Network (commonly abbreviated as CN) is a British pay television channel aimed at children which airs animated programming targeting children and young aged 6 to 12.[7][8] It is run by Warner Bros. Discovery under its EMEA division.[9] The channel primarily airs animated programming.
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Country | United Kingdom Ireland |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom Ireland Malta[1] |
Headquarters | 160 Old Street, London, England, United Kingdom |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
Timeshift service | Cartoon Network +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
Key people | Sean Gorman Head of Creative, Kids Brands, EMEA at Warner Bros. Discovery[2][3] Vanessa Brookman SVP Kids and Family EMEA at Warner Bros. Discovery and Co-president of Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe[4] Sam Register President of Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe |
Sister channels | Boomerang Cartoonito CNN International |
History | |
Launched | 17 September 1993; 30 years ago (1993-09-17) (as Cartoon Network Europe) 15 October 1999; 24 years ago (1999-10-15) (original Pan-European Feed becomes UK/Eire Only, Encrypted on Astra 1C)[5][6] |
Links | |
Website | http://www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk |
Availability | |
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The channel initially launched on 17 September 1993 as a larger pan-European feed, serving the UK market along with Western and Northern Europe.[10][11][12] In August 1999, the pan-European aspect of Cartoon Network Europe was spun-off as a new feed with an identical schedule to Cartoon Network UK (the former pan-European feed).[13] Cartoon Network UK completely ceased being a pan-European feed on 15 October 1999, which was when it was scrambled with Videocrypt and the launch of the UK only version of TNT. The pan-European feed continued to shadow Cartoon Network UK's schedule until 2001. The pan-European feed excluded shows such as Dragon Ball Z and Angela Anaconda and were substituted, as Cartoon Network did not have the pan-European broadcasting rights to these shows, only the rights for the UK and the Netherlands.[14]