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Boomerang was a television channel, which broadcasts cartoons, from the Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. Animation library. This is the variant of the channel that is being broadcast in countries part of Central and Eastern Europe, such as Romania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, the Adria nations, Russia and CIS countries. Since November 2014, it has been broadcasting on all providers in the Netherlands and the Flanders region of Belgium. In the Netherlands and Flanders, it is offered with a Dutch soundtrack as well.
Boomerang | |
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Broadcast area | Balkans Benelux Central Europe Eastern Europe |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Dutch English German Hungarian Polish Romanian Russian Bulgarian Czech |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | WarnerMedia International |
Sister channels | Cartoon Network CEE Cartoon Network Germany Cartoon Network Netherlands & Flanders Cartoon Network Poland Cartoon Network RSEE CNN International Warner TV Comedy Warner TV Film Warner TV Serie |
History | |
Launched | 5 June 2005 (as Boomerang Europe) 12 October 2011 (independent feed) |
Replaced | Boomerang Germany |
Closed | 18th March 2023 (Boomerang) |
Links | |
Website | www.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) |
The two feeds was launched in December 2005.
On 12 October 2011, the Boomerang (Central and Eastern Europe) was launched and is available in 4 audio versions: Romanian, English, Polish and Hungarian. On 12 June 2012, it was launched in Russia. On 30 January 2015, it is available in Bulgaria and in Baltic countries and in Balkans. On 30 September 2015, Boomerang was launched on Freesat in Czech Republic. On 18 March 2023, Boomerang (Central and Eastern Europe) was launched as Cartoonito (Central and Eastern Europe).
Cartoonito was a programming block targeting preschoolers. It aired weekday from 5:30 AM to 12:30 PM and early afternoons before the Cartoonito branding was phased out entirely in 2014, when Cartoonito merged with Boomerang's schedule. But in September 2022, Cartoonito has returned as channel slot. Shows that aired on the block were:
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