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Cartoon Network is a German pay television channel which primarily broadcasts cartoons. It is a localized version of the American cable network of the same name program and is available in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
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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 | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
| Sister channels | Warner TV Comedy Warner TV Serie Warner TV Film Cartoonito CNN International |
| History | |
| Launched | 17 September 1993 (1993-09-17) (as Cartoon Network Europe) 3 September 2005; 18 years ago (2005-09-03) (as a block on Kabel eins) 5 December 2006; 17 years ago (2006-12-05) (as an independent channel) |
| Replaced | Cartoon Network Europe |
| Closed | December 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12) (as a block on Kabel eins) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
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.
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]
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