Cartoon Network is a French

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channel aimed at kids, available for France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Francophone Africa. It was launched on 23 August 1999 and is owned by

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under its French division.

History

In 1993, Turner launched a free-to-air channel,

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(during the day) timesharing with TNT Classic Movies, in Europe. Although it was legally licensed in the UK, as it transmitted from London, the French and Belgian authorities objected to the American programming available in the French language.. Cartoon Network 1992 logo

In June 1998, an autonomic Cartoon Network was launched for Southern Europe (France,

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and

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). The Italian channel became independent a few months after, and on 23 August 1999, the French and Spanish channels were split. In 1999, all shows began to be shown in French.. Cartoon Network broadcast mainly

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and Warner Bros. cartoons in the early 2000s. In 2006, the channel changed its programming to aim a more modern audience by removing old shows. These shows were replaced with movies and some live-action series. Starting in 2010, less

productions have been broadcast. Most of these were moved to sister network

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. An original video game titled ''Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL'' was released on the

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and

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. In December 2012, Cartoon Network began to air the first seasons of '' Wakfu: The Animated Series''. In early 2014, Turner announced the new series ''

Uncle Grandpa ''Uncle Grandpa'' is an American animated television series created by Peter Browngardt for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 2, 2013 to June 30, 2017. It is based on Browngardt's animated short of the same name from the unaired '' Cartoons ...

'', ''

Steven Universe ''Steven Universe'' is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It tells the coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe ( Zach Callison), who lives with the Crystal Gems—magical, mineral ...

'' and ''

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''. Since 2014, Cartoon Network France has been available in Sub-Saharan Africa through

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. On 25 July 2016, Cartoon Network France fully rebranded using graphics from the Check It 4.0 branding package. On 4 September 2017, Cartoon Network France fully rebranded using graphics from the Dimensional branding package.

Related services

Cartoon Network feeds

Cartoon Network HD

On 13 May 2014, Cartoon Network HD launched on Canalsat.

Cartoon Network Switzerland

A Swiss feed was launched on 26 February 2007. Its advertising window is operated by Goldbach Media. Unlike in France, Cartoon Network is free in all Swiss TV providers, and it is the most popular kids channel in French.

Boomerang

began as a preschool block on Cartoon Network in early 2000s. On 23 April 2003, Boomerang was launched as a channel on TPS.

Cartoonito

Cartoonito Cartoonito is a brand name used by Warner Bros. Discovery for a collection of television networks and Block programming, programming blocks that target preschool-age children. The name combines the "cartoon" with the Spanish language, Spanish suf ...

was launched as a morning block on

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on 5 September 2011. The block last aired on 5 July 2013. In May 2021, WarnerMedia UK and EMEA announced plans to relaunching Cartoonito within their regionre-entering in Spring 2022, with its streaming service

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. In February 2023, it was announced that Boing would transition to Cartoonito full-time on 3 April 2023. It’s currently unconfirmed when its programming block will launch on Cartoon Network.

Adult Swim

The block was launched on 4 March 2011 and aired every night from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Cartoon Network Switzerland until 2015. It has aired ''

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'', ''

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'' is an American adult animated television sitcom created by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. A spin-off of ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', the ...

'', ''

Metalocalypse ''Metalocalypse'' is an American adult animated television series, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, which premiered on August 6, 2006, followed by a musical one-hour special, '' Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem'', on October 27, 2 ...

'', ''

Moral Orel ''Moral Orel'' is an American adult stop-motion animated sitcom created by Dino Stamatopoulos which originally aired on Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim from December 13, 2005 to December 18, 2008. The series has been de ...

'', ''

Robot Chicken ''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animated stop motion sketch comedy television series, created and executive produced for Adult Swim by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. The write ...

'' and ''

Squidbillies ''Squidbillies'' is an American animated television series created by Jim Fortier and Dave Willis for Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. An unofficial pilot for the series aired on April 1, 2005. The series later made ...

''. Like most international Adult Swim blocks, it does not air Fox and action shows. The block's programming was not dubbed and aired with English audio and French subtitles. In the early 2000s, there was a late-night block called "Désaxé", which carried the 2001 Adult Swim look, but did not have any adult shows, except for ''Home Movies''. ''

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'' was aired on Cartoon Network and Toonami. Dezaxe aired random Cartoon Network shows and old promos. Adult Swim relaunched as a block on Toonami in France on 24 July 2019.

Toonami

Toonami Toonami ( ) is an American late night television programming block that primarily broadcasts Japanese animation and occasionally American action animation. It was created by Sean Akins and Jason DeMarco and produced by Williams Street, a divis ...

was a block on Cartoon Network from 2002 airing action shows. It relaunched as a channel on 11 February 2016.

References

External links

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(Official French Website) {{Television in France Children's television networks Cartoon Network Television stations in France Turner Broadcasting System France Television channels and stations established in 1999 1999 establishments in France Television stations in Switzerland Television channels in Belgium Television stations in Morocco Television stations in Lebanon 2007 establishments in Switzerland