Boing is the brand name used by the International division of

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co-owned by

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for a collection of

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s outside of the United States that target children and teenagers. As of April 3, 2023, Boing-branded channels exist in

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(its flagship service),

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

, and in

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, while a weekend morning

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formerly aired on the WarnerMedia-owned

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(now owned by

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) in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

and tv2 in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

(previously TNT).

Broadcast

Italy

The Italian

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television channel marketed at children and teenagers, owned by Boing S.p.A., a joint venture of

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(through its Mediaset Italia subsidiary) and

(through its International division). It is available on digital terrestrial television and

satellite provider Tivùsat.

Spain

The Spanish

television channel launched in 2010 and owned as a joint venture between

Mediaset España Grupo Audiovisual Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.U. (formerly Gestevisión Telecinco, S.A. and Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.) is a Spanish media company, controlled by the Italian-based company MFE – MediaForEurope N.V., which i ...

and

through its

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. Series on the channel are also available in English via a secondary audio feed. Additional feeds are available in

, and

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France

The French

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channel aimed at children and teenagers launched on 8 April 2010. On 2 February 2023, it was announced that Boing would transition to

Cartoonito Cartoonito is a brand name used by Warner Bros. Discovery for a collection of television networks and Block programming, programming blocks aimed at preschool children. The name combines the "cartoon" with the Spanish language, Spanish suffix " ...

full-time on 3 April 2023.

Africa

The African television channel operated by

through its

, which launched on May 30, 2015. At this moment, the channel can be seen on Montage Cable TV in Nigeria and Sentech's Mobile TV in South Africa. On January 1, 2017, the channel became available to AzamTV subscribers. The channel does not have a website. The French version of Boing is also broadcast in

and the

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. On 2 February 2023, it was announced that Boing French would be replaced by a Cartoonito channel French on 3 April 2023. On 3 November 2023, StarSat/

StarTimes StarTimes is a Chinese electronics and media company in Sub-Saharan Africa. StarTimes offers digital terrestrial television and satellite television services to consumers, and provides technologies to countries and broadcasters that are switchi ...

launched Boing Africa on Sub-Saharan Africa.

Chile

Boing launched on

on January 7, 2018 as a programming block, but it later ended on March 29, 2020.

Turkey

Boing launched on TNT in 2012 as a programming block, even after the channel was replaced by Teve2, the block still continued, it also aired on Cartoon Network Turkey starting in 2014.

UK, Ireland and Malta

Boing Launched in the UK in 2006, Replacing Cartoon Network Classics.

The Animadz

A group of characters known as the ''Animadz'' serve as Boing's official mascots since 2006. They include Bo, a blue

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-like

human Humans (''Homo sapiens'') or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus ''Homo''. They are Hominidae, great apes characterized by their Prehistory of nakedness and clothing ...

, Bobo, a hairless green humanoid, Otto, a

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, Maissa, a yellow

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, Katrina, a white

chicken The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated subspecies of the red junglefowl (''Gallus gallus''), originally native to Southeast Asia. It was first domesticated around 8,000 years ago and is now one of the most common and w ...

, and Dino, a green

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. There were 4 more mascots that have retired in 2016, which are Ridolfo, a brown

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, Tony, a yellow

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, Tip, a male

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, and Tap, a female seal.

References

External links

Boing Italy

Boing Spain
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