Cartoon Network Arabic

Cartoon Network Arabia () is a pan-Arab free-to-air children's television channel that is broadcast to Arab audiences in the Middle East and North Africa. It is one of two Arabic-language versions of the original Cartoon Network, the other being a pay television channel on beIN, OSN and additional providers known as Cartoon Network MENA, which is available in both English and Arabic.

The channel launched on 10 October 2010, coinciding with the opening of Turner Broadcasting System Europe's offices in Dubai Media City. As of 2025, it is managed by Warner Bros. Discovery under its international division.

The standard channel broadcasts via Arabsat Badr 6 and Nilesat. Cartoon Network Arabic is considered a free-to-air alternative to Cartoon Network MENA and Cartoonito MENA, two pay TV channels offered in the Arab world in HD and in both English and Arabic on beIN Network and additional providers since 1 July 2016, despite the varying differences in programming, schedules, and available languages.

History

Cartoon Network Arabic was launched on 10 October 2010 at 10:10 am GST. The channel's launch coincided with the opening of Turner Broadcasting System's offices in Dubai Media City, UAE, which is where the channel's local owner is located.

The channel changed its aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 on 5 October 2014; it also began using the Check it 3.0 branding on that day.

Cartoon Network Arabic has changed its website. The new website was changed in May 2015.

On 4 October 2017, the channel has fully rebranded to the Dimensional branding.

In December 2015, Turner Broadcasting System entered an exclusivity deal with the Qatar-based beIN Media Group. This deal led to Cartoon Network Africa, Boomerang Africa, and TCM moving from OSN to the latter's beIN Network service, and also caused the HD feed on YahLive to shut down; the actual channel, however, is unaffected due to being a free-to-air channel on Nilesat and Arabsat/Badr. Cartoon Network Arabic was added to beIN as channel 138 as an HD channel, although the HD version was later replaced with the SD version on Arabsat/Badr. CNN International HD was removed from My-HD's channel list and moved to beIN as an encrypted HD channel along with the pay-only HLN, which is in letterboxed SD, but CNN continues to remain available as a free-to-air channel on Nilesat and Arabsat/Badr in SD. However, subscribers to Etisalat and du's IPTV services in the UAE were virtually unaffected at the time. However, due to their direct relations with Turner, UAE Telecoms, Etisalat and Du continue to offer these channels to IPTV subscribers. Additionally, inVision in Saudi Arabia, Ooredoo in Qatar and Cablevision in Lebanon offer Cartoon Network and Boomerang as well.

On March 17, 2023, Twitter user Chahine Arfaoui posted a video of the channel getting hijacked and playing an unofficial animation of Roddy Ricch's Ballin. The video went viral on YouTube, before it was revealed to be a hoax.

Programming

TV series

The channel mainly airs animated cartoons from Cartoon Network Studios. Original productions, films, shorts, live-action series, and shows from various studios are produced and aired.

Animated programs aired include original Cartoon Network Studios productions like the ''Ben 10'' reboot, ''Regular Show'', ''Powerpuff Girls'' reboot, ''Uncle Grandpa'', '' Clarence'', ''Adventure Time'', and '' We Bare Bears'', as well as programs produced by other studios (such as Hasbro Studios' '' Transformers: Robots in Disguise'', Warner Bros. Animation's ''Teen Titans Go!'', ''Justice League Action'', Rainbow's '' 44 Cats'' and Mattel WildBrain's ''Polly Pocket'', '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' etc.). The channel mainly airs animated cartoons from Cartoon Network Studios. Local productions like Mansour are produced and aired along with films, shorts, live-action series, and shows from various other studios.

The channel is one of the only available in Arabic (the other being Spacetoon), with no choice but to switch to English or any other language. This is due to the fact that the channel is a free-to-air TV channel aimed solely at an Arabic-speaking audience.

The channel broadcasts a line of Cartoon Network's own shows dubbed in English. Cartoon Network Arabic has also offered numerous localized shows, such as '' Mansour'' and the Arabic version of '' Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge'', which are the result of various partnerships deals with local production companies, including the Dubai-based Lammtara Pictures (''Freej'') or the Jordan-based Rubicon Group Holding ('' Ben & Izzy'', ''Tareq wa Shireen''). The channel often edits certain programs for content, cutting out certain scenes due to potentially inappropriate content for Arabs. In September 2018, Cartoon Network Arabic started airing '' Kral Şakir'' as -ليث the king-.

Shows

*'' 44 Cats''
*'' 1001 Nights''
*''Adventure Time''
*'' Adventure Time: Distant Lands''
*''Stakes (miniseries)''
*'' Alice & Lewis''
*''The Amazing World of Gumball''
*''Angelo Rules''
*'' Apple & Onion''
*''Baby Looney Tunes''
*'' Bakugan: Battle Planet''
*'' Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge''
*'' Barbie: It Takes Two''
*'' Batman: The Animated Series''
*'' Batman: The Brave and the Bold''
*''Batman Unlimited''
*''Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!''
*'' Ben & Izzy''
*''Ben 10'' (original)
*''Ben 10'' (reboot)
*'' Ben 10: Alien Force''
*'' Ben 10: Omniverse''
*'' Ben 10: Ultimate Alien''
*'' Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge''
*''BeyWheelz''
*''Bill & Tony''
*''Bunnicula''
*''Camp Lazlo''
*''Chowder''
*'' Clarence''
*''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs''
*'' Codename: Kids Next Door''
*''Courage the Cowardly Dog''
*''Craig of the Creek''
*'' Danger Mouse''
*''DC Super Hero Girls''
*''Dexter's Laboratory''
*'' Dino Ranch''
*'' Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz''
*'' Dragons: Defenders of Berk''
*'' Dragons: Race to the Edge''
*'' Dragons: Riders of Berk''
*''Driver Dan's Story Train''
*''Ed, Edd n Eddy''
*'' Elliott from Earth''
*''Fireman Sam''
*''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends''
*'' Friends: Girls on a Mission''
*''The Fungies!''
*''Generator Rex''
*''Gerald McBoing-Boing''
*'' Gormiti Nature Unleashed''
*'' Green Lantern: The Animated Series''
*'' Grizzy & the Lemmings''
*''Ha Ha Hairies''
*'' The Happos Family''
*'' Hero: 108''
*''Hero Inside''
*''Inspector Gadget''
*'' Jade Armor''
*'' Jelly Jamm''
*'' Jellystone!''
*'' Just Kidding''
*''Justice League Action''
*'' Kingdom Force''
*'' Kral Şakir''
*''LazyTown''
*''The Life and Times of Juniper Lee''
*''Looney Tunes''
*''Looney Tunes Cartoons''
*''The Looney Tunes Show''
*'' Mansour''
*'' Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart''
*'' The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack''
*'' Matt Hatter Chronicles''
*''Megas XLR''
*'' Mighty Mike''
*'' Mixels''
*'' Moley''
*''Mr. Bean''
*'' Mr. Bean: The Animated Series''
*''¡Mucha Lucha!''
*''Mush-Mush and the Mushables''
*''My Gym Partner's a Monkey''
*'' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic''
*''Nana Zanana''
*''New Looney Tunes''
*''Nexo Knights''
*''Ninja Express''
*'' Ninjago''
*''Oddbods''
*'' OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes''
*''Oswaldo''
*''Over the Garden Wall
*'' Legends of Chima''
*''Lego City Adventures''
*'' Level Up''
*'' Lucas Spider''
*''Pat the Dog''
*'' Pound Puppies''
*Quantum Heroes Dinoster
*'' Power Players''
*''The Powerpuff Girls'' (original)
*''The Powerpuff Girls'' (reboot)
*''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo''
*'' Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville''
*'' Redakai: Conquer the Kairu''
*''Regular Show''
*''Samurai Jack''
*''The Secret Saturdays''
*''Sheep in the Big City''
*'' Skatoony''
*''The Smurfs'' (2010-2014)
*''Sonic Boom'' (2015-2016)
*''Steven Universe''
*''Supernoobs''
*'' Sym-Bionic Titan''
*'' Taffy''
*'' Talking Tom & Friends''
*''Teen Titans Go!''
*'' Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go''
*'' ThunderCats Roar''
*''Tom and Jerry''
*'' Tom & Jerry Kids''
*'' Tom and Jerry in New York''
*'' The Tom and Jerry Show''
*''Tom and Jerry Tales''
*'' Toony Tube''
*'' Transformers: Cyberverse''
*'' Transformers: Prime''
*'' Transformers: Robots in Disguise''
*''Wacky Races''
*'' Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs''
*''Uncle Grandpa''
*''Unikitty!''
*'' We Baby Bears''
*'' We Bare Bears''
*''What's New, Scooby-Doo?''
*'' Xiaolin Chronicles''
*''Xiaolin Showdown''
*''Young Justice''
*''Zinba''

Films

*'' Ben 10: Race Against Time'' (premiered November 5, 2011)
*'' Ben 10: Alien Swarm'' (premiered November 7, 2011)
*'' Destination: Imagination'' (premiered November 6, 2011)
*'' Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation: Z.E.R.O.'' (premiered August 20, 2012 and October 12, 2007)
*''Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show'' (premiered August 19, 2012)
*'' Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo?'' (premiered August 19, 2012)
*'' Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker'' (premiered May 8, 2013)
*'' Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster'' (premiered December 5, 2012)
*'' Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase'' (premiered December 12, 2012)
*'' Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost'' (premiered December 19, 2012)
*'' Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!'' (premiered December 26, 2012)
*'' Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles'' (premiered September 26, 2013)
*'' Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out'' (premiered October 17, 2012)
*'' Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace'' (premiered December 12, 2011)
*''Free Willy'' (premiered June 5, 2013)
*'' Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home'' (premiered June 12, 2013)
*'' Free Willy 3: The Rescue'' (premiered June 19, 2013)
*'' Cats & Dogs'' (premiered April 24, 2013)
*'' My Gym Partner's a Monkey: Animal School Musical'' (premiered October 14, 2013)
*'' Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising'' (premiered December 19, 2013)
*'' Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix'' (premiered September 5, 2013)
*'' Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens'' (premiered March 16, 2012)
*'' Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United'' (premiered September 26, 2012)
*'' Level Up'' (premiered July 5, 2012)
*'' Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure'' (premiered November 13, 2014)
*'' Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games'' (premiered September 22, 2015)
*''Over the Garden Wall'' (premiered June 21, 2015 – July 2, 2015)
*'' Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo'' (premiered April 28, 2016)
*'' Miniseries Adventure Time Stakes Special'' (premiered May 1, 2016 – May 7, 2016)
*'' Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered'' (premiered December 5, 2014)
*'' Firebreather'' (premiered December 22, 2011)
*'' ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico'' (premiered October 3, 2013)
*''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' (premiered April 10, 2013)
*'' Tom and Jerry: The Movie'' (premiered October 25, 2012)
*'' Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers'' (premiered October 25, 2012)
*'' Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring'' (premiered October 25, 2012)
*'' Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars'' (premiered October 25, 2012)
*'' The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie'' (premiered July 10, 2013)
*'' Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales'' (premiered July 17, 2013)
*'' Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island'' (premiered July 24, 2013)
*''Tweety's High-Flying Adventure'' (premiered July 31, 2013)
*''Stuart Little'' (premiered February 2017)
*''Stuart Little 2'' (premiered February 2017)
*'' Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild'' (premiered July 2017)
*'' Regular Show: The Movie'' (premiered July 5, 2020)
*'' Barbie Princess Adventure'' (premiered December 6, 2020)
*'' Barbie & Chelsea: The Lost Birthday'' (premiered April 16, 2021)
*'' Ben 10: Innervasion'' (premiered January 29, 2021)
*'' Ben 10 Versus the Universe: The Movie'' (premiered June 18, 2021)
*'' Adventure Time: Distant Lands'' (premiered May 21, 2021)
*'' We Bare Bears: The Movie'' (premiered July 4, 2021)

Blocks aired on Cartoon Network Arabic

Current

* على كيفك "Your Choice" (22 January 2011 – present)
*أفلام سي إن "CN Movies" (19 February 2021 – present)
* فوازير رمضان "Ramadan Riddles" (1 August 2011 – present, Every Ramadan day)
*نجم الشهر "Star of the Month" (25 April 2020 – present)
* جديد جديد "NEW NEW NEW NEW" (2018 – present)
*كرتون نتورك مينيز "Cartoon Network Minis" (September 2017 – present)
* نادي الإفطار "The Breakfast Club" (25 January 2013 – present)
* كرتون نتورك غير مباشر "Cartoon Network Off Air" (6 December 2020 – present)
* فريق الأحلام "Dream Team" (2024 – present)

Former

• كتلة كارتونيتو "Cartoonito Block" (4 September 2011 – 25 April 2025)
* أفلام العيد "Holiday Movies" (5 November 2011 – 30 June 2023, Every Holiday day)
* تسالي يوليو "Entertainment in July" (July 2011)
* أحلى اثنين "Funday Monday" (September 2013 – December 2013)
* ساعة البطل "Hero Hour" (September 2013 – November 2013)
* إلى كأس العالم "To the World Cup" (29 June 2014 – 20 July 2017)
* الكوميديا في يناير "The Comedy in January" (Every January 2012)
* القوة القصوى "Maximum Power" (4 January 2015 – 30 January 2016)
* قطط وكلاب "Cats and Dogs" (2016)
* أبطال كرتون نتورك "Cartoon Network Heroes" (2016 – 2020)
*مغامرين سي إن "CN Adventures" (2019 – 2022)
* اضحك من القلب "Laugh Your Heart " (2 February 2016 - 10 May 2017)
* تشكيلات "Formations" (2017)
* ابطال واشرار "Heroes and Villains" (2017)
*سبت الأكشن "Saturday Action" (2018 – 2022)
*سينما كرتون نتورك "Cinema Cartoon Network" (2012 – 2021)
*أبطال كرتون نتورك الخارقين "Cartoon Network Super Heroes" (6 September 2020 – 1 January 2021)
*في المنزل مع عائلة واترسون "At Home With the Watersons" (5 July 2020 – 1 October 2021)
*الصداقة انسجام "Friendship is Dynamic" (3 January 2021 – 4 November 2021)
*كن صديق "Be Friend" (7 November 2021 - 29 December 2022)

Arabic version of Cartoonito

In 2011, Turner Broadcasting System Europe had announced that it would roll out its UK-based preschoolers' channel Cartoonito across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, increasing the brand's distribution to 125 million homes in 112 territories. On Cartoon Network Arabic, Cartoonito was launched as a morning block broadcast every day starting from 4 September 2011. However, the block was phased out on 1 April 2014, with some of its shows no longer available (although ''Baby Looney Tunes'' broadcasts on Boomerang HD and ''LazyTown'' airs on CN Arabic early in the morning).

Later on, the Cartoonito block returned on 24 March 2019 with 4 shows, 1 returning is ''Baby Looney Tunes'' with 3 new additions to Cartoonito which are '' Grizzy and the Lemmings'', ''Pat the Dog'' and ''Fireman Sam''.

On 17 May 2020, the Cartoonito block has been expanded from being broadcast at 6:30 KSA, and runs until 10:30 KSA. But last month, the block logo has been changed and made a new logo mixed between CARTOON (from Cartoon Network) and OO & ito (from Cartoonito).

On 6 February 2022, Cartoonito rebranded with the new 2021 logo and bumpers alongside its Turkish counterpart as part of the brand's Global re-introduction.

Programming

*'' 44 Cats''
*'' The Adventures of Chuck and Friends''
*''Alice & Lewis''
*''Baby Looney Tunes''
*''Bananas in Pyjamas''
*''Ben 10''
*'' Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz''
*''Driver Dan's Story Train''
*''Fireman Sam''
*''Gerald McBoing-Boing''
*'' Grizzy and the Lemmings''
*''Ha Ha Hairies''
*'' The Happos Family''
*'' Jelly Jamm''
*'' Kingdom Force''
*''Krypto the Superdog''
*''LazyTown''
*''Lego City Adventures''
*'' Mighty Mike''
*'' Mr. Bean: The Animated Series''
*''Mush-Mush and the Mushables''
*''New Looney Tunes''
*''Oddbods''
*''Pat the Dog''
*''Pingu''
*'' Pound Puppies''
*''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo''
*'' Taffy''
*'' Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go''
*'' Tom & Jerry Kids''
*'' The Tom and Jerry Show''
*''Wacky Races''
*'' Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs''
*'' Dino Ranch''
*''Batwheels''
*''Interstellar Ella''
*'' Lu & the Bally Bunch''
*'' Jessica's Big Little World''

Other versions and related channels

Cartoon Network Arabic HD

In March 2012, Cartoon Network Arabic became available in true high-definition via the YahLive service. The channel was eventually moved under beIN Network's service after the exclusivity deal was in effect in January 2016. In May 2016, the channel was suspended in favor of Cartoon Network MENA and Boomerang MENA that were later launched in July that year, as they both feature an Arabic audio track. until Cartoon Network Arabic HD return this time in Badr 26

Cartoon Network Arabic +2

A two-hour timeshift channel variant launched on 30 June 2014 via the My-HD pay TV network. It was terminated on 1 January 2016 as a consequence of Turner Broadcasting System Arabia's deal with beIN Media Group.

Cartoon Network Hindi

On 1 April 2016, Qatar-based beIN Media Group, in association with Turner Broadcasting System Arabia, launched Cartoon Network Hindi exclusively via beIN. Cartoon Network Hindi provides children's animated programming to most South Asian expatriates in Arab World countries outside of India. As the name implies, the channel is only available in Hindi, which is akin to the Arab World's own pan-aired channel.

References

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