Cartoonito is a

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children's channel broadcast in the

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and

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and

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. It originally launched as a programming block on 12 October 2011, before it launched independent channel feeds on 1 July 2016, and replaced Boomerang in some markets in 2023. The channel is part of the

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 " ...

brand owned by

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and its EMEA arm.

History

As part of Boomerang

On 12 October 2011, a dedicated Central and Eastern European feed was launched, serving Poland, Hungary, and Romania and featuring audio tracks for each respective country along with English. Preschool brand

joined both feeds as a morning and afternoon block. Despite the split, Boomerang continued to air in several European countries (such as Portugal and the Netherlands) until 2015. Boomerang tv logo

On 14 January 2015, the channel adopted the global rebrand and renamed itself as Boomerang Africa. On 1 July 2016, Boomerang MENA – an official feed for the Arab world, launched to replace the African feed on the region's TV providers, as well as in Greece and Cyprus. The HD channel carries a separate schedule and set of censorship rules, with three audio tracks: English, Arabic, and Greek. Boomerang Africa switched to 16:9 widescreen on 21 September 2016. On 4 March 2019, it began broadcasting in HD. On 3 December 2018,

launched as an afternoon block on

Cartoon Network Turkey Cartoon Network is a Turkish free-to-air television channel that mainly broadcasts cartoons. It is run by Warner Bros. Discovery under its EMEA division. The channel primarily airs animated programming. History The channel launched on 28 Janu ...

, airing every day from 12:00 noon to 3:30 PM local time. However, as part of its global re-introduction, a Cartoonito block also arrived on Boomerang on 5 September 2022.

As Cartoonito

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, Cartoonito was launched as a daily morning (formerly morning and afternoon) block beginning on 12 October 2011. The original block ended on 1 January 2014, but later returned on 4 April 2022, as part of the May 2021 relaunch. On 8 February 2023, it was announced that Cartoonito would expand into a full-time channel in Boomerang's place on 25 March. On 22 June 2023, the broadcasters announced that Boomerang in the MENA would rebrand to Cartoonito on 4 September 2023, along with its

and

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counterpart. On 9 October 2024, the Turkish feed merge into the MENA as part of

's cut-cost strategy. However, the

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and the Turkish advertising and the age rating is not changed.

Programming

Current programming

Original programming

* ''

Baby Looney Tunes ''Baby Looney Tunes'' is an American animated television series depicting toddler versions of several ''Looney Tunes'' characters. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation as its first preschool animated series. The series focused on real world ...

'' * ''

Batwheels ''Batwheels'' is an American animated Superhero fiction, superhero children's television series that premiered on September 17, 2022, on Max (streaming service), HBO Max. It made its linear premiere on October 17, 2022, on Cartoon Network's presc ...

'' * ''

Bugs Bunny Builders ''Bugs Bunny Builders'' is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the characters from ''Looney Tunes''. The series premiered on July 25, 2022 on Cartoon Network on their Cartoonito preschool block and ...

'' * ''

Lamput ''Lamput'' is an Indian-animated television series of shorts created by Vaibhav Kumaresh and produced by Vaibhav Studios for Cartoon Network India and Asia. The series consists of shorts ranging between 18 seconds and 3 to 5 minutes in length, ...

Acquired programming

* ''The Adventures of Little Penguin'' * ''

Cocomelon Cocomelon (, stylized as CoComelon) is a children's YouTube channel operated by Candle Media-owned Moonbug Entertainment. The channel specializes in 3D animation videos of traditional nursery rhymes and original children's songs. As of June 2 ...

'' * ''

Dino Ranch ''Dino Ranch'' is a Canadian animated children's television series created by Matthew Fernandes, co-founder and chief creative officer of Industrial Brothers. Dino Ranch follows the adventures of the Cassidy family as they tackle life on the ranc ...

'' * ''

Fireman Sam ''Fireman Sam'' () is a British animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd and T ...

'' (MENA only) * Toad and Friends * '' Lu & the Bally Bunch'' * '' Grizzy & the Lemmings'' * ''Interstellar Ella'' * ''Kikoumba'' * ''

Kingdom Force ''Kingdom Force'' is a Canadian animated children's television series created by Matthew Fernandes. The series is about the adventures of an animal superhero team. Summoned from five different kingdoms, the heroes pilot five rescue vehicles which ...

'' * ''Legends of Spark'' * ''

Lucas the Spider Lucas the Spider is an animated character created by animator Joshua Slice, named after and previously voiced by his nephew. Lucas is based on a jumping spider and has starred in multiple short YouTube videos between 2017 and 2019. History The f ...

'' * ''

Masha and the Bear ''Masha and the Bear'' (, ) is a Russian preschool television comedy, comedy animated television series created by Oleg Kuzovkov and produced by Animaccord Animation Studio, loosely based on the oral children's Folklore, folk story of the same ...

'' * ''Masha's Tales'' * '' Mecha Builders'' * '' Mighty Mike'' * ''

Moley ''Moley'' is a British animated television series directed by Leon Joosen and produced by Tony Nottage at Nottage Productions, based on the stories written by James Reatchlous. The show revolves around Moley, an anthropomorphic mole who lives in ...

'' * '' Mr. Bean: The Animated Series'' * ''Mush Mush & the Mushables'' * '' Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go'' * '' Zig & Sharko''

Sister channels

Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network is a television channel offering animation ranging from action to comedy for children aged 7–14.

Boing

Boing is a television channel that airs repeats of programs formerly seen on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. It launched on 30 May 2015, as the fourth extension of Turner's larger Boing brand.

Toonami

Toonami is a television channel catered towards young adults consisting of DC animation from Batman, Superman and Young Justice. It launched in 2017 on Kwesé TV until the platform went defunct in 2019. Then, it was made available on Cell C's defunct streaming service Black for that same year. In March 2020, the channel was revived as a 2 month pop-up channel on DStv and

GOtv GOtv is a pay television terrestrial service in sub-Saharan Africa owned by broadcaster MultiChoice and launched on 5 September 2011. It mainly consists of African and international programming. History The terrestrial TV service was founded ...

thereafter it was made available full-time on the

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 ...

platform after its closure. As of March 2021, Toonami can also be found on

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, Intelvision, Azam TV and Zuku TV.

References

External links

History

As part of Boomerang

As Cartoonito

Programming

Current programming

Original programming

Acquired programming

Sister channels

Cartoon Network

Boing

Toonami

See also

References

External links