Cartoon Network (Germany)

Cartoon Network was a German pay television channel which primarily broadcasts cartoons. It is based in Munich and is available in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol in Italy, and Luxembourg.

Cartoon Network

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Germany Austria Switzerland Liechtenstein Italy (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; 19 years ago (2005-09-03) (as a block on Kabel eins) 5 December 2006; 18 years ago (2006-12-05) (as an independent channel)
Replaced	Cartoon Network Europe
Closed	December 2013; 11 years ago (2013-12) (as a block on Kabel eins) 25 September 2024; 10 months ago (2024-09-25) (as a channel)
Replaced by	Cartoon Network (Western Europe)
Links
Website	www.cartoonnetwork.de[dead link] (dead link, redirects to its YouTube channel)

Broadcasting

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.

History

Unlike the other Big Four countries in Western Europe, and even Spain, Germany did not receive a localized version of Cartoon Network during the 1990s. Instead, programming from Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios was licensed to the various free to air broadcasters in Germany, with later reruns happening on the German kids channel Junior during the 2000s, for shows such as Animaniacs and Cow and Chicken.

Kabel eins would launch a Cartoon Network themed Saturday morning programming block on 3 September 2005. In December 2013 Kabel eins cancelled the programming block,^[2] but its programming contiues to be available on German terrestrial television through channels like Super RTL and even Disney Channel Germany.

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 5 December 2006.^[3] On 1 September 2016, Cartoon Network Germany re-branded using graphics from the Check It 4.0 branding package.^[4]

Logo used from 5 December 2006 to 25 November 2010.

On 25 September 2024, Cartoon Network Germany merged with the French, Dutch, Portuguese and Scandinavian feeds.^[5]

Programming

Final

Source:^[6]

• Adventure Time
• Batwheels
• Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
• Ben 10 (2016 TV series)
• Craig of the Creek
• DC Super Friends
• Jade Armor
• Lego Monkie Kid
• Looney Tunes Cartoons
• New Looney Tunes
• Regular Show
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
• Teen Titans Go!
• The Amazing World of Gumball
• The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe
• Total DramaRama
• We Baby Bears
• We Bare Bears