Cartoon Network (British and Irish TV channel)
Cartoon Network (commonly abbreviated as CN) is a British pay television channel aimed at children which airs animated programming targeting children and young aged 6 to 12. It is run by Warner Bros. Discovery under its EMEA division. The channel primarily airs animated programming.
| Country | United Kingdom Ireland |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom Ireland Malta |
| Headquarters | 160 Old Street, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
| Timeshift service | Cartoon Network +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
| Key people | Sean Gorman Head of Creative, Kids Brands, EMEA at Warner Bros. Discovery Vanessa Brookman SVP Kids and Family EMEA at Warner Bros. Discovery and Co-president of Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe Sam Register President of Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe |
| Sister channels | Boomerang Cartoonito CNN International |
| History | |
| Launched | 17 September 1993 (as Cartoon Network Europe) 15 October 1999 (original Pan-European Feed becomes UK/Eire Only, Encrypted on Astra 1C) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| See separate section | |
The channel initially launched on 17 September 1993 as a larger pan-European feed, serving the UK market along with Western and Northern Europe. In August 1999, the pan-European aspect of Cartoon Network Europe was spun-off as a new feed with an identical schedule to Cartoon Network UK (the former pan-European feed). Cartoon Network UK completely ceased being a pan-European feed on 15 October 1999, which was when it was scrambled with Videocrypt and the launch of the UK only version of TNT. The pan-European feed continued to shadow Cartoon Network UK's schedule until 2001. The pan-European feed excluded shows such as Dragon Ball Z and Angela Anaconda and were substituted, as Cartoon Network did not have the pan-European broadcasting rights to these shows, only the rights for the UK and the Netherlands.