Boomerang (Central and Eastern Europe)

Boomerang
Launched 5 June 2005 (2005-06-05)
(as Boomerang Europe)
12 October 2011 (2011-10-12)
(independent feed)
Owned by Turner Broadcasting System Europe (WarnerMedia)
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Country Hungary
Netherlands
Poland
Romania
Russia
Language English
Hungarian
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Dutch
Broadcast area Albania
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Netherlands
Belgium
Commonwealth of Independent States
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Sister channel(s) Cartoon Network (Central and Eastern Europe)
Cartoon Network (Poland)
Cartoon Network (Russia and Southeastern Europe)
Cartoon Network (Netherlands)
Website www.boomerang-tv.hu
www.boomerang-tv.pl
www.boomerang-tv.ro
www.boomerangtv.ru
www.boomerangtv.nl
Availability
Satellite
Cyfrowy Polsat Channel 92
NC+ Channel 102
UPC Channel 83
Focus Sat Channel 68
Digi TV Channel 81
Makedonski Telekom Channel 205
Katelco Channel 456
DigitAlb Channel 86
Cable
UPC (Poland) Channel 675
UPC Romania Channel 505
IPTV
Max TV (Macedonia) 203
Open IPTV (Serbia) 522

Boomerang Central and Eastern Europe is a television channel which broadcasts cartoons from the Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. Animation libraries. This is the variant of the channel that is being broadcast in countries part of Central and Eastern Europe, such as Romania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, the Adria nations, Russia and CIS countries. Since November 2014, it has been broadcasting on all providers in the Netherlands and the Flanders region of Belgium. In the Netherlands and Flanders, it is offered with a Dutch soundtrack as well.

Boomerang CEE used to broadcast in time-sharing with Viasat Nature. Viasat Nature would air nature documentaries from 8:00 PM CET to 5:00 AM CET, while Boomerang CEE would run for the rest of the day.

History

Boomerang EMEA was launched in December 2005. On 12 October 2011, it was split into two different feeds: one focused on Europe and another one centred on the Middle East and Africa. The European feed at the time consisted on four audio tracks, which were in English, Romanian, Hungarian and Polish. On 12 June 2012, it began being distributed in Russia after adding a Russian audio track to the channel's stream.

On 30 September 2015, Boomerang was launched on Skylink in Czech Republic. On 4 April 2018, Boomerang (Central and Eastern Europe) switched to the 16:9 aspect ratio.

Programming

All Boomerang programming is available in English with soundtracks in Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Dutch and Russian.

Cartoonito

The block's logo used at the time.

Cartoonito was a programming block targeting preschoolers. It aired weekday mornings and early afternoons before the Cartoonito branding was phased out entirely in 2014, when Cartoonito merged with Boomerang's schedule.

Logos

See also

References

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