Cartoon Network (Polish TV channel)
Cartoon Network is a Polish pay television channel aimed at kids. The channel was launched on 1 September 1998 as a localised feed of the American television channel of the same name. On 30 September 2002 the channel began to air in Hungary and Romania, thus sharing its video feed with those countries while adding two additional audio tracks in Hungarian and Romanian.
| Cartoon Network Poland | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 17 September 1993 Pan-European feed 1 September 1998 |
| Network | Cartoon Network |
| Owned by | Turner Broadcasting System Germany/Warner Bros. Europe (WarnerMedia) |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Audience share | 0.00% (June of 2019, Nielsen[1]) |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish, English |
| Broadcast area | Poland |
| Headquarters | München, Germany |
| Sister channel(s) | Boomerang TNT Polska CNN International |
| Website | cartoonnetwork |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Cyfrowy Polsat | Channel 89 (SD) Channel 173 (HD) |
| NC+ | Channel 101 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| UPC | Channel 670 |
On 1 March 2007, Cartoon Network Poland started broadcasting 24 hours a day. On 1 October 2008 a separate feed of Cartoon Network was created for Hungary and Romania, while the two additional audio tracks that were previously to the channel added in 2002 were moved there. Both feeds are transmitted from Warsaw. The channel is owned by Turner Broadcasting System Germany. The channel also carried a Toonami programming block between 2002 and 2006.[2][3]
On 14 October 2015, Cartoon Network launched in HD[4].
On 1 September 2016, Cartoon Network Poland was rebranded using graphics from the Check It 4.0 branding package.[5] On 4 June 2018 at 10:00 pm, Cartoon Network Poland aired Cartoon Network Classics for the first time.[6]
See also
- Boomerang (CEE)
References
- "Informacja o podstawowych problemach radiofonii i telewizji w 2012 roku" (PDF). krrit.gov.pl. 19 March 2013.
- "Cartoon Network's Mag Masters Poland". Animation World Network. 7 January 2000. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- "Turner expands Polish offer". Broadband TV News. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- https://satkurier.pl/news/120688/cartoon-network-hd-rozpoczal-nadawanie-w-polsce.html
- "Cartoon Network Germany And Cartoon Network Poland Rebranded To Check It 4.0 On Feb 2 it changed the DOG (logo)Today". RegularCapital: Cartoon Network International News. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- fdb.pl. "Kultowe kreskówki wracają do Cartoon Network". fdb.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 August 2018.
