Broadcast area | Asia |
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Headquarters | Singapore |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English Chinese Malay Indonesian Thai Vietnamese |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i/480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific |
Sister channels | Cartoon Network Asia Cartoon Network Philippines CNN International Cinemax Asia HBO Asia HLN Warner TV |
History | |
Launched |
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Replaced | Cartoonito (original) |
Closed |
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Replaced by | Toonami (original) Cartoonito (relaunch) |
Boomerang was a pan-Asian cable and satellite television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery under its International division. Like the original US version, this localization first began as a programming block that aired on Cartoon Network Asia (from 2001 to 2005), before becoming its own channel in 2005.
On 1 December 2012, the channel was shut down and replaced with Toonami Asia. Eventually, the channel was relaunched on 1 January 2015 as part of Boomerang's 2015 global rebranding effort, replacing Cartoonito Asia. [1] [2]
The channel was replaced by Cartoonito on 28 July 2023. This mark the second time Cartoonito Asia appeared as linear TV channel as other big names, such as Disney Junior and Nick Jr. heading into the streaming portfolio. [3]
Due to made decision following TA-DAA! cessation on Astro, the channel ceased on Astro on 1 February 2023, and was replaced by CBeebies, while Unifi TV still aired that channel until its rebrand to Cartoonito on 28 July 2023.
In the Philippines, Boomerang broadcast as a channel and also had a block on TV5 Kids that ran from September 2015 to October 2017. The block was in the Filipino language.
In Thailand, Boomerang Asia has a localized feed in Thai that began broadcasting since 14 August 2013. Boomerang Asia's original feed launched on 14 March 2004 was broadcast in Thailand until the channel closed in December 2012. Boomerang Thailand can be viewed via TrueVisions. Boomerang Thailand is also the only Boomerang channel in the world which hasn't changed its logo & still uses the 2012 EMEA rebrand, until 15 March 2024 when it began using the 2015 logo already used in other feeds. [4] [5]
In Japan, Boomerang Asia was available via satellite since 2004. It broadcast in Japanese. Boomerang Asia's original feed launched on 14 March 2004 was broadcast in Japan until the channel closed on 1 December 2012.
In India, Boomerang was able to be viewed via DishTV India. The Indian feed ceased broadcasting on 2 March 2009 along with Turner Classic Movies Asia.
A weekday afternoon Boomerang-themed block ran on TV5 Kids from September 2015 and September 2017. Its programming came straight from the pan-Asian feed (with a few from the Boomerang channel in Australia and New Zealand), such as The Looney Tunes Show , Rat-A-Tat , Inspector Gadget , and Mr. Bean: The Animated Series .
Since October 2017, the Boomerang block on TV5 Network Philippines was dropped out due to preparing for the collaboration with the U.S.-based sports channel, ESPN; which is formerly in the Philippines since December 2017 (during the 2016–2017 PBA Governor's Cup Finals). It was "ESPN5" (formerly "Sports5") until 8 March 2020, it was rebranded as One Sports.
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