Cartoon Network (Polish TV channel)

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Cartoon Network
Country Poland
Broadcast area Poland
Headquarters Warsaw, Poland
Prague, Czech Republic [1]
Programming
Language(s) Polish, English
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery
Parent TVN Warner Bros. Discovery
Sister channels
History
Launched17 September 1993;31 years ago (1993-09-17)(as part of Cartoon Network Europe)
1 June 1998;26 years ago (1998-06-01)(as independent channel)
ClosedSeptember 18, 2024;2 months ago (2024-09-18)
Replaced by Cartoon Network CEE

Cartoon Network was a Polish channel aimed at children, which launched in 1998 as a localized version of the American television channel of the same name. The channel was owned by TVN Warner Bros. Discovery, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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History

Cartoon Network Poland was launched on 1 June 1998 replacing Cartoon Network Europe.

On 30 September 2002, the channel began airing in Hungary and Romania, thus sharing its video feed with those countries while adding two additional audio tracks in Hungarian and Romanian.

On 1 March 2007, Cartoon Network Poland started broadcasting 24 hours a day. On 1 October 2009, 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 September 2002 were moved there. Both feeds are transmitted from Warsaw. 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 rebranded using Check It 4.0 package. [5]

On 4 June 2018, Cartoon Network Poland aired Cartoon Network Classics block for the first time. [6]

On 31 December 2019, Cartoon Network Poland aired Cartoon Network Classics block for the last time.

On 1 January 2021, Cartoon Network Poland began airing with the Czech license from RRTV.

On 18 September 2024, Cartoon Network Poland merged with the CEE and RSEE feed. [7] [8]

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