Cartoon Network (Russia)

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Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network 2010 logo.svg
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Broadcast areaFlag of the CIS.svg  CIS
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia [1]
HeadquartersMunich: Leopoldstraße 57
Programming
Language(s) Russian
Bulgarian
English
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner WarnerMedia International
Sister channels Boomerang, CNN International
History
LaunchedOctober 1, 2009;11 years ago (2009-10-01)
Replaced Cartoon Network Europe(in CIS)
Links
Website www.cartoonnetwork.ru
www.cartoonnetwork.bg
www.cartoonnetworkhq.com (for countries without website)
Availability
Terrestrial
Balticum (Lithuania)Channel 21
Cable
Kujtesa (Kosovo)Channel 39
Balticum (Lithuania)Channel 23 (digital; Vilnius)
Channel 36 (digital; Telšiai)
Channel 32 (analog; all cities)
Rostelecom Channel 307 (HD)
Satellite
Makedonski Telekom Channel 205
Bulsatcom Channel 45 (temporarily FTA within a few months)
DigitAlb Channel 86
IPTV
Balticum (Lithuania)Channel 20
Max TV (Macedonia)Channel 203

Cartoon Network [2] is a children's pay television channel in CIS & Southeast Europe which was launched on 1 October 2009, replacing the pan-European feed of Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network is available in Russian, Bulgarian and English.

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History

In 2008, a representative office of Turner Broadcasting System Russia was opened in Moscow [3] .

Since October 1, 2009, there has been its own version of the channel - «Cartoon Network Russia and Southern-Eastern Europe» (CN RSEE), broadcasting in the CIS and South-Eastern Europe [4] .

On November 26, 2010, the channel was radically changed: changing the logo and graphic design [5] . A website was also launched - cartoonnetwork.ru [6] .

Since March 2011, the channel has switched to round-the-clock broadcasting [7] , the rebroadcasting of TCM Europe on the Cartoon Network frequency has stopped [8] .

In 2014, the channel «Cartoon Network RSEE» was legally renamed «Cartoon Network Russia» [9] [10] [11] , нowever, the channel continues to broadcast in the same countries. The channel is programmed and managed in Munich [12] [13] [14] , previously managed by in London.

In 2016, the channel's distributor in the CIS becomes - «Media Alliance» [15] . On 6 December 2016, «Cartoon Network Russia» switched to the 16:9 picture format. On December 19, 2016, the HD version of the channel was launched [16] [17] .

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