Broadcast area | Portugal Angola Mozambique |
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Headquarters | Turner House, London, United Kingdom [1] |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Portuguese |
Picture format | 16:9 576i |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
Sister channels | Cartoon Network CNN Discovery Channel Discovery Showcase HD Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Food Network Investigation Discovery TLC Travel Channel |
History | |
Launched | 21 April 2015 (in Angola and Mozambique) 26 April 2018 (in Portugal) |
Closed | 11 September 2024 |
Replaced by | Cartoonito Europe |
Former names | Boomerang (2015–23) |
Links | |
Website | www.cartoonito.pt |
Cartoonito was a Portuguese pay television channel which launched on 21 April 2015 as Boomerang, [2] and is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery under its international division. It was available in Angola, Mozambique and Portugal.
On 5 June 2005, Boomerang Europe was launched in English for all Europe, Middle East and Africa, including Portugal, Angola and Mozambique. On 31 December 2013, the Pan-European feed was removed in Portugal due to the launch of the Portuguese feed of Cartoon Network. On 21 April 2015, Boomerang in European Portuguese was launched in Angola and Mozambique as a partnership with DStv and it is available on the DStv Bué and DStv Grande packages. Later, it was launched in Portugal on 26 April 2018 and it is available with Vodafone and Nowo TV operators. [3] The channel also became available on Meo on 2022.
On 21 February 2022, a morning and afternoon Cartoonito block launched on Boomerang. [4] Like other international versions of the channel, Boomerang in Portugal would become a full-time Cartoonito channel on 23 March 2023. [5] [6] [7]
On 11 September 2024, the channel's feed merged with Cartoonito Nordic, forming Cartoonito Europe. [8]
Source: [9]
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