Cartoon Network (Central and Eastern Europe)

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Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network 2010 logo.svg
Country Central and Eastern Europe
Broadcast area Czech Republic
Hungary
Moldova
Romania
Slovakia
Network Cartoon Network
Headquarters1117 Budapest, Október huszonharmadika u. 8–10. [1]
20485 Bucharest, Str. Maria Rosetti [2]
Programming
Language(s) Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
English
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) [3]
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Sister channels Cartoonito
CNN International
Warner TV
History
Launched1998;26 years ago (1998)
Links
Website www.cartoonnetwork.cz
www.cartoonnetwork.hu
www.cartoonnetwork.ro

Cartoon Network is a European pay television channel broadcast in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia. It launched on 1 October 2008 as a separate feed from the Polish feed, and is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery under its International division.

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History

Before the launch of the channel, Hungary, Romania and Moldova received the Polish feed of Cartoon Network on 30 September 2002, broadcasting in Polish, Hungarian, Romanian and English.

On 4 January 2008, the channel started broadcasting 24 hours a day in Romania. [4] Initially only TV provider Dolce offered the 24h feed. A CEE feed specifically for Romania and Hungary was launched, replacing Cartoon Network Poland on 1 October 2008.

On 1 April 2015, the channel started broadcasting 24 hours a day in Hungary.

Czechia and Slovakia used to receive this feed in English. However, on 20 September 2017, a Czech audio track was added to the channel in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. [5] That same year, on 20 October, Cartoon Network started broadcasting 24 hours a day.

On 26 February 2018, the channel launched a high-definition feed. [6] Later, on 15 October, Cartoon Network changed its aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9.[ citation needed ]

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