Southeast Asian TV channel
Television channel
Boomerang
was a pan-Asian
cable
and
satellite
television channel
owned by
Warner Bros. Discovery
under its International division of the
namesake television channel in the United States
. 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.
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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.
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Programming
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Former feeds
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Malaysia
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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 airs that channel.
Philippines
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In the Philippines, Boomerang broadcasts as a channel and also had a block on TV5 Kids that ran from September 2015 to October 2017. The block is in the Filipino language.
Thailand
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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.
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Japan
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In Japan, Boomerang Asia has been available via satellite since 2004. It broadcasts in Japanese. Boomerang Asia's original feed launched on 14 March 2004 was broadcast in Japan until the channel closed on 1 December 2012.
India
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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
.
Boomerang on TV5 Kids
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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
.
Logo history
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References
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Channels (U.S.)
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Programs &
blocks (U.S.)
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International
channels
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- Americas
- EMEA & Poland
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Boomerang
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Cartoonito
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Studios
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Streaming
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Albums
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Australasia
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Defunct
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