Cartoon Network (Polish TV channel)

Cartoon Network is a Polish pay television channel aimed at children, which launched on 1 September 1998 as a localised feed of the American television network of the same name. The channel is owned by AT&T's WarnerMedia under its International division.

Cartoon Network
CountryPoland
Broadcast areaPoland
HeadquartersMünchen, Germany
Programming
Language(s)Polish, English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerWarnerMedia International
Sister channelsBoomerang
TNT
CNN International
History
Launched17 September 1993 (1993-09-17) (as part of Cartoon Network Europe)
1 September 1998 (1998-09-01) (as independent channel)
Links
Websitecartoonnetwork.pl
Availability
Cable
UPCChannel 611
Satellite
Cyfrowy PolsatChannel 89 (SD)
Channel 173 (HD)
NC+Channel 101 (HD)

History

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 2008, 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 2002 were moved there. Both feeds are transmitted from Warsaw. The channel also carried a Toonami programming block between 2002 and 2006.[1][2]

On 14 October 2015, Cartoon Network launched in HD.[3]

On 1 September 2016, Cartoon Network Poland rebranded using Check It 4.0 package.[4] On 4 June 2018 at 10PM, Cartoon Network Poland aired Cartoon Network Classics for the first time.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Cartoon Network's Mag Masters Poland". Animation World Network. 7 January 2000. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  2. "Turner expands Polish offer". Broadband TV News. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  3. https://satkurier.pl/news/120688/cartoon-network-hd-rozpoczal-nadawanie-w-polsce.html
  4. "Cartoon Network Germany And Cartoon Network Poland Rebranded To Check It 4.0 On Feb 2 it changed the DOG (logo)Today". RegularCapital: Cartoon Network International News. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. fdb.pl. "Kultowe kreskówki wracają do Cartoon Network". fdb.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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