Boomerang (UK & Ireland)
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| Launched | 27 May 2000 |
| Owned by | Turner Broadcasting System Europe (Time Warner Inc.) |
| Audience share | 0.2% 0.1% (+1) (June 2011, BARB) |
| Country | United Kingdom Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Sister channel(s) | Cartoon Network Cartoon Network Too Cartoonito TCM TCM 2 CNN International |
| Timeshift service | Boomerang +1 |
| Website | [1] |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 603 Channel 618 (+1) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 730 Channel 731 (+1) |
| UPC Ireland | Channel 603 |
| Ziggo (NL) | Channel 309 |
| Smallworld Cable | Channel 603 Channel 618 (+1) |
| IPTV | |
| TalkTalk TV | Channel 309 |
| Internet television | |
| Sky Go | Watch live (UK & Ireland only) |
Boomerang is a television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland launched on 27 May 2000. It is broadcast 24 hours on the Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk TV, Top Up TV, UPC Ireland. It mostly features classic cartoons such as Scooby Doo and Tom and Jerry, and contemporary classics like Pink Panther and Pals and The Garfield Show. Around 2007, it started airing live action programming.
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[edit] History and Popularity
Boomerang was the most popular Turner channel in the UK with large audiences often beating popular BBC kids channel CBBC[citation needed]. A timeshift channel, Boomerang +1, was launched on 6 March 2006. Since 2004, the UK version of Boomerang has had a separate on screen identity and logo from the US version (prior to this, the channel had carried US branding and logos). The UK version also has custom made onscreen idents. For example these show children doing various activities such as shopping, playing games etc. Boomerang along with Cartoon Network and Toonami used to have a Top Up TV channel on LCNs 72-74, although Boomerang only broadcast between 05:00 and 12:00. When you tried to tune in to the channel via Freeview it came up with an advert for Top Up TV.
[edit] Technical faults and interruptions
On July 27, 2006, Boomerang, along with its sister channels suffered a major technical fault due to a power cut in Soho, London. This was due to the energy supplier EDF cutting power from different parts of Soho one at a time for four hours, purposely, due to the inability as the 2006 European heat wave had hit Turner Broadcasting System Europe. The power cut caused some channels to swap with Cartoon Network or Toonami.
[edit] Boomerang programmes
Like the U.S. channel of the same name, the station's programming consists almost exclusively of MGM, Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. archive programming, though it also includes fairly recent programmes featuring older characters, such as Garfield and Friends, Taz-mania,and The Pink Panther Show. Unlike the U.S. station, commercials are broadcast. The channel occasionally suspends its regular programming for theme weeks, most often for Scooby-Doo and Tom and Jerry. For a few months starting from September 2000, more archive action-oriented programming was shown on the Boomeraction slot at weekends, including shows such as The Fantastic Four, Centurions and Challenge of the GoBots. This endeavour was short-lived however, and the slot and its programmes were permanently dropped from the schedules in May 2001. For a short while, Boomerang UK aired a few on CN's shows like Camp Lazlo and Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends.
[edit] Pet Personlity Awards
Boomerang set up a yearly competition, since 2009, where viewers can submit and vote for any photos and videos of their pets. A downloadable virtual puppy is also available and one of the categories. Each award category is based on the characters from Boomerang's programming:
- Garfield - Greediest
- Tweety - Cutest
- Scooby Doo - Funniest
- Tom & Jerry - Oddest Couple
- Bugs Bunny - Most Talented
- Scrappy Doo - Bravest
- Pink Panther - Most Unusual
- Daffy Duck - Fave Celebrity and Pet
- Best Animal Impression
- Best Looked After Virtual Puppy
Another competition called "Pet of the Week" aired on Boomerang from October 24, 2009.
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