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This article is about the Central and Eastern European variant of Boomerang. For the original American version, see Boomerang (TV channel). For Boomerang in other countries, see Boomerang around the world.
Boomerang
CountryHungary
Netherlands
Poland
Romania
Russia
Programming
Language(s)English
Hungarian
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Dutch
Ownership
OwnerTurner Broadcasting System Europe (WarnerMedia)

Boomerang Central and Eastern Europe is a television channel which broadcasts cartoons from the Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. Animation libraries. This is the variant of the channel that is being broadcast in countries part of Central and Eastern Europe, such as Romania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, the Adria nations, Russia and CIS countries. Since November 2014, it has been broadcasting on all providers in the Netherlands and the Flanders region of Belgium. In the Netherlands and Flanders, it is offered with a Dutch soundtrack as well.

Boomerang CEE used to broadcast in time-sharing with Viasat Nature. Viasat Nature would air nature documentaries from 8:00 PM CET to 5:00 AM CET, while Boomerang CEE would run for the rest of the day.

History

Boomerang EMEA was launched in December 2005. On 12 October 2011, it was split into two different feeds: one focused on Europe and another one centred on the Middle East and Africa. The European feed at the time consisted on four audio tracks, which were in English, Romanian, Hungarian and Polish. On 12 June 2012, it began being distributed in Russia after adding a Russian audio track to the channel's stream.

On 30 September 2015, Boomerang was launched on Skylink in Czech Republic. On 4 April 2018, Boomerang (Central and Eastern Europe) switched to the 16:9 aspect ratio.

Programming

All Boomerang programming is available in English with soundtracks in Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Dutch and Russian.

Cartoonito

The block's logo used at the time.

Cartoonito was a programming block targeting preschoolers. It aired weekday mornings and early afternoons before the Cartoonito branding was phased out entirely in 2014, when Cartoonito merged with Boomerang's schedule.

Logos

  • 5 June 2005 – 2 February 2015
    5 June 2005 – 2 February 2015
  • 2 February 2015 to present
    2 February 2015 to present

See also

References

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