Cartoon Network (Spain)

**Cartoon Network** was a Spanish television channel operated by Turner Broadcasting System Spain. Being a version of the American television channel of the same name, the channel's programmes were mostly consisted of original productions from Cartoon Network and fellow WarnerMedia company Warner Bros., but it also broadcast other American and international productions.

Besides being available in Castilian Spanish, most of the shows were also available in English by selecting the secondary audio feed.

## History

In 1993, Cartoon Network had a single European signal distributed via the Astra satellite, and already had five audios in different languages. On March 4, 1994 (although Turner initially said it would happen before the end of 1993) the sixth language of the channel was incorporated: Spanish. Later, the channel was also incorporated into Spanish cable networks. In 1997, Canal Satélite Digital signed an agreement with Time Warner in which, apart from obtaining rights from the production company, it also benefited from the entry of Cartoon Network and TNT in its offer. The channel was broadcast in the majority of pay TV companies, in some including the Cartoon Network +1 channel, with the same programming, but one hour later. In addition, a magazine called Cartoon Network Magazine was published, but it did not manage the channel, since the license belonged to another owner.

### Channel closure and start as a block

Turner Broadcasting System Europe announced on June 14, 2013 that Cartoon Network and Cartoonito would cease broadcasting in Spain on June 30, 2013. On June 20, it was published on the blog of the Cartoon Network website the cessation of its television broadcasts, but noting that the website would remain active, as it came to have a television on demand (VOD) service for tablets, smart phones or televisions connected to the Internet in which you can watch the series and content of the channel. It was also explained that these contents would also be available on the channel's website, and that Turner would increase its presence in Boing, the children's thematic channel of the audiovisual group Mediaset España Comunicación, with which it has a joint venture in the aforementioned station.

Shortly before midnight on July 1, 2013, the channel ceased broadcasting in Spain after 20 years of broadcasting and its last broadcast was *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*. The channel, from that moment, displayed a filler ident and then shortly after, each operator that distributed the signal, a few minutes later put a sign informing customers that the channel stopped broadcasting in Spain. Months later, at the end of August, the channel Boing announced that from September 14 every weekend the station would broadcast a block of content called "Findes Cartoon Network" which would broadcast new episodes of *Adventure Time* and new episodes of *Regular Show* from 10:30.

## Programs

* *Adventure Time*
* *The Powerpuff Girls*
* *The Amazing World of Gumball*
* *The Looney Tunes Show*
* *Generator Rex*
* *Ben 10*
* *Ben 10: Ultimate Alien*
* *Chowder*
* *Ben 10: Alien Force*
* *My Gym Partner's a Monkey*
* *Harvey Street Kids*
* *Samurai Jack*
* *Justice League*
* *Dexter's Laboratory*
* *Powerpuff Girls Z*
* *The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy*
* *Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends*
* *Camp Lazlo*
* *Codename: Kids Next Door*
* *Courage the Cowardly Dog*
* *Ed, Edd N' Eddy*
* *Class of 3000*

### Acquired Programs

* *2 Stupid Dogs/Super Secret Squirrel*
* *Looney Tunes* (Chuck Jones shorts only)
* *The Busy World of Richard Scarry*
* *Captain Flamingo*
* *The Cartoon Cartoon Show*
* *Home Movies*
* *Cubix*
* *Tom and Jerry*
* *The Funnyman Boogeyman Show*
* *The Garfield Show*
* *The Adventures of Tintin*
* *Pink Panther and Pals*
* *Doggy Day School*
* *Doomsday: The Series*
* *Geronimo Stilton*
* *Batman: The Brave and the Bold*
* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*
* *Generation O!*
* *Jimmy Two-Shoes*
* *Best Ed!*
* *Legend of the Dragon*
* *The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo Show*
* *The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries*
* *The Batman*
* *Jonny Quest*
* *Puyo Puyo*
* *Dastardly & Muttley*
* *Superman*
* *Frankenstein Jr. & The Impossibles*
* *The Oz Kids*
* *Duck Dodgers*
* *The Legend of the Volcano Sisters*
* *Cartoon Classics*
* *Shazzan*
* *Huckleberry Hound*
* *Baby Potter: The Series*
* *Wacky Races*
* *Oggy and the Cockroaches*
* *Poochini's Yard*
* *Birdman and the Galaxy Trio*
* *The Funky Phantom*
* *Doraemon*
* *Tom & Jerry Kids*
* *Tom and Jerry Tales*
* *Josie and the Pussycats*
* *Top Cat*
* *The Bugs Bunny Show*
* *Speed Buggy*
* *Cartoonverse Adventures: The Series*
* *Batman: The Animated Series*
* *Papillon et Mamillon*
* *Secret Squirrel*
* *The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends*
* *The Pink Panther Show*
* *Henry the Little Reindeer*
* *The Perils of Penelope Pitstop*
* *Super Sentai*
* *PaRappa the Rapper*
* *Cartoonverse Adventures: The Series*
* *The Fantastic Four*
* *Popeye*
* *The Jetsons*
* *Mr. Bean Animated*
* *Teamwork Illumination*
* *Untalkative Bunny*
* *Princess Knight*
* *Ruby Gloom*
* *Animaniacs*
* *The Amazing Splashinis*
* *Yogi Bear*
* *Super Babies*
* *The Universe Stops with You*
* *Space Ghost*
* *Snailympics*
* *Angela Anaconda*
* *The Flintstones*
* *The Addams Family*

## References

1. ↑ http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1993/10/09/107.html
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.mundoplus.tv/noticias/?seccion=tv\_digital&id=10099
3. ↑ http://neeo.es/index.php?option=com\_content&view=article&id=14481:primicia-cartoon-network-y-cartoonito-cesan-sus-emisiones-en-espana&catid=85:general&Itemid=1223
4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131224120136/http://www.cartoonnetwork.es/blogs/el-canal-de-televisi%C3%B3n-cartoon-network-dice-adi%C3%B3s-el-30-de-junio
5. ↑ http://www.mundoplus.tv/noticias/?seccion=tv\_digital&id=10111
6. ↑ http://www.formulatv.com/noticias/31700/boing-estrenara-manera-exclusiva-producciones-cartoon-network/