Cartoon Network (Central and Eastern Europe)

**Cartoon Network** is a Central and Eastern European children's television channel, broadcasting in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. It is the Central and Eastern European feed of Cartoon Network. The channel currently broadcasts in Czech, English (with the continuity in Czech), Hungarian and Romanian. It was formerly part of the European feed, and after that the Polish feed.

It has 3 subfeeds, one for each of the three countries.

## History

### 1993-2002 (as part of the European feed)

The channel started as part of the European feed in English on September 17th, 1993, broadcasting for 16 hours a day from 06:00 to 22:00. The remaining time was filled by a timeshared channel, TNT Classic Movies. The channel was available free-to-air on satellite.

In 1996, Hungary's main broadcaster, MTV1 launched a Cartoon Network block, titled *Cartoon Network: Rajzfilmsztárok parádéja* (lit. Cartoon Network: Parade of Cartoon Stars). The block shut down in 1998. The European feed was very popular in Hungary, and in 1999, the channel was chosen as the Best Satellite Channel by readers of the Hungarian newspaper *Magyar Narancs* (lit. Hungarian Orange).

Starting in 1999, TNT Classic Movies was rebranded as Turner Classic Movies. In the same year, the channel introduced a new branding.

In January 2000, TV2 launched a new Cartoon Network block in Hungary, simply titled *Cartoon Network*.

In 2001, the channel introduced it's third branding, and it started broadcasting for 18 hours a day from 03:00 to 21:00.

On September 3rd, 2002, the channel launched it's longest running programming block, Cartoon Network Cinema.

### 2002-2008 (as part of the Polish feed)

On September 30th, 2002, Hungary and Romania changed to the Polish feed, also launching Hungarian and Romanian audio tracks. On November 4, the channel launched a Toonami block.
TV2's Hungarian Cartoon Network block shut down on December 31st, 2002

Between 2004 and 2006, Cartoon Network hosted the popular *Animation Generation* application in Hungary. During the same time frame, they also aired the programming block *Viva Las Bravo*.
Starting in 2004, Cartoon Network replaced storing its programs on VHS tapes with storing digital copies. This also applies to the other European feeds. Starting in May 2004, all programs had Hungarian and Romanian audios, although it was often unintentionally swapped, with the Hungarian dubs airing on the Romanian track, and Romanian dubs airing on the Hungarian track.

From 2005, the channel airs Hungarian ads, with ad spaces being sold by R-time until 2011.

On April 20th, 2006, the channel introduced a new logo. In November 2006, the first Hungarian Cartoon Network Magazine was released, along with the Hungarian and Romanian websites for the channel. In the same year, on September 3rd, the Toonami block was discontinued.

### 2008-present

The channel seperated from the Polish feed on October 1st, 2008.

On April 14th, 2009, the channel introduced a new, short-lived branding. Starting October 2nd, 2009, the channel broadcasted for 15 hours a day only, from 06:00 to 21:00. In the summer of 2009 and 2011, they aired a programming block called *Sock TV*.

On November 26th, 2010, the channel introduced a new logo and branding. In the same month, the channel launched the programming block CN Toon Toon, which ran until January 2018.

In 2011, they fixed the subfeed opt-out glitches that made incomplete promos and idents during continuities.

In 2012, they launched a Summer block, airing classic shows that were not airing anymore. The block shut down in 2014. From May 28th, 2012 until July 2nd, 2012, the channel stylized it's branding to the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship. They also launched a Europe-wide football competition, called *Cartoon Network Golden Ball Competition*. The Hungarian YouTube channel launched on March 12th, 2012, while the Romanian channel launched on May 22nd. On May 30th, 2012, the Hungarian and Romanian Facebook accounts were launched.

In 2014, the channel introduced a new branding.

On April 1st, 2015 the channel started broadcasting 24 hours a day in Hungary, and on October 6th in Romania. However, on some Romanian cable providers, TNT was timeshared with the channel from 22:00 to 07:00.

On August 8th, 2016 the channel again introduced a new branding.

On September 20th, 2016 the channel began broadcasting in the Czech Republic, with the new Czech track replacing the English track on continuities. A respective website and YouTube channel was also launched.

On October 11th, 2018, the channel finally began broadcasting in 16:9 after 25 years of 4:3 broadcasts.

## Providers

###  Czechia

* Skylink (Satellite)
* Digi (Satellite)
* Fotelka (Satellite)
* Telly (Satellite)
* T-Mobile TV (IPTV)
* SledovaniTV (IPTV)

###  Hungary

* Mindig TV Premium (Terrestrial)
* Direct One (Satellite)
* Telekom TV (Satellite)
* Digi (Satellite)
* Digi (Cable)
* Vodafone TV (Cable)
* Parisat (Cable)
* Tarr (Cable)
* Net-TV (Cable)
* Flip (Cable)
* PR-Telecom (Cable)
* Vidanet (Cable)
* Hello Digital (Cable)
* Invitel (Cable)
* Yettel (Cable)
* Yettel (IPTV)
* Invitel (IPTV)
* Telekom TV (IPTV)
* Vodafone TV (IPTV)

###  Romania

* Telekom TV (Satellite)
* Focus Sat (Satellite)
* Digi (Satellite)
* Freesat (Satellite)
* Telekom TV (Cable)
* Digi (Cable)
* Vodafone TV (Cable)
* Orange (Cable)
* NextGen (Cable)
* Telekom TV (IPTV)
* INES (IPTV)

###  Slovakia

* Skylink (Satellite)
* Freesat (Satellite)
* Magio TV (IPTV)

## Subfeeds

* Czechia
* Hungary
* Romania

## Programs

### Shows

#### Current

* Bakugan: Battle Planet (2019-present)
	+ CS: *Bakugan: Battle Planet*
	+ HU: *Bakugan: Battle Planet*
	+ RO: *Bakugan: Battle Planet*
* Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (2015-present)
	+ CS: *Buď v klidu, Scooby-Doo!*
	+ HU: *Csak lazán, Scooby-Doo!*
	+ RO: *Fii tare, Scooby-Doo!*
* Craig of the Creek (2018-present)
	+ CS: *Craig od potoka*
	+ HU: *Vadócok*
	+ RO: *Craig și dumbrava*
* Jade Armor (2023-present)
	+ CS: *Nefritová zbroj*
	+ HU: *Jáde mester*
	+ RO: *Armura de Jad*
* Mr. Magoo (2021-present)
	+ CS: *Mr. Magoo*
	+ HU: *Mr. Magoo*
	+ RO: *Domnul Magoo*
* Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019-present)
	+ CS: *Scooby Doo a hádej kdo?*
	+ HU: *Scooby-Doo és (sz)társai*
	+ RO: *Scooby-Doo şi cine crezi tu?*
* Teen Titans Go! (2014-present)
	+ CS: *Mladí Titáni, do toho!*
	+ HU: *Tini titánok, harcra fel!*
	+ RO: *Haideți, Tineri Titani!*
* The Amazing World of Gumball (2011-present)
	+ CS: *Gumballův úžasný svět*
	+ HU: *Gumball csodálatos világa*
	+ RO: *Uimitoarea lume a lui Gumball*
* The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe (2018-present)
	+ CS: *Hrdinská výprava chrabrého prince Ivandoa*
	+ HU: *A daliás Ivandoe herceg kalandjai*
	+ RO: *Aventurile bravului prinț Ivandoe*
* Total DramaRama (2019-present)
	+ CS: *Totální dramarama*
	+ HU: *Totál Drámaráma*
	+ RO: *Grădinița dramei totale*
* We Baby Bears (2022-present)
	+ CS: *Mezi námi medvíďaty*
	+ HU: *Macitesók*
	+ RO: *Aventurile fraților ursuleți*
* We Bare Bears (2015-present)
	+ CS: *Mezi námi medvědy*
	+ HU: *Medvetesók*
	+ RO: *Aventurile fraților urși*

## External links

* Official website (Czech)
* Official website (Hungarian)
* Official website (Romanian)
* Official YouTube channel (Czech)
* Official YouTube channel (Hungarian)
* Official YouTube channel (Romanian)
* Official Facebook account (Czech)
* Official Facebook account (Hungarian)
* Official Facebook account (Romanian)
* Official Instagram account (Hungarian)
* Official Instagram account (Romanian)

## References

1. ↑ http://antropos.hu/?id=1736
2. ↑ https://tte.hu/index.php?option=com\_content&view=article&id=4993:a-turner-digitalizalja-musoranyagat&catid=61:hirfigyelo&Itemid=1
3. ↑ https://index.hu/kultur/hirek/178872/
4. ↑ https://www.origo.hu/teve/20090120-uj-arcot-mutat-a-cartoon-network-es-a-tcm.html
5. ↑ http://kreativ.hu/media/cikk/sakkos\_lett\_a\_cartoon\_network\_arca
6. ↑ http://est.hu/cikk/99152/nyari\_humorfesztival\_a\_cartoon\_network-on
7. ↑ https://sg.hu/cikkek/111356/24-oras-sugarzasra-all-at-itthon-a-cartoon-network