Cartoon Network (India)

**Cartoon Network** is an Indian children's television channel, broadcasting in India. It is the Indian feed of Cartoon Network. The channel currently broadcasts in Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. It has a sister channel called Cartoon Network HD+, launched in 2018. The channel airs ads, although only in Hindi.

The only shows airing in Kannada and Malayalam so far are Dragon Ball Z Kai, Young Justice and Teen Titans Go!.

## History

Cartoon Network launched in India on May 1st, 1995, as the first dedicated children's television channel. At the start, it broadcasted from 5:30 to 17:30, timesharing with Turner Classic Movies. Initially, it only aired cartoons in English.

The channel started airing Hindi programs on January 4th, 1999. It got the *Powerhouse* branding on August 23rd, 1999.

A Tamil audio was added to the channel on February 28th, 2000.

The channel started 24 hour broadcasts on July 1st, 2001. The *Toonami* block was launched in September 2001. In November, the *Night Shift* block was introduced.

The Indian television channel, Zee TV started broadcasting a Cartoon Network block on August 14th, 2002, replacing their Nickelodeon block.

A preschool programming block, called *Tiny TV*, started broadcasting on January 27th, 2003. In the same year, the channel started acquiring local shows.

The feed was formerly broadcast for viewers in Bangladesh and Pakistan, until April 2, 2004, when a seperate feed was launched for the two countries.

The channel launched the *CN City* branding on October 1st, 2005.

The state-owned channel DD National launched a Cartoon Network-themed block on July 8th, 2006, titled *Cartoon Network ki Duniya*.

In August 2007, the channel launched a Boomerang programming block. However, a full channel for Boomerang was never launched in India.

The *New Wave* branding was introduced on December 11th, 2008, along with the Southeast Asian feed.

The feed launched the 2010 logo, along with a new branding, on October 1st, 2011 at 9:00, with the premiere of The Amazing World of Gumball.

The channel started airing programs in 16:9 with a letterbox in 2016, as the channel is still yet to change to 16:9.

The channel removed its English audio track in April 2020.

It launched the *Redraw Your World* branding on March 30th, 2022.

On April 7th, 2023, the channel added Kannada and Malayalam audio tracks, however, so far, only Teen Titans Go!, Young Justice and Dragon Ball Z Kai are dubbed.

## Providers

###  India

* Tata Play (Satellite)
* Jio TV (IPTV)
* Tata Play (IPTV)

## See also

* Cartoon Network HD+
* Discovery Kids (India)
* Pogo
* Toonami (India)

## References

1. ↑ https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20000228-cartoon-characters-to-speak-in-tamil-777149-2000-02-27
2. ↑ http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k1/mar/mar23.htm
3. ↑ https://www.afaqs.com/news/media/43443\_turner-to-launch-toonami-in-india
4. ↑ https://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k1/nov/nov55.htm
5. ↑ http://www.indiantelevision.com/y2k2/aug/aug87.htm
6. ↑ https://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k3/jan/jan108.htm
7. ↑ http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/july/july25.htm
8. ↑ https://www.exchange4media.com/kids-news/cartoon-network-creates-new-programming-block-to-woo-adults-26762.html
9. ↑ http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/kids/cartoon-network-turns-20-celebrates-with-new-shows-contest-150504
10. ↑ https://www.financialexpress.com/business/brandwagon-cartoon-network-gears-up-for-summer-vacations-launches-new-brand-campaign-redraw-your-world-2475746/