5 June 2005
(as Zone Boomerang)
1 December 2005
(Czech and Greek feeds)
12 October 2011
(Romanian, Hungarian and Polish feeds and soundtracks)
12 June 2012
(Russian feed and soundtrack)
Boomerang Central and Eastern Europe is a television channel, which broadcasts cartoons, from the Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. Animation library. 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.
The two feeds was launched in December 2005.
On 12 October 2011, the Boomerang (Central and Eastern Europe) was launched and is available in 4 audio versions: Romanian, Hungarian, Polish and English.
On 12 June 2012, it was launched in Russia. On 30 January 2015, it is available in Bulgaria and in Baltic countries and in Balkans.
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 picture format. The switch happened during a Bunnicula episode. The picture then goes to 16:9.
All Boomerang programming is available in English with soundtracks in Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Dutch and Russian.