Cartoon Network (Australia)
| Cartoon Network | |
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Cartoon Network's logo, since October 1, 2011.
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| Launched | October 3, 1995 |
| Owned by |
Turner International Australia Time Warner |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9) |
| Audience share | 0.6% (February 2012, ) |
| Slogan | Are You CN What We're Sayin'? |
| Country | Australia, New Zealand |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Australia, New Zealand |
| Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Sister channel(s) |
Boomerang CNN International Turner Classic Movies |
| Website | www.CartoonNetwork.com.au |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Foxtel | Channel 713 |
| SKY Network Television (NZ) | Channel 102 |
| Cable | |
| Optus TV | Channel 713 |
| Foxtel | Channel 713 |
| Vodafone TV (NZ) | Channel 102 |
| Neighbourhood Cable | Channel 13 |
| TransACT | Channel 203 |
| IPTV | |
| Fetch TV | Channel 155 |
| Foxtel Play | Channel 713 |
| Streaming media | |
| Foxtel Go | Channel 713 |
Cartoon Network Australia and New Zealand is an Australian cable and satellite television channel created by Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner which primarily shows animated programming, It was launched on 3 October 1995.
The Australian version is available on Pay TV networks Foxtel and Optus on 3 October 1995. It is also on 3 as a part of its new mobile TV service for $4 a month although this feed is merely a heavily repeated media stream of Cartoon Network's best shows.Telstra also broadcasts Cartoon Network on mobile service, though this is the same feed as seen on Foxtel. Neighbourhood Cable broadcasts the network in yet another feed in regional Victoria. SKY Network Television has broadcast the network in New Zealand, on 1 January 1997 originally during the day on SKY UHF preset channel 7 with Orange (later SKY 1, and now The Box) broadcasting during the evenings. The Cartoon Network became a separate 24-hour channel in New Zealand in 1998 when the SKY Digital service was launched. Cartoon Network Australia and Asia adopted the 24/7 broadcasting hours earlier on 1 July 1997.
Cartoon Network started its broadcast in Australia in 1995 as the dual-channel TNT & Cartoon Network as part of the Foxtel cable TV launch, operating from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with Turner Classic Movies (formerly TNT) taking the remainder of the daily schedule. On 1 July 2001, Cartoon Network Australia became a separate 24-hour channel, with exclusive local feeds for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Darwin, etc. It originally aired only Hanna-Barbera cartoons such as Yogi Bear, Top Cat, The Flintstones etc. The channel quickly started to develop though, airing for the first time MGM cartoons (Tom and Jerry, Droopy, and Spike and Tyke) on 1 January 1996, and (after Time Warner's purchase of Turner in 1996) Warner Bros. shows (Looney Tunes, and several other Looney Tunes related cartoons) on 1 January 1997. In Mid-1997, Cartoon Network started to air its first original shows (Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Dexter's Laboratory and The Moxy Show), however The Moxy Show was soon cancelled. On 22 August 1999, Cartoon Network introduced a new rebrand, introducing new bumpers, new shows and a new 'powerhouse' theme.
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