Cartoonito
| Cartoonito | |
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| Launched |
Cartoon Network Too block September 4, 2006 standalone channel May 24, 2007 |
| Closed |
Cartoon Network Too block May 23, 2007 |
| Owned by |
Turner Broadcasting System Europe, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Turner International India Pvt Ltd, Turner International Australia (Time Warner) |
| Picture format | 576i (4:3/16:9 SDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.11% (September 2015, BARB) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area |
United Kingdom Ireland |
| Replaced | Toonami |
| Sister channel(s) |
Cartoon Network Boomerang Turner Classic Movies |
| Website | www.Cartoonito.co.uk, www.Cartoonito.it |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Digital (in Italy) |
LCN 46 (Where available) |
| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 619 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 706 |
| WightFibre | Channel 109 |
| Virgin Media Ireland | Channel 618 |
| IPTV | |
| BT | Channel 488 |
| Plusnet | Channel 488 |
| Streaming media | |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) (TVPlayer Plus subscription required) |
| Sky Go |
Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
Cartoonito is a pre-school brand owned and distributed by Turner, available as dedicated television channels in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Italy, and also as a branded block of content on Boomerang across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Cartoonito is available as a dedicated channel in Asia, owned and operated by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. and also as a branded block on Cartoon Network Arabic. The brand is aimed at young children under the age of 6 years.
Cartoonito was originally a programming block on Cartoon Network Too with it airing between 06:00 and 15:00. It started on 4 September 2006 with it airing for the last time (as a block on CN Too) on 23 May 2007 as it got its own channel as a replacement for the original version of Cartoon Network Too. As it was no longer a block on Cartoon Network Too, it expanded its broadcasting hours to 03:00 until 19:00, timesharing with TCM 2, another UK-only spin-off channel from TCM.
In addition, the programming block agreements with Cartoon Network Too terminated, which made it 24 hours for the first time as it replaced Toonami as the current version. However, from September 2009 until March 2010, Boomerang gave up its morning programming for a new Cartoonito slot, terminating its 24-hour schedule which had been in place since 2001.
On 25 March 2010, Cartoonito was added to Virgin Media on channel 706. In early 2011, Cartoonito changed its hours to 04:00 until 20:00, and revamped its early hour schedule to include more pre-school orientated shows.
Despite TCM 2 closing on 13 August 2013 at 4:00am, and being replaced with TCM +1 later in the day, the British version of Cartoonito continued to only broadcast from 4:00am to 9:00pm.
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