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Cartoon Network Australia & New Zealand
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(AU)
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Cartoon Network Australia & New Zealand is an Australian pay television channel launched on October 3, 1995 and owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific. It primarily shows animated programming.

The channel began broadcasting as a part of the

Cartoon Network Asia service on June 30, 1995. It was later separated from the broader pan-Asian service on October 3, 1995 on the namesake American television channel in the United States
.

History

Cartoon Network started its broadcast in Australia in 1995 as the dual-channel TNT & Cartoon Network as part of the

Time Warner's purchase of Turner in 1996) Warner Bros. shows (Looney Tunes, and several other Looney Tunes related cartoons) on January 1, 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
).

In April 2004, the channel was added to TransTV.[1] Cartoon Network had, up until mid-2004, been tied with the Disney Channel as Australia's most popular family network. The removal of older programming from the network during this period led to a fall in average audience share during 2004 as fans of older cartoons moved to Boomerang. Cartoon Network had slipped to second spot among Australian family networks behind the Disney Channel.[2]

In February 2008, Adult Swim relaunched on The Comedy Channel airing shows such as Robot Chicken and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. The network transitioned to a widescreen format presentation on 30 November 2010, ahead of a deadline by Foxtel to do so.

On February 7, 2017, Cartoon Network Australia announced an exclusive video on-demand content deal with the streaming service

Stan. As part of the deal, episodes from some shows such as Adventure Time and The Powerpuff Girls will premiere on Stan at the same time as the Cartoon Network Australia channel.[3]

On April 22, 2021, the channel was discontinued on Fetch TV, alongside its sister channel Boomerang.[4]

On January 8, 2022, the channel rebranded to Redraw Your World with new graphics and a new typeface.[5]

Programming

Current

Former

Logo history

  • October 3, 1995 – August 16, 2005
    October 3, 1995 – August 16, 2005
  • August 16, 2005 – October 1, 2011
    August 16, 2005 – October 1, 2011
  • October 1, 2011–present
    October 1, 2011–present

Program blocks

Current

Cartoonito

Cartoonito launched on July 4, 2022.[9][10]

Former

Adult Swim

A time block suited for mature audience, targeting adults at least 17 years old and above. The anime block aired from Monday to Thursday and started at 10:00pm and ended at 12:00am. The comedy block aired on Fridays and Saturdays and started at 10:30 pm and ended at 12:00 am with an encore till 1:30. Before the block was ceased Squidbillies also premiered with a special disclaimer about the content, as did most of the anime.

Prior to its removal for strategic reasons, the Australian feed was one in the Asia-Pacific region to have this block. This block is currently shown on The Comedy Channel with Harvey Birdman and Aqua Teen Hunger Force as well as the premiere of Robot Chicken and Moral Orel. Most of the anime that previously aired on Adult Swim now air on the Sci Fi Channel with its own anime block.

Madman Entertainment has also been releasing Adult Swim DVD in region 4 starting with Aqua Teen, Harvey Birdman and Robot Chicken in 2007. It has since released most volumes of every series that has a DVD, including future releases.[11]

Toonami

Toonami (a portmanteau of words cartoon and tsunami) launched in July 2001 and ran until August 2006. It was a block for action animation, which mostly consisted of anime and occasionally carried American cartoons, such as Batman Beyond.

Sister channels

Boomerang

Logo of Boomerang

Prior to becoming a standalone channel on March 14, 2004, Boomerang was its own block dedicated to older Hanna-Barbera cartoons launched in 1995.

Cartoon Network's sister TV channel

Boomerang (UK & Ireland)
.

References

  1. Canberra Times
    . 13 April 2004. p. 5.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 28 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Cartoon Network Australia Signs Deal With Stan VOD Service". RegularCapital: Cartoon Network International News Blog. Turner Broadcasting System Asia-Pacific (Press Release). Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  4. ^ Knox, David (19 March 2021). "Fetch TV losing CNN, Cartoon Network, Boomerang". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. ^ "CARTOON NETWORK invites kids to REDRAW YOUR WORLD with more inclusive programming". TV Blackbox. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  6. ^ "CARTOON NETWORK – TV Listings Guide". www.ontvtonight.com. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  7. ^ https://www.animationmagazine.net/2014/09/cartoon-network-picks-up-horrid-henry-for-apac/
  8. ^ https://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/show/johnny-test/videos
  9. ^ "Preschool Brand 'Cartoonito' Launches on Cartoon Network in Asia". Google Docs. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  10. ^ Perry, Kevin (4 July 2022). "Brand new block of dedicated kids preschool programming CARTOONITO launches this week on FOXTEL". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  11. ^ Adult Swim

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