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Cartoon Network (Australia)
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| Cartoon Network | |
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| Launched | October 1995 |
| Owned by | Turner Broadcasting System |
| Country | Australia |
| Sister channel(s) | Boomerang |
| Website | www.cartoonnetwork.com.au |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Foxtel | Channel 5 |
| Austar | Channel 5 |
| Sky Network Television | Channel 42 |
| SelecTV | |
| Cable | |
| Optus Television | Channel 36 |
| Foxtel Digital | Channel 713 |
| Austar Digital | Channel 701 |
| Neighbourhood Cable | Channel 13 |
| TransACT | Channel 5 |
| TelstraClear InHomeTV | Channel 42 |
Cartoon Network is a cable/satellite TV channel, owned by Turner International, broadcasting exclusively in Australia.
Cartoon Network in Australia is available on Pay TV (Foxtel, Optus and Austar). 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.[1] 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, since 1997 originally during the day on Sky UHF preset channel 7 with Orange (now known as Sky 1) broadcasting during the evenings. The Cartoon Network became available 24 hours a day in New Zealand when the Sky Digital service was launched. [2] The Cartoon Network feed used in Australia and New Zealand is different from the one used in the Asia region, and thus does not share the same programming as those in the region.
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Cartoon Network started broadcasting in Australia in October 1995 as part of the Foxtel cable TV launch. 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 & Jerry, Droopy, and Spike and Tyke) in 1996, and (after Turner's purchase of Warner Bros in 1996) Warner Bros shows (Looney Tunes, and several other Looney Tunes related cartoons) in 1997. In 1998, Cartoon Network started to air its first original shows (Space Ghost Coast to Coast and The Moxy Show), however The Moxy Show was soon axed.
1999 was the year Cartoon Network received its first facelift, introducing new bumpers, new shows and a new 'powerhouse' theme. The new shows for 1999 were Dexter's Laboratory, Cow & Chicken, I Am Weasel and Johnny Bravo. The following year, 2000, saw even more Cartoon Network originals being introduced, including The Powerpuff Girls, Mike, Lu & Og, Ed, Ed, 'n' Eddy, and Courage the Cowardly Dog. Some of these shows (Mike, Lu & Og, Ed, Ed, 'n' Eddy and Courage the Cowardly Dog) were not produced by Cartoon Network. In 2001, the rate of new Cartoon Network originals kept going, with Sheep in the Big City, Time Squad, Samurai Jack and Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? being brought in. Due to the large number of Cartoon Network originals that were on Cartoon Network, they decided to name these shows Cartoon Cartoons, which led to the Friday night block Cartoon Cartoon Fridays being introduced to Australia later in 2001. Also in 2001, Cartoon Network introduced other programming blocks including Toonami, Acme Hour, Prime Time, Boomerang (now a channel) and Cartoon Network After Dark. 2002 saw more Cartoon Cartoons introduced including Grim & Evil and Codename: Kids Next Door. Grim & Evil eventually spun off into two separate series, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne. Justice League and Mucha Lucha! also debuted on Cartoon Network in 2002. In 2003, there were no new Cartoon Network original shows added to the schedule, however there were several new programming blocks and non-Cartoon-Cartoons added. The programming blocks include Boomeraction (currently a block on the channel Boomerang), and Tiny TV (currently also a block on Boomerang). Shows added to the line-up in 2003 include The Mask, and X Men: Evoloution. 2004 saw the introduction of the hit Cartoon Cartoon Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends. Apart from Foster's, there were no Cartoon Cartoons introduced in 2004. Programming blocks introduced in 2004 include Fridays and Eyeballs A Go-Go. Also, 2004 was the year that the Boomerang programming block was made into a TV channel.
2005 was the year regarded by many as the year classic Cartoon Network died. The bumpers were replaced with 3-D animations of a 'city' that all the Cartoon Network toons lived in. Show-specific bumpers were replaced with 3-D animations of a well-known scene from the particular show (eg: a Dexter's Laboratory bumper would feature Dexter's house, a Powerpuff Girls bumper would feature most likely the PPG household, and so forth). However, the most dramatic change of 2005 was the logo. The retro, checker board logo was replaced with the 'CN' city-style logo of today. In 2006, several new Cartoon Network originals premiered, including Robotboy, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Camp Lazlo, Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi, My Gym Partner's a Monkey and Squirrel Boy. The Cartoon Cartoons moniker previously used for Cartoon Network originals was also dropped in 2006.
- Baby Looney Tunes
- Ben10
- Big O
- Bleach
- Blood+
- Camp Lazlo
- Codename: Kids Next Door
- Courage The Cowardly Dog
- Cyborg 009
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Dragon Ball
- Dragon Ball Z
- Ed, Edd n' Eddy
- Eureka Seven
- Fantastic Four
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- G Gundam
- G.I. Joe
- Gundam Wing
- Gundam SEED
- Hack Sign
- Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
- Justice League Unlimited
- Looney Tunes
- Mix Master
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
- Mucha Lucha
- Naruto
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- One Piece
- Outlaw Star
- Ozzy & Drix
- Pokémon
- The Powerpuff Girls
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
- Reboot
- Reign: the Conqueror
- Ronin Warriors
- Rurouni Kenshin
- Sailor Moon
- Samurai Champloo
- Samurai Jack
- SD Gundam Force
- S-CRY-ED
- Sitting Ducks
- Squirrel Boy
- Team Galaxy
- Teen Titans
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
- The Life & Times of Juniper Lee
- Team Galaxy
- Teen Titans
- Tenchi Muyo
- Tom and Jerry
- Transformers: Armada
- Transformers: Energon
- Transformers: Cybertron
- Trigun
- Trinity Blood
- What's New Scooby-Doo?
- Winx Club
- Witch Hunter Robin
- Wolf's Rain
- X-Men: Evolution
- Xiaolin Showdown
- Yu Gi Oh
- Yu Gi Oh GX
- Yu Yu Hakusho
- Zoids: Chaotic Century
- Zoids: New Century Zero
- Zoids: Fuzors
All programs that were previously aired on Cartoon Network in the mid - 90's are now gone from the network's schedule. When Cartoon Network's original programming was introduced in 1998, the first shows were leaving the schedule. As time went on, more and more Cartoon Network originals replaced the older cartoons which were then moved to Cartoon Network's sister channel Boomerang. In 2001, Cartoon Network reached the point where they were showing more Cartoon Cartoons than the older Hanna Barbera ones. In 2003, the only old cartoons left on Cartoon Network were Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes, The Scooby - Doo Show and Top Cat. In 2004, Cartoon Network deleted the final older cartoons from the schedule, including the Boomerang block, which aired episodes of older HB cartoons that were previously on the network. Since then, a number of Cartoon Cartoons and Toonami shows have been deleted from the schedule, although Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes have returned to the network to fill in gaps.
Fridays, originally titled Cartoon Cartoon Fridays, is the Friday afternoon program block on Cartoon Network that showcases the channel's original animated series. It starts off with .Com Pick, a segment where veiwers vote for the show they want to watch on the network's website. Then, it's Double Play, with double episodes of a Cartoon Network original series. The Fridays premiere finishes the block.
120% Cartoon Network is Cartoon Network's weekend afternoon programming block. It airs from 4pm to 6pm and is very popular since it has no ads. It currently airs Cartoon Cartoon franchises Ed, Edd n' Eddy, Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls, Cartoon Network originals My Gym Partner's a Monkey, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
Tiny TV is currently shown on Boomerang, but because the block doesn't fit in with Boomerang (being a classic cartoon channel), it is a Cartoon Network programming block. It began airing in October 2003, and is currently shown from 10am - 12pm weekdays. Previously, the block aired babyfication versions of classic Hanna-Barbera shows such as The Flintstone Kids, Tom & Jerry Kids and A Pup Named Scooby Doo. Now, it shows other toddler-themed cartoons such as Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks, Postman Pat, The Little Red Tractor and Franklin.
Toonami launched on Cartoon Network Australia on July 7, 2001[1] as an outlet for action animation. Most of its lineup consisted of anime, including already popular shows such as Dragonball Z as well as exclusives such as Gundam Wing and Yu Yu Hakusho. Occasionally it also broadcast action cartoons from the United States such as Batman of the Future.
On its launch, Toonami broadcast on Saturday evenings from 6.00pm to 8.00pm and on Sunday afternoons from 3.00pm to 5.00pm. Each day's programming was repeated in the Toonami "Late Run" from 11.00pm to 1.00am. Toonami soon expanded to weekdays, and for a number of years could be seen seven days a week. Although timeslots varied, the main Toonami block remained on weekday afternoons; in 2005 it was airing weeknights from 6.00pm, with mini-marathons playing on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
In September 2005, Toonami was dropped from the Cartoon Network schedule. Former Toonami programming, and new programming that would have previously gone to Toonami is now spread out across the network's other timeslots.
Acme Hour was a Cartoon Network programming block that started in March, 2001. It was an hour-long compilation of Tom & Jerry, Popeye and Looney Tunes cartoon shorts. The block's schedule remained unchanged before coming to an end in May, 2003. It aired weekdays from 2pm - 3pm and held that timeslot for three years.
Cartoon Network After Dark was a programming block which started on Cartoon Network in August 2001, and lasted up until March 2002. It kept the same timeslot for the 7 months it went to air, 9pm - 12am weekdays. The name 'Cartoon Network After Dark' was shortened to just 'After Dark' in December 2001.
Now Cartoon Network's sister TV channel, Boomerang was originally a Cartoon Network block for the lesser-known Hanna-Barbera classic cartoons that didn't already have regular half-hour slots. It began in April 2001 as a morning block airing at 10am - 12pm, but in August 2001 also aired as an hour-long mini block in Cartoon Network After Dark. The shows on Boomerang changed randomly every week, for both the morning and the evening block. The Boomerang blocks had bumpers which featured children's toys of characters in Hanna-Barbera cartoons coming to life. These bumpers were sometimes also used on the TV channel. The evening block last aired in March 2002, and the morning block last aired in September 2004.
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| American TV Networks | Boomerang · Cartoon Network (HD) · Adult Swim · CNN Airport Network · Headline News · CNN (HD) · Turner Classic Movies · TNT (HD) · WPCH-TV · TBS (HD) · Court TV · Accent Health |
| Turner Broadcasting System Europe | Boomerang Spain · Boomerang UK & Ire · Cartoon Network UK · Cartoon Network TOO · Cartoonito · TCM UK · TCM 2 · TNT · |
| Other International TV Networks | Boomerang Australia · Boomerang Latin America · Cartoon Network Australia · CETV · CNN en Español · CNN+ · CNN International · CNN Türk · Fashion TV Latin America · HTV · I.Sat · Infinito · MuchMusic Latin America · Pogo · Retro · Space · TCM Classic Hollywood · TNT Latin America |
| Film and Television Studios | Cartoon Network Studios · Court TV Original Productions · TBS/TNT Orignals · Turner Entertainment · Williams Street |
| Internet Assets | Adult Swim Video · Bamzu · Cartoon Network Video · CNN.com · Court TV Extra · Crime Library · GameTap · The Smoking Gun · Super Deluxe · Toonami Jetstream (50%) · Very Funny Ads · Dramavision · TNT Overtime · Play On! · NASCAR.com · PGA.com · Court TV Broadband |
| Radio Assets | Court TV Radio · CNN Radio |
| Defunct channels | Cable Music Channel · CNNfn · CNN Pipeline · CNN Sports Illustrated · Turner South · Toonami · CNX |
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| Board of directors | Jim Barksdale · Steve Bollenbach · Frank Caufield · Robert Clark · Mathias Döpfner · Jessica Einhorn · Reuben Mark · Michael Miles · Ken Novack · Richard Parsons · Francis Vincent · Deborah Wright · Ed Zander |
| AOL | AIM · CompuServe · ICQ · In2TV · MapQuest · Mirabilis · Moviefone · Netscape · Nullsoft · Singingfish · TMZ.com (with Telepictures) · Weblogs, Inc. · Winamp |
| Home Box Office | Cinemax and various multiplex channels · HBO and various multiplex channels · HBO Films |
| New Line Cinema | New Line Cinema · New Line Records · New Line Television · Picturehouse (with HBO) |
| Time Inc. | Business 2.0 · Entertainment Weekly · Essence · Fortune · In Style · IPC Media · Life · Money · NME · People · People en Español · Real Simple · Sports Illustrated · Southern Living · Sunset · Time · Wallpaper* |
| Time Warner Cable | Road Runner · Capital News 9 · News 8 Austin · News 10 Now · News 14 Carolina · NY1 · R News · Metro Sports · Time Warner Sports 26 · Time Warner Sports Milwaukee · SportsNet New York (part ownership) · Sí TV (investment) |
| Turner Broadcasting System | See separate list of Turner assets |
| Warner Bros. Entertainment | Castle Rock Entertainment · DC Comics · The CW (co-owned with CBS) · Kids' WB! · Telepictures Productions · Warner Bros. Animation · Warner Bros. Family Entertainment · Warner Bros. Pictures · Warner Bros. Television · Warner Bros. Television Distribution · Warner Home Video · Warner Independent Pictures · Warner Premiere · TT Games |
| Time Warner Games | Warner Bros. Games · Eidos Interactive · Monolith Productions |
Annual Revenue: $43.6 billion USD ( 4% FY 2005) · Employees: 87,850 (2,950 FY 2005) · Stock Symbol: NYSE: TWX · Website: timewarner.com |
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- ^ 3 Mobile offers Cartoon Network. Retrieved on 2006-04-09.
- ^ SKY Network Television offers Cartoon Network. Retrieved on 2006-04-09.