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| Country | United Kingdom Ireland |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom Ireland Malta |
| Headquarters | 160 Old Street, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
| Timeshift service | Cartoon Network +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
| Parent | The Cartoon Network, Inc. |
| Key people | Sean Gorman Head of Creative, Kids Brands, EMEA at Warner Bros. Discovery Vanessa Brookman SVP Kids and Family EMEA at Warner Bros. Discovery and Co-president of Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe Sam Register President of Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe |
| Sister channels | Animal Planet CNN International Boomerang Cartoonito Discovery Channel Discovery History Discovery Science Discovery Turbo DMAX Food Network HGTV Investigation Discovery Quest Quest Red Really TLC TCM Movies |
| History | |
| Launched | 17 September 1993 (as Cartoon Network Europe) 15 October 1999 (Original Pan-European Feed becomes UK/Eire Only, Encrypted on Astra 1C) |
| Links | |
| Website | Cartoon Network UK |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| BT | Channel 466 (SD) Channel 473 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Sky Go | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
| Now TV | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
| Virgin TV Go | Watch live (UK only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere Ireland | (Ireland only) |
Cartoon Network (commonly abbreviated as CN) is a British pay television channel aimed at children which airs animated programming targeting children and young aged 6 to 12. It is run by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA for localisation strategy for international markets (such as the UK) and in conjunction with Warner Bros. Television Studios UK for the production of content and global leadership of the Cartoon Network brand.The channel primarily airs animated programming.
The channel initially launched on 17 September 1993 as a larger pan-European feed, serving the UK market along with Western and Northern Europe. In August 1999, the pan-European aspect of Cartoon Network Europe was spun-off as a new feed with an identical schedule to Cartoon Network UK (the former pan-European feed). Cartoon Network UK completely ceased being a pan-European feed on 15 October 1999 which was when it was scrambled with Videocrypt and the launch of the UK only version of TNT. The pan-European feed continued to shadow Cartoon Network UK's schedule until 2001. The pan-European feed excluded shows such as Dragon Ball Z and Angela Anaconda and were substituted, as Cartoon Network did not have the pan-European broadcasting rights to these shows, only the rights for the UK and the Netherlands.
