Country | Denmark Norway Sweden |
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Broadcast area | Denmark Norway Sweden Faroe Islands Finland Iceland Greenland |
Headquarters | Norway |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Danish Swedish Norwegian English (for programmes only) |
Picture format | 16:9 576i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery International |
Sister channels | Cartoon Network CNN International |
History | |
Launched | 15 September 2009 30 September 2010 (as a channel) | (as a block)
Links | |
Website | www.Boomerangtv.nu www.Boomerangtv.dk www.Boomerangtv.no www.Boomerangtv.se |
Boomerang is a television channel broadcast in the Nordic countries. A sister service of Cartoon Network, the channel airs classic and modern cartoons aimed at children.
In late 2005, Turner Broadcasting System Europe reported that they had intended to launch the channel in the Nordic region. They had also applied for a to broadcast Boomerang in the Swedish digital terrestrial network in the fall of 2005.[1] Boomerang was, however, not granted a license by the Swedish government at the time.
The channel launched on April 1, 2011 from the Canal Digital platform.[2] Boomerang had previously been offered as a programming block on Cartoon Network.
On September 30, 2010, it was launched as a channel on Viasat's satellite platform.[3]
On January 19, 2015, Boomerang Nordic applied the 2014-15 rebrand.
In January 2022, it was announced that Cartoonito also coming to Boomerang on 1 February 2022.[4][5]