Cartoon Network Arabic
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Cartoon Network Arabic is a free-to-air
children's channel
that is broadcast for a pan-Arabian audience in the MENA
region, and it is the official Arabic
edition of Cartoon Network
. The channel was launched on October 10, 2010 at 10:10 am U.A.E.
time. The channel's launch coincides with the opening of Turner Broadcasting System
's new offices in Dubai Media City
, U.A.E.
, the channel's local owner. A Middle Eastern branch of Time Warner
.
The channel broadcasts via Arabsat Badr 6 and Nilesat
. Cartoon Network Arabic is considered a free alternative to the subscription-based Cartoon Network channel
offered in the Middle East via Orbit Showtime Network
, despite the varying differences in programming and available languages.
or any other language or subtitles. This is due to the fact the channel uses prints as distributed by the respective shows' Arabic dubbing studios. The channel broadcasts a line of Cartoon Network's own shows dubbed from English. The line up of shows is not up-to-date with the original English channel. Cartoon Network may also offer other, more-localised shows via various partnership deals with Arab production companies, such as Dubai
-based Lammtara Pictures (Freej
) or Jordan
-based Rubicon Group Holding
(Ben & Izzy
, Tareq wa shireen
). Since the channel is free-to-air, it may feature some censorship cuts like most Arab television channels.
across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, increasing the brand's distribution to 125 million homes in 112 territories. On Cartoon Network Arabic, Cartoonito was launched as a morning block that is broadcast for seven days a week, starting from September 4, 2011.
Free-to-air
Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...
children's channel
Children's interest channel
Children's interest channels are television specialty channels that present children's interest content.Popular children's interest channels include:* Al Jazeera Children's Channel * Baraem* BBC Kids * Boing * Boing...
that is broadcast for a pan-Arabian audience in the MENA
MENA
The term MENA, for "Middle East and North Africa", is an acronym often used in academic, military planning and business writing.The term covers an extensive region, extending from Morocco to Iran, including the majority of both the Middle Eastern and Maghreb countries...
region, and it is the official Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
edition of Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
. The channel was launched on October 10, 2010 at 10:10 am U.A.E.
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
time. The channel's launch coincides with the opening of Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the Time Warner subsidiary managing the collection of cable networks and properties started and acquired by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner starting in the mid-1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. TBS, Inc...
's new offices in Dubai Media City
Dubai Media City
Dubai Media City , part of Dubai Holding, is a tax-free zone within Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It has been built by the Dubai government to boost UAE's media foothold, and has become a regional hub for media organizations including news agencies, publishing, online media, advertising, production,...
, U.A.E.
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
, the channel's local owner. A Middle Eastern branch of Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
.
The channel broadcasts via Arabsat Badr 6 and Nilesat
Nilesat
Nilesat is an Egyptian company, and the name of a series of Egyptian communications satellites. It was established in 1996 with the purpose of operating Egyptian satellites and their associated ground control station and uplinking facilities...
. Cartoon Network Arabic is considered a free alternative to the subscription-based Cartoon Network channel
Cartoon Network (EMEA)
Cartoon Network Europe, Middle East and Africa is available mainly in English Language but there are more. Cartoon Network EMEA is received in Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Kosovo, Lesotho, Macedonia, Malawi, the Middle East, Montenegro, Mozambique, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,...
offered in the Middle East via Orbit Showtime Network
Orbit Showtime
Orbit Showtime Network, now officially branded as OSN, is a subscription television service in the Middle East and North Africa. The platform is owned by Panther Media Group, and the company is registered in DIFC. OSN is a joint venture between the Kuwait-based KIPCO and Saudi Arabia-based Mawarid...
, despite the varying differences in programming and available languages.
Programming
Currently, the channel is solely available in Arabic, with no possible methods of switching audio language to EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
or any other language or subtitles. This is due to the fact the channel uses prints as distributed by the respective shows' Arabic dubbing studios. The channel broadcasts a line of Cartoon Network's own shows dubbed from English. The line up of shows is not up-to-date with the original English channel. Cartoon Network may also offer other, more-localised shows via various partnership deals with Arab production companies, such as Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
-based Lammtara Pictures (Freej
Freej
Freej is an Emirati three-dimensional, computer animated television series for children and adults alike.The show was produced by Mohammed Saeed Harib, who also directed the fifteen standalone episodes of fifteen minutes each. It is the tale of four old Emirati women living in a secluded...
) or Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
-based Rubicon Group Holding
Rubicon Group Holding
Rubicon Group Holding, also known as Rubicon Studios, is a Middle Eastern digital content production company based in Jordan. Founded in 2004, Rubicon develops entertainment and educational content across multiple platforms and handheld devices including feature films, television series, short...
(Ben & Izzy
Ben & Izzy
Ben & Izzy is a Jordanian three-dimensional, computer animated children's television series. It was produced by Jordan's rising educational and CGI animation company Rubicon...
, Tareq wa shireen
Tareq wa shireen
Tareq wa Shireen is one of the first 2D animated series produced exclusively in Arabic with implications towards promoting Arabic heritage, history, culture and music...
). Since the channel is free-to-air, it may feature some censorship cuts like most Arab television channels.
Currently airing
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- Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
- Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge (Middle Eastern adaptation)
- Ben & IzzyBen & IzzyBen & Izzy is a Jordanian three-dimensional, computer animated children's television series. It was produced by Jordan's rising educational and CGI animation company Rubicon...
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- FreejFreejFreej is an Emirati three-dimensional, computer animated television series for children and adults alike.The show was produced by Mohammed Saeed Harib, who also directed the fifteen standalone episodes of fifteen minutes each. It is the tale of four old Emirati women living in a secluded...
- Generator RexGenerator RexGenerator Rex is an American animated television series for Cartoon Network and is created by "Man of Action" . John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios serves as supervising director. It is inspired by the comic M. Rex, published by Image Comics in 1999...
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- Life and Times of Juniper Lee
- The Marvelous Misadventures of FlapjackThe Marvelous Misadventures of FlapjackThe Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is an American animated television series produced for Cartoon Network that premiered on June 5, 2008 and ended on August 31, 2010...
- Megas XLRMegas XLRMegas XLR is an American animated television series that aired on the Toonami block on Cartoon Network and is produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It was created by Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic...
- My Gym Partner's a MonkeyMy Gym Partner's a MonkeyMy Gym Partner's a Monkey is an American animated television series created by Timothy and Julie McNally Cahill and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It premiered on December 26, 2005 and ended in November 27, 2008 following a marathon of its final regular-run episodes...
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- The Powerpuff GirlsThe Powerpuff GirlsThe Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera for Cartoon Network...
- Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in PocketvillePuppy in My Pocket: Adventures in PocketvillePuppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville is an animated TV series based on the popluar toys. It features tiny puppy adventures as Flo and Magic must help the puppies of Pocketville make their way to children in the real world...
- Samurai JackSamurai JackSamurai Jack is an American animated television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky that aired on both Cartoon Network and Toonami from 2001 to 2004. It is noted for its highly detailed, outline-free, masking-based animation, as well as for its cinematic style and pacing...
- The Secret SaturdaysThe Secret SaturdaysThe Secret Saturdays is an American animated television series created by Canadian cartoonist Jay Stephens for Cartoon Network. It debuted on October 3, 2008, in the United States...
- SkatoonySkatoonySkatoony is a children's quiz show, pitting live-action kids against cartoons. The show used to air on Cartoon Network in the UK. It is hosted by 'Chudd Chudders' and 'The Earl' .-History:...
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- Tom and Jerry
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Upcoming programmes
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- Sym-Bionic TitanSym-Bionic TitanSym-Bionic Titan is an American animated cartoon created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network. The series focused on a trio made up of an alien princess, a rebellious soldier, and a robot; these three characters are able to combine to create the titular Sym-Bionic Titan...
- Dan Vs.Dan vs.Dan Vs. is an American flash animated cartoon series created by Dan Mandel and Chris Pearson. The series premiered on January 1, 2011 on The Hub. Dan Vs. ended its first season on July 9, 2011. The series' second season began on November 19th and will continue through the 2011-2012 lineup.-Plot:The...
Films
- Ben 10: Race Against TimeBen 10: Race Against TimeBen 10: Race Against Time is a live-action adaptation of the animated television series Ben 10 created by Man of Action. The working title was previously Ben 10 in the Hands of Armageddon...
- Ben 10: Alien SwarmBen 10: Alien SwarmBen 10: Alien Swarm is a Science fiction live-action film that premiered on Cartoon Network on November 25, 2009, based on the animated series Ben 10: Alien Force. It is the sequel to the 2007 live-action film Ben 10: Race Against Time...
- Foster's Home for Imaginary FriendsFoster's Home for Imaginary FriendsFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an American animated television series created and produced at Cartoon Network Studios by animator Craig McCracken, creator of The Powerpuff Girls. It first premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2004, as a 90-minute television movie, which led to a series...
Cartoon Network Studios Arabia
TBS Arabia (Turner Broadcasting Systems Arabia) has announced plans to launch a Cartoon Network animation development studio, Cartoon Network Studios Arabia, as part of the agreement signed with twofour54 Abu Dhabi. The studios have opened in order to support local talent from across the Middle East, and from the already established Cartoon Network Animation Academy, aiming to develop new productions and take the finished product across the whole region and to a possible global audience.Cartoonito Arabic
Turner Broadcasting System Europe had announced it would launch its UK-based preschoolers' channel CartoonitoCartoonito
Cartoonito is a British preschool television channel in the UK, available in both English and French. The channel usually airs programmes directed towards children under age 8, or "kids" versions of popular children's shows...
across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, increasing the brand's distribution to 125 million homes in 112 territories. On Cartoon Network Arabic, Cartoonito was launched as a morning block that is broadcast for seven days a week, starting from September 4, 2011.
Currently airing
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- Gerald McBoing-Boing
- Jelly Jamm
- PinguPinguPingu is a British-Swiss stop-motion claymated television series created by Otmar Gutmann. The series was produced by The Pygos Group and Trickfilmstudio for Swiss television. The show is about a family of anthropomorphic penguins at the South Pole. The main character is the family's son and title...
Upcoming programmes
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- Ben and Holly's Little KingdomBen and Holly's Little KingdomBen and Holly's Little Kingdom is an animated pre-school children's show set in an enchanted magical kingdom with fairies, elves and insects....
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- The Large FamilyThe Large FamilyThe Large Family British and French animated television series is a TV series on CBeebies and ABC Kids. It also on S4C's Cyw called Y Teulu Mawr.-The Larges:*Larry Large voiced by Jeff Rawle. The kind-hearted patriarch of the family....
- LazyTownLazyTownLazyTown is a children's television program that was produced in Iceland with a cast and crew from Iceland, the United Kingdom and the United States. It was created by Magnús Scheving, a gymnastics champion and CEO of LazyTown Entertainment, who also stars in the show...
- Peppa PigPeppa PigPeppa Pig is a British animated television series created directed and produced by Astley Baker Davies and distributed by eOne Entertainment. To date, three series have been aired. It is shown in 180 territories.-Background:...
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