Boomerang
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American cable television channel
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- Broadcast area
- Nationwide
- Network
- Cartoon Network (1992–2004)
- Headquarters
- Atlanta , Georgia, U.S.
- Languages
- English Spanish (with SAP ; a Spanish language simulcast of the channel is also available)
- Picture format
- 720p HDTV , (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
- Owner
- Warner Bros. Discovery Networks
- Key people
- Michael Ouweleen ( president , The Cartoon Network, Inc. )
- Launched
- December 8, 1992 ; 33 years ago ( 1992-12-08 ) (block) April 1, 2000 ; 26 years ago ( 2000-04-01 ) (channel) April 11, 2017 ; 9 years ago ( 2017-04-11 ) (streaming service)
- Closed
- October 3, 2004 ; 21 years ago ( 2004-10-03 ) (block), September 30, 2024 ; 20 months ago ( 2024-09-30 ) (streaming service)
- Former names
- Boomerang from Cartoon Network (2000–2015)
- Internet protocol television
- DirecTV Stream , Hulu + Live TV , Sling TV
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Boomerang is an American cable television network owned by the Global Linear Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. The network primarily broadcasts animated programming from the Warner Bros. Animation library, including Warner Bros. Cartoons and Hanna-Barbera productions among others.
Boomerang debuted in 1992 as a programming block on Cartoon Network dedicated to classic animation. The block eventually spun-off into its own separate network in 2000, and by the late 2000s, began airing more modern and contemporary programming, including reruns of Cartoon Network original series. A 2015 relaunch aimed to promote Boomerang as a "second flagship" brand alongside Cartoon Network, and saw the network produce its own original programming, with a focus on contemporary reboots of franchises such as Looney Tunes and Scooby-Doo. In 2017, as the cable network lost coverage, Boomerang launched a standalone SVOD over-the-top streaming service, which operated until 2024.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boomerang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.