Cartoon Network (Asia)
Asian TV channel
Cartoon Network is a pan-Asian television channel that primarily broadcasts animated series. Operated by Warner Bros. Discovery under its International division, the channel is broadcast from its headquarters in Singapore and Jakarta, Indonesia to audiences in its country of location, as well as in Hong Kong and several areas in the Asian continent. It was launched on 6 October 1994.
History
1990s
In January 1994, it was announced that TNT and Cartoon Network would launch by the end of the year. They were originally planned to be launched as 24-hour services on the Apstar 2 satellite service. They had also planned Thai and Mandarin audio tracks for the channel.
On 6 October 1994, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific launched Cartoon Network Asia on both Apstar 1 and Palapa-B2P. The channel was launched at 12:00 pm (SG/HK time). It was broadcast for fourteen hours between 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., while TNT (later Turner Classic Movies) aired on the remainder of the daily schedule and broadcast ten hours of movie programming from Turner's libraries.
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