2006 ; 10 years ago 2006 09 04 standalone channel may 24 2007 ; 9 years ago 2007 05 24 closed cartoon network too block may 23 2007 ; 9 years ago 2007 05 23 owned by turner broadcasting system europe turner broadcasting system asia pacific turner international india pvt ltd turner international australia time warner picture format 576i 4 3 sdtv audience share 0.11 % september 2015 2015 09 barb country united kingdom language english broadcast area united kingdom ireland replaced toonami sister channel s cartoon network boomerang turner classic movies website www.cartoonito.co.uk www.cartoonito.it availability terrestrial digital in italy lcn 46 where available satellite sky channel 619 cable virgin media channel 706 wightfibre channel 109 virgin media ireland channel 618 iptv bt channel 488 plusnet channel 488 streaming media tvplayer watch live uk only tvplayer plus subscription required sky go watch live uk and ireland only virgin tv anywhere watch live uk only cartoonito is a pre school brand owned and distributed by turner available as dedicated television channels in the united kingdom ireland and italy and also as a branded block of content on boomerang across europe the middle east and africa . 1 cartoonito is available as a dedicated channel in asia owned and operated by turner broadcasting system asia pacific inc. 2 and also as a branded block on cartoon network arabic . the brand is aimed at young children under the age of 6 years . 3 contents 1 history 2 international 2.1 italy 2.2 spain 2.3 asia 2.4 india & pakistan 2.5 middle east and north africa 2.6 south africa 3 references 4 external links history edit this section relies largely or entirely upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . february 2014 cartoonito was originally a programming block on cartoon network too with it airing between 06 00 and 15 00 . it started on 4 september 2006 with it airing for the last time as a block on cn too on 23 may 2007 as it got its own channel as a replacement for the original version of cartoon network too . as it was no longer a block on cartoon network too it expanded its broadcasting hours to 03 00 until 19 00 timesharing with tcm 2 another uk only spin off channel from tcm . citation needed in addition the programming block agreements with cartoon network too terminated which made it 24 hours for the first time as it replaced toonami as the current version . however from september 2009 until march 2010 boomerang gave up its morning programming for a new cartoonito slot citation needed terminating its 24 hour schedule which had been in place since 2001 . citation needed on 25 march 2010 cartoonito was added to virgin media on channel 706 . 4 in early 2011 cartoonito changed its hours to 04 00 until 20 00 and revamped its early hour schedule to include more pre school orientated shows . despite tcm 2 closing on 13 august 2013 at 4 00am and being replaced with tcm 1 later in the day citation needed the british version of cartoonito continued to only broadcast from 4 00am to 9 00pm . international edit italy edit in italy cartoonito is a pre school channel in italy which launched on august 22 2011 . it s owned by turner broadcasting system europe . spain edit turner broadcasting system europe had announced it would rollout its uk based preschoolers channel cartoonito across europe the middle east and africa increasing the brand s distribution to 125 million homes in 112 territories . 5 the channel closed on 30 june 2013 in spain along with cartoon network with its shows moving to boing . asia edit on 1 december 2012 cartoonito launched in asia pacific in conjunction with its localized website . a key market upon launch is the philippines which began transmission initially in sd on the country s largest cable provider skycable 6 cartoonito is available as part of its metropack and on an a la carte basis via skycable select . 7 cartoonito was replaced by boomerang on 1 january 2015 . 8 india & pakistan edit in india & pakistan cartoonito was launched as a morning block for a variant of the indian version of cartoon network broadcasting for seven days a week starting from 7 august 2013 . middle east and north africa edit in the mena region an arabic dedicated version of cartoonito was launched as a morning block for cartoon network arabic broadcasting for seven days a week starting from 4 september 2011 . simultaneously cartoonito is also available in english in the middle east via the cartoonito block on the pan european boomerang channel . in early 2014 cartoonito stopped broadcasting on both cartoon network arabic and the pan european boomerang channel . south africa edit in south africa cartoonito was launched as a morning block for a variant of the pan european cartoon network broadcasting for seven days a week starting from 7 may 2012 . references edit whittock jesse 21 april 2011 . cartoonito spreads across emea . c21media . retrieved 13 august 2013 . dickson jeremy 27 november 2012 . toonami and cartoonito to bow in asia december 1 . kidscreen . retrieved 13 august 2013 . 1 archived 15 february 2012 at the wayback machine . virgin media expands kids line up with cartoonito . virgin media . 1 march 2010 . turner broadcasting to launch cartoonito across emea . ameinfo . 21 april 2011 . retrieved 7 september 2011 . bbc s pre school channel cbeebies launches in the philippines . bbc . 17 january 2011 . retrieved 13 august 2013 . http finance.yahoo.com news cartoonito launches philippines 020000889.html . retrieved 4 december 2012 . missing or empty title help dead link franks nico 9 december 2014 . turner throws boomerang into asia . c21media . retrieved 20 january 2015 . external links edit cartoonito s official uk website cartoonito s official italy website turner s info about cartoonito v t e cartoon network programs & blocks u.s. current adult swim programming 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