Tooncast
Tooncast is a Latin American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its International division. It was launched on 1 December 2008;[1] its programming consists of classical animation, both from Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network. The channel is a commercial-free service.
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Broadcast area | Latin America |
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Headquarters | Atlanta, United States Buenos Aires, Argentina São Paulo, Brasil Santiago, Chile Bogotá, Colombia Mexico City, Mexico Lima, Peru |
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Language(s) | Spanish Portuguese English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (rescaled to 4:3 480i/576i for SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Americas |
Sister channels | Cartoon Network Cartoonito Discovery Kids |
History | |
Launched | 1 December 2008 |
Links | |
Website | tooncast |
History
The channel was launched on 1 December 2008, after all classic animation programming from Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera and MGM were removed from Boomerang Latin America, to center the network towards the teen audience, and replacing it with live-action programming instead.
Tooncast follows the Boomerang US old channel line-up, which aired classic cartoons. Old Cartoon Network commercials are also broadcast on the channel, such as "Cartoons That Never Made It", Cartoon Network Groovies and Boomerang Shorties. Unlike other channels of Turner Broadcasting System Latin America, few pay-TV providers carry Tooncast. The only exception is Brazil, where the channel is available on most subscription TV providers, such as Oi TV, Claro TV, GVT TV, Vivo TV, Kiwisat and Nossa TV. Since 1 August 2014, Tooncast began to be carried on NET, the biggest cable television company in Brazil.[2][3]
Even though Tooncast remained with a single pan-regional feed with audio tracks in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and English, in November 2012 the channel started using the Brazilian content rating system.
On 26 September 2018, the channel was picked up by Sky Brasil.
On 1 April 2019, all classic programming from the Turner animation library, including productions from Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera and MGM, were removed from the schedule making focus on Cartoon Network original productions, and also airing anime series like Pokémon and the Brazilian animated series Monica and Friends, following WarnerMedia's business restructure, that also affected programming on sister networks like Cartoon Network and Boomerang. However, it eventually returned from 1 June–1 July 2019 and they have recently been reinstated. The cartoons of Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros. and MGM returned to the programming in June, however, that change was made again in July of the same year, and then returned in January 2020, where they were included for the first time in the program channel such as Batman Beyond, Teen Titans and ThunderCats.
On 1 June 2021, the channel's programming underwent a drastic change, being greatly reduced compared to previous months; However, this reduction in programs is also accompanied by some new releases. It is speculated that these changes came as an effect of the launch in Latin America of the streaming service HBO Max.
On 1 December 2022, after more than a year of being with the same programming, Tooncast changed its programming again, but withdrawing the series from Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros. and DC and focusing again on Cartoon Network Studios series, but with this change, programming was further reduced.
Programming
Current programming
As of April 2023
Future programming
- Courage The Cowardly Dog
- Cow and Chicken
- Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Ed, Edd n Eddy
- Freakazoid!
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- The Jetsons
- Krypto the Superdog
- Legion of Super Heroes
- Looney Tunes
- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
- Pinky and The Brain
- The Scooby-Doo Show
- The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
- Tom and Jerry
- Top Cat
- Wacky Races
Former programming
- 2 Stupid Dogs
- The Addams Family
- The Archie Show
- Animaniacs
- The Ant and the Aardvark
- The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show
- Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
- As Aventuras de Gui & Estopa
- Atomic Betty
- Baby Looney Tunes
- The Batman
- Batman Beyond
- Batman: The Animated Series
- Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
- Cartoon Cartoons
- Casper and Friends
- Crazylegs Crane
- Captain Planet
- The Centurions
- Dragon Ball
- Duck Dodgers
- Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
- Evil Con Carne
- Fantastic Four
- Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- Felix the Cat
- The Flintstones
- The Flintstone Kids
- Garfield and Friends
- Haunted Tales for Wicked Kids
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
- The Herculoids
- Hong Kong Phooey
- Huckleberry Hound
- The Inspector
- Johnny Bravo
- Jonny Quest
- Jorel's Brother
- Josie and the Pussycats
- Justice League
- Justice League Unlimited
- Laff-A-Lympics
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
- The Little Lulu Show
- Loonatics Unleashed
- Magilla Gorilla
- ¡Mucha Lucha!
- MGM Cartoons
- Monica's Gang
- My Little Pony
- The New Yogi Bear Show
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies
- The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
- Oggy and the Cockroaches
- The Pink Panther
- Pink Panther and Sons
- The Pink Panther Show
- Pink Panther and Pals
- Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks
- Pokémon
- Popeye
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Quick Draw McGraw
- The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
- Samurai Jack
- Secret Squirrel
- Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
- Sheep in the Big City
- She-Ra: Princess of Power
- Sítio do Picapau Amarelo
- The Smurfs
- Snagglepuss
- Space Ghost/Dino Boy in the Lost Valley
- Static Shock
- Super Friends
- Superman: The Animated Series
- The Secret Saturdays
- Squirrel Boy
- Taz-Mania
- Teen Titans
- ThunderCats
- Tom and Jerry Kids
- Tom and Jerry Tales
- Trunk Train
- Wally Gator
- What a Cartoon!
- X-Men Evolution
- Yogi Bear
- Yogi's Gang
- Young Justice
- The Zeta Project
References
- "Turner lanzó Tooncast, nuevo canal de dibujitos animados - Noticias de TV - Prensario Internacional". Prensario.tv. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- "1ф. Mсo Exclusiva: Tooncast entra na NET em agosto, com novo acordo da Turner". TV Magazine. 2014-06-30. Archived from the original on 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ANMTV (2014-07-21). "Tooncast estreia na NET em agosto (AT) - ANMTV". Anmtv.xpg.uol.com.br. Archived from the original on 2015-06-06. Retrieved 2015-03-08.