| Boomerang | |
| Picture Format: | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i/480i for the SDTV feed) |
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| Owner: | Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific |
| Area: | Asia |
| Headquarters: | Singapore |
| Language: | English Chinese Malay Indonesian Thai Vietnamese |
| Replaced By: | Toonami (original) Cartoonito (relaunch) |
| Replaced: | Cartoonito (original) |
| Sister Channels: | Cartoon Network Asia Cartoon Network Philippines CNN International Cinemax Asia HBO Asia HLN Warner TV |
Boomerang is a pan-Asian cable and satellite television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery under its International division. Like the original US version, this localization first began as a programming block that aired on Cartoon Network Asia (from 2001 to 2005), before becoming its own channel in 2004.
On 1 December 2012, the channel was shut down and replaced with Toonami Asia. Eventually, the channel was relaunched on 1 January 2015 as part of Boomerang's 2015 global rebranding effort, replacing Cartoonito Asia.[1] [2]
The channel was replaced by Cartoonito on 28 July 2023. This mark the second time Cartoonito Asia appeared as linear TV channel as other big names, such as Disney Junior and Nick Jr. heading into the streaming portfolio.[3]
Due to made decision following TA-DAA! cessation on Astro, the channel ceased on Astro on 1 February 2023, and was replaced by CBeebies, while Unifi TV still aired that channel until its rebrand to Cartoonito on 28 July 2023.
In the Philippines, Boomerang broadcast as a channel and also had a block on TV5 Kids that ran from September 2015 to October 2017. The block was in the Filipino language.
Boomerang Asia was originally broadcast in Thailand from its launch in March 2004 until its closure in December 2012. On 14 August 2013, a localized Thai feed was launched on TrueVisions, using the logo and branding developed by Mainframe for Boomerang UK and other European countries. Boomerang Thailand retained the EMEA branding until 15 March 2024, when it rebranded with the 2015 logo and 2018 branding seen throughout the world.[4] [5]
In Japan, Boomerang Asia was available via satellite since 2004. It broadcast in Japanese. Boomerang Asia's original feed launched on 14 March 2004 was broadcast in Japan until the channel closed on 1 December 2012. It relaunched as an independent feed was launched from January 2018 to 31 March 2022.[6]
In India, Boomerang was able to be viewed via DishTV India. The Indian feed ceased broadcasting on 2 March 2009 along with Turner Classic Movies Asia.