Cartoon Network (Portugal)

Overview

Cartoon Network

launch date	September 17, 1993 (as Cartoon Network Europe) October 1, 2013 (as an independent channel in Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique) December 3, 2013 (as an independent channelbin Portugal)
closed date	September 25, 2024
replaced by	Cartoon Network WE
picture format	16:9 HDTV 1080i SDTV 576i 16:9 (downscaled)
owner	Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
language	Portuguese English (dual audio)
country	🇬🇧 United Kingdom
area	🇵🇹 Portugal 🇦🇴 Angola 🇨🇻 Cape Verde‡R1R‡ 🇲🇿 Mozambique
headquarters	London, UK‡R2R‡
sister channels	Cartoonito CNN Discovery Channel Discovery Showcase HD Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Food Network Investigation Discovery TLC Travel Channel

Cartoon Network Portugal, commonly abbreviated as CN, was a British-managed Portuguese digital cable and satellite television channel launched on 3 December 2013 and was owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA under its international division.

Cartoon Network (both before and after merging) was the most-watched kids and teens' channel in Portugal, surpassing Disney Channel since 2022.[3]

On 25 September 2024, Cartoon Network Portugal merged with the French, Dutch, German and Scandinavian feeds.

History

The Pan-European feed received in Portugal, Angola and Mozambique was transmitted for a long time (from 17 September 1993 to 3 December 2013), this feed is now CN Africa.

Controversies

Properly throughout September 2024, Cartoon Network Portugal was in the channel's censorship and controversies, when it moved to Western Europe.

Tom and Jerry Shorts

Between May and October 2014, the channel censored 103 Tom and Jerry shorts. The censorship was motivated by the channel's decision not to acquire the Portuguese-dubbed version from PSB (which dubbed the golden age of American animation onto VHS), which is notable for containing xenophobic and racist caricatures and actions, as well as violence involving weapons, household objects and torture. With this in mind, and to avoid controversy and problems with the media, Cartoon Network only aired the silent episodes (although it censored some of them) and only subtitled the graphics. Another censorship occurred during the Gene Deitch period (1960 - 1962), in which all episodes were censored.

Scooby-Doo

On 29 October 2021, Cartoon Network Portugal rebroadcast as a Halloween special, the first live-action Scooby-Doo film, which already had a Portuguese dub produced by Matinha, but for the same reasons, it was broadcast on original subtitled version.

Application in MEO

In June 2013 (before the launch of the Portuguese version of the channel), MEO, owned by Portugal Telecom (now Altice Portugal) launched an app on MEO Kids, providing content from the channel in Portuguese. Among the available content are the series Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10 and Ben 10: Alien Force, dubbed in Portuguese, and three games (two from Ben 10 and one from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy).

Doraemon

In 2015 and 2016, the channel re-aired the two anime series "Doraemon (2005)" and "Doraemon (1979)" and the film "Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels", with several scenes from both the anime and the film having been cut or censored.

It then lost exclusivity in 2018, moved only to the Boomerang/Cartoonito Portugal channel and stopped broadcasting in May 2023. Then between 2023 and 2024, Cartoon Network Portugal re-aired the 2005 anime series.

Entra na onda de diversão Cartoon Network

Between June and August 2024, Cartoon Network Portugal aired the 2024 summer ident: Entra na onda de diversão Cartoon Network [Get on the Cartoon Network fun bandwagon].

Its ident on the Portuguese children's channel had been adapted to show the characters in the series.

Restart

From 1 April 2017 to 25 September 2024, the Cartoon Network Portugal channel aired the quick restart in the "Dimensional" era graphic that appeared the loop of this image in each showing, similar to the American channel.

Since 26 September 2024, with the move to Western Europe, the channel has used the 2016 functional restart in the Check It 4.0 graphic era

Cartoon Network (Portugal)

History

Programming

Current programming

Specials

Former programming