Boomerang | |
Picture Format: | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Owner: | Warner Bros. Discovery |
Country: | Germany |
Language: | German, English |
Area: | Germany, Austria, Switzerland |
Headquarters: | Munich, Germany |
Replaced By: | Boomerang CEE |
Sister Channels: | TNT Comedy TNT Serie TNT Film Cartoon Network CNN International |
Boomerang was a German pay television channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery under its International division. It was launched on 1 June 2006, the channel primarily airs animated programming.
In August 2013, SES Platform Services (later MX1, now part of SES Video) won an international tender by Turner Broadcasting System, to provide playout services for Boomerang, and for Cartoon Network, TNT Glitz, TNT Film and TNT Serie (in both SD and HD) for the German-speaking market, digitization of existing Turner content, and playout for Turner on-demand and catch-up services in Germany, Austria, Switzerland the Benelux region, from November 2013.[1]
On 1 October 2018, Boomerang Germany shut down and was replaced with Boomerang CEE.[2]