Boomerang is a British pay television channel which primarily broadcasts classic and modern animated series from Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. Animation. The channel launched on 27 May 2000, as an offshoot of Cartoon Network and localised variant of the original American network. It is run by Warner Bros. Discovery under its EMEA division.
History
Boomerang UK began as a block on Cartoon Network in 1993. It launched as a separate channel on 27 May 2000,[1] broadcasting from 6:00 AM until 12:00 AM on Sky Digital and other cable systems. At the time of its creation, Cartoon Network had a unique schedule. This led to the creation of the channel by Turner Broadcasting to allow them to broadcast classic cartoons from the Hanna-Barbera, MGM, and Warner Bros. archive programme library. This subsequently allowed its sister network (Cartoon Network) to free many of its classic programming from its schedule.[2]