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Cartoon Network Arabic
Cartoon Network Arabia (Arabic: كرتون نتورك بالعربية) is a pan-Arab free-to-air children's television channel that is broadcast to Arab audiences in the Middle East and North Africa. It is one of two Arabic-language versions of the original Cartoon Network, the other being a pay television channel on beIN, OSN and additional providers known as Cartoon Network MENA, which is available in both English and Arabic.
The channel launched on 10 October 2010, coinciding with the opening of Turner Broadcasting System Europe's offices in Dubai Media City. As of 2025, it is managed by Warner Bros. Discovery under its international division.
The standard channel broadcasts via Arabsat Badr 6 and Nilesat. Cartoon Network Arabic is considered a free-to-air alternative to Cartoon Network MENA and Cartoonito MENA, two pay TV channels offered in the Arab world in HD and in both English and Arabic on beIN Network and additional providers since 1 July 2016, despite the varying differences in programming, schedules, and available languages.
Cartoon Network Arabic was launched on 10 October 2010 at 10:10 am GST. The channel's launch coincided with the opening of Turner Broadcasting System's offices in Dubai Media City, UAE, which is where the channel's local owner is located.
On the 4th April 2014 at 4 pm KSA time the channel aired a controversial scene from Television series show Young Justice where characters Superboy and Miss Martian had shared a kiss on the lips with another character Icicle Jr saying " Man that"s your sister" then stuttering and saying "oh dads going to kill me". This scene angered and alarmed families in the MENA region as their strong Islamic beliefs forbid scenes such as this as well as advertising to young boy viewers to kiss their sister"s on the lips.(even though the two characters on the show were not actually siblings but were using that as an alibi to get through a prison full criminals)This lead to many Islamic scholars warning parents and families to not allow children to watch the channel which took a negative toll towards the channel that we still see today.
The channel subsequently apologised about the scene a few days after it was aired calling it a "mistake" however it was too late and the damage was already done which subsequently lead to the president of the channel losing his job and being replaced by Tarek Mounir. It was also revealed that channel were not even guilty of this types of scenes for the first time as since its launch in October 2010 it was revealed there had been several scenes including kissing, awkward angles on women and scenes that don"t align with Islam which spread all over social media platforms. Prior to this scene the Channel were in control of kids Television in the MENA region since its launch in 2010 and is said that it played a huge part in eliminating competitor Nickelodeon Arabia and causing its closure in 2011, as well as dominating other competitors that Include MBC 3 and Spacetoon who were controlling the kids Television scene in MENA prior to the channels launch.
The channel was also praised for its organised timetable of airing shows, order of episodes airing and continuous airing of series that were almost instantly adored its audience. However this controversy lead to the channel implemnting a censorship strategy that had ended up killing the channel as many episodes of series such as "The Amazing World of Gumball" and "Adventure Time" were censored and many episodes were not even dubbed and the plot had become confusing for viewers. On top of that Television Series such as Powerpuff girls (1998) were cancelled due to violent scenes.
All this led to a drastic decrease in views for the channel which ended up with the Channel becoming the Second Cartoon Network channel in the MENA region as Cartoon Network MENA was launched on July 2016 which airs in both English and Arabic and is up to date to the parent channel in regards of new series and episodes whilst if Cartoon Network Arabia were to even air those new series or episodes it would be 3-6 months later than its sister channel"s.
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Cartoon Network Arabic
Cartoon Network Arabia (Arabic: كرتون نتورك بالعربية) is a pan-Arab free-to-air children's television channel that is broadcast to Arab audiences in the Middle East and North Africa. It is one of two Arabic-language versions of the original Cartoon Network, the other being a pay television channel on beIN, OSN and additional providers known as Cartoon Network MENA, which is available in both English and Arabic.
The channel launched on 10 October 2010, coinciding with the opening of Turner Broadcasting System Europe's offices in Dubai Media City. As of 2025, it is managed by Warner Bros. Discovery under its international division.
The standard channel broadcasts via Arabsat Badr 6 and Nilesat. Cartoon Network Arabic is considered a free-to-air alternative to Cartoon Network MENA and Cartoonito MENA, two pay TV channels offered in the Arab world in HD and in both English and Arabic on beIN Network and additional providers since 1 July 2016, despite the varying differences in programming, schedules, and available languages.
Cartoon Network Arabic was launched on 10 October 2010 at 10:10 am GST. The channel's launch coincided with the opening of Turner Broadcasting System's offices in Dubai Media City, UAE, which is where the channel's local owner is located.
On the 4th April 2014 at 4 pm KSA time the channel aired a controversial scene from Television series show Young Justice where characters Superboy and Miss Martian had shared a kiss on the lips with another character Icicle Jr saying " Man that"s your sister" then stuttering and saying "oh dads going to kill me". This scene angered and alarmed families in the MENA region as their strong Islamic beliefs forbid scenes such as this as well as advertising to young boy viewers to kiss their sister"s on the lips.(even though the two characters on the show were not actually siblings but were using that as an alibi to get through a prison full criminals)This lead to many Islamic scholars warning parents and families to not allow children to watch the channel which took a negative toll towards the channel that we still see today.
The channel subsequently apologised about the scene a few days after it was aired calling it a "mistake" however it was too late and the damage was already done which subsequently lead to the president of the channel losing his job and being replaced by Tarek Mounir. It was also revealed that channel were not even guilty of this types of scenes for the first time as since its launch in October 2010 it was revealed there had been several scenes including kissing, awkward angles on women and scenes that don"t align with Islam which spread all over social media platforms. Prior to this scene the Channel were in control of kids Television in the MENA region since its launch in 2010 and is said that it played a huge part in eliminating competitor Nickelodeon Arabia and causing its closure in 2011, as well as dominating other competitors that Include MBC 3 and Spacetoon who were controlling the kids Television scene in MENA prior to the channels launch.
The channel was also praised for its organised timetable of airing shows, order of episodes airing and continuous airing of series that were almost instantly adored its audience. However this controversy lead to the channel implemnting a censorship strategy that had ended up killing the channel as many episodes of series such as "The Amazing World of Gumball" and "Adventure Time" were censored and many episodes were not even dubbed and the plot had become confusing for viewers. On top of that Television Series such as Powerpuff girls (1998) were cancelled due to violent scenes.
All this led to a drastic decrease in views for the channel which ended up with the Channel becoming the Second Cartoon Network channel in the MENA region as Cartoon Network MENA was launched on July 2016 which airs in both English and Arabic and is up to date to the parent channel in regards of new series and episodes whilst if Cartoon Network Arabia were to even air those new series or episodes it would be 3-6 months later than its sister channel"s.