Turner Broadcasting has announced plans to roll out the new kids animation channels Cartoon Network TOO and Boomerang +1 in the U.K. next year. Cartoon Network Too will be cross between Cartoon Network and Boomerang, featuring such original properties as Dexter’s Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls, as wells as Hanna-Barbera library classics including Yogi Bear, Wacky Races and Hong Kong Phooey.
‘With the largest cartoon library in the world as its basis and having invested an average of $100 million a year on new shows internationally, Cartoon Network has now reached a point in its development where it has a treasure trove of back catalogue content crying out for a channel of its own,’ says Dee Forbes, senior VP and general manager of Turner Broadcasting System U.K. and Ireland.
Scheduled to launch in 2006, Boomerang +1 will essentially be the same as Boomerang, just set at a one-hour time shift. The network will be dedicated to time-honored favorites including Scooby-Doo, Tom & Jerry and the Looney Tunes library.
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