Cartoon Network Arabic


Cartoon Network Arabia 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.

History

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 4 April 2014 at 4 pm KSA time the channel aired a controversial scene in an episode of the television series Young Justice, which depicted the characters Superboy and Miss Martian sharing a kiss on the lips, with another character Icicle Jr saying " Man that's your sister" then stuttering and saying "oh dad’s 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 sisters on the lips This led 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 led 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 was 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 channel’s 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 by its audience. However this controversy led 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 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 channels.
The channel changed its aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 on 5 October 2014; it also began using the Check it 3.0 branding on that day.
Cartoon Network Arabic has changed its website. The new website was changed in May 2015.
On 4 October 2017, the channel has fully rebranded to the Dimensional branding.
In December 2015, Turner Broadcasting System entered an exclusivity deal with the Qatar-based beIN Media Group. This deal led to Cartoon Network Africa, Boomerang Africa, and TCM moving from OSN to the latter's beIN Network service, and also caused the HD feed on YahLive to shut down; the actual channel, however, is unaffected due to being a free-to-air channel on Nilesat and Arabsat/Badr. Cartoon Network Arabic was added to beIN as channel 138 as an HD channel, although the HD version was later replaced with the SD version on Arabsat/Badr. CNN International HD was removed from My-HD's channel list and moved to beIN as an encrypted HD channel along with the pay-only HLN, which is in letterboxed SD, but CNN continues to remain available as a free-to-air channel on Nilesat and Arabsat/Badr in SD. However, subscribers to Etisalat and du's IPTV services in the UAE were virtually unaffected at the time. However, due to their direct relations with Turner, UAE Telecoms, Etisalat and Du continue to offer these channels to IPTV subscribers. Additionally, inVision in Saudi Arabia, Ooredoo in Qatar and Cablevision in Lebanon offer Cartoon Network and Boomerang as well.
On 17 March 2023, a Facebook user named Chahine Arfaoui posted a video of the channel getting hijacked and playing an unofficial animation of Roddy Ricch's Ballin. The video went viral on YouTube, before it was revealed to be a hoax.

Programming

TV series

The channel mainly airs animated cartoons from Cartoon Network Studios. Original productions, films, shorts, live-action series, and shows from various studios are produced and aired.
Animated programs aired include original Cartoon Network Studios productions like the Ben 10 reboot, Regular Show, Powerpuff Girls reboot, Uncle Grandpa, Clarence, Adventure Time, and We Bare Bears, as well as programs produced by other studios. The channel mainly airs animated cartoons from Cartoon Network Studios. Local productions like Mansour are produced and aired along with films, shorts, live-action series, and shows from various other studios.
The channel is one of the only available in Arabic, with no choice but to switch to English or any other language. This is due to the fact that the channel is a free-to-air TV channel aimed solely at an Arabic-speaking audience.
The channel broadcasts a line of Cartoon Network's own shows dubbed in English. Cartoon Network Arabic has also offered numerous localized shows, such as Mansour and the Arabic version of Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge, which are the result of various partnerships deals with local production companies, including the Dubai-based Lammtara Pictures or the Jordan-based Rubicon Group Holding. The channel often edits certain programs for content, cutting out certain scenes due to potentially inappropriate content for Arabs. In October 2012, Cartoon Network Arabic started airing Kral Şakir as -ليث the king-.

Shows

  • 44 Cats
  • 1001 Nights
  • Adventure Time
  • Adventure Time: Distant Lands
  • Stakes
  • Alice & Lewis
  • The Amazing World of Gumball
  • Angelo Rules
  • Apple & Onion
  • Baby Looney Tunes
  • Bakugan: Battle Planet
  • Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge
  • Barbie: It Takes Two
  • Batman: The Animated Series
  • Batman: The Brave and the Bold
  • Batman Unlimited
  • Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
  • Ben & Izzy
  • Ben 10
  • Ben 10
  • Ben 10: Alien Force
  • Ben 10: Omniverse
  • Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
  • Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge
  • BeyWheelz
  • Bill & Tony
  • Bunnicula
  • Chica Vampiro
  • Camp Lazlo
  • Chowder
  • Clarence
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
  • Codename: Kids Next Door
  • Courage the Cowardly Dog
  • Craig of the Creek
  • Danger Mouse
  • DC Super Hero Girls
  • Dexter's Laboratory
  • Dino Ranch
  • Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
  • Dragons: Defenders of Berk
  • Dragons: Race to the Edge
  • Dragons: Riders of Berk
  • Driver Dan's Story Train
  • Ed, Edd n Eddy
  • Elliott from Earth
  • Fireman Sam
  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
  • Friends: Girls on a Mission
  • The Fungies!
  • Generator Rex
  • Gerald McBoing-Boing
  • Gormiti Nature Unleashed
  • Green Lantern: The Animated Series
  • Grizzy & the Lemmings
  • Ha Ha Hairies
  • The Happos Family
  • Hero: 108
  • Hero Inside
  • Inspector Gadget
  • Jade Armor
  • Jelly Jamm
  • Jellystone!
  • Just Kidding
  • Justice League Action
  • Kingdom Force
  • Kral Şakir
  • LazyTown
  • The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
  • Looney Tunes
  • Looney Tunes Cartoons
  • The Looney Tunes Show
  • Mansour
  • Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
  • The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
  • Matt Hatter Chronicles
  • Megas XLR
  • Mighty Mike
  • Mixels
  • Moley
  • Mr. Bean
  • Mr. Bean: The Animated Series
  • ¡Mucha Lucha!
  • Mush-Mush and the Mushables
  • My Gym Partner's a Monkey
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
  • Nana Zanana
  • New Looney Tunes
  • Nexo Knights
  • Ninja Express
  • Ninjago
  • Oddbods
  • OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
  • Oswaldo
  • Over the Garden Wall
  • Legends of Chima
  • Lego City Adventures
  • Level Up
  • Lucas Spider
  • Pat the Dog
  • Pound Puppies
  • Quantum Heroes Dinoster
  • Power Players
  • The Powerpuff Girls
  • The Powerpuff Girls
  • A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
  • Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville
  • Redakai: Conquer the Kairu
  • Regular Show
  • Robotboy
  • Samurai Jack
  • The Secret Saturdays
  • Sheep in the Big City
  • Skatoony
  • The Smurfs
  • Sonic Boom
  • Steven Universe
  • Supernoobs
  • Sym-Bionic Titan
  • Taffy
  • Talking Tom & Friends
  • Teen Titans Go!
  • Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
  • ThunderCats Roar
  • Tom and Jerry
  • Tom & Jerry Kids
  • Tom and Jerry in New York
  • The Adventures of Little Penguin
  • The Tom and Jerry Show
  • Tom and Jerry Tales
  • Toony Tube
  • Transformers: Cyberverse
  • Transformers: Prime
  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise
  • Wacky Races
  • Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs
  • Uncle Grandpa
  • Unikitty!
  • We Baby Bears
  • We Bare Bears
  • What's New, Scooby-Doo?
  • Xiaolin Chronicles
  • Xiaolin Showdown
  • Young Justice
  • Zig & Sharko
  • ''Zinba''