Cartoonito (Spain)

Cartoonito was a Spanish subscription television channel of American origin. It was owned by Turner Broadcasting System, which also owns Cartoon Network, TNT, TCM and TCM Autor and operated under the international Cartoonito brand. The channel had a timeshift signal, which rebroadcast programming an hour later, called Cartoonito +1. The channel was launched on the air on September 1, 2011,1 replacing Boomerang. It broadcast programming focused on preschool audiences.

Turner Broadcasting System Europe announced on June 14, 2013 that it would close the Cartoon Network and Cartoonito channels in Spain on June 30, 2013.

Finally, shortly before 00:00 on July 1, 2013, the channel ceased its broadcasts in Spain after almost 2 years since its birth with its last broadcast of Bananas in pajamas. From that moment on, the channel broadcast a continuity block and the television providers that distributed the signal put up a sign a few minutes later informing customers that said channel was no longer broadcasting in the country.

Why has it closed?

 * 2008–2014 Spanish financial crisis: It is the only reason why the channel shutdown along with its sister channel, Cartoon Network. In 2008, Spain was going through an economic crisis that caused unemployment and new tax increases year after year, which ended up affecting television companies like Turner, and as the costs to keep both operating have increased, Turner made the decision to close both channels on June 30, 2013.

Probability of returning
Despite the fact that by 2014 the aforementioned financial crisis was resolved. The channels did not have a chance to be relaunched with the fix of the situation, and it seems that they never will, since Turner has a single channel in Spain called Boing, where they broadcast all the newer content of Cartoon Network and Cartoonito on Spanish televisions.

We have not seen a Spanish language Cartoonito channel until 2021, on December 1st, when Boomerang was replaced by Cartoonito in Latin America. The funny thing is that both Boomerang replacements are similar.