Spacetoon
Spacetoon (Arabic: سبيستون or سبيس تون) is a pan-Arab free-to-air television channel that specializes in animation and children programs. It began broadcasting on 15 March 2000 and it is headquartered in Dubai with offices in Riyadh. The channel targets children from 4 and up. Its late night block Space Power is targeted at teenagers and young adults. The Spacetoon company also maintains a video-on-demand app called Spacetoon Go.
Channel's "Stoon" logo | |
| Country | United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Ukraine, Syria |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Arab world Ukraine Indonesia |
| Headquarters | Dubai, UAE |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Arabic (Arab world) Indonesian (Indonesia) |
| Picture format | 576i (4:3 - 16:9 SDTV) |
| Timeshift service | Malyatko TV (2009–2010) (Formerly Spacetoon Малятко) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Spacetoon International |
| Sister channels | Spacetoon 2 Spacetoon Radio Space Power (SPTV) |
| History | |
| Launched | 15 March 2000 (Arabic channel) 2005 (Korean channel) 1 April 2005 (English channel) 24 March 2005 (Indonesia, terrestrial) 31 December 2009 (Ukrainian channel) 18 May 2013 (Indonesia, Telkom-1 satellite) |
| Closed | 2011 (Korean channel) 2010 (Ukrainian channel) 1 January 2011 (English channel) 17 May 2013 (Indonesia, terrestrial) |
| Replaced by | Malyatko TV (Ukraine) NET. (Indonesia, on terrestrial) Spacetoon Indonesia (launch as a channel on Telkom-1 satellite, it was listed as Spacetoon 1) |
| Links | |
| Website | spacetoon |
| Availability (channel space shared with Space Power in Arabic world only) | |
| Streaming media | |
| Live Stream | Spacetoon Arabic |
The Spacetoon company has had two now-defunct channels in the Arab world, Space Power TV and Spacetoon English.
The main Indonesian channel began airing on 24 March 2005 in Jakarta. It later became NET., and its broadcast remains on satellite television. Currently, there are three Spacetoon channels in Indonesia: Spacetoon, Space Shopping and Spacetoon Plus. In India, Spacetoon India exists as licensing company, but not as a separate TV channel. In South Korea, Spacetoon launched in 2005 but has since closed down. Spacetoon is currently broadcast in 22 countries, and has an audience of over 130 million viewers.