Spacetoon

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Spacetoon

Channel's "Stoon" logo
Country	United Arab Emirates,[1] Indonesia, Ukraine, Syria
Broadcast area	Arab world Ukraine[2] Indonesia
Headquarters	Damascus, Syria (formerly)[3] 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[4]
Sister channels	Spacetoon 2 Spacetoon Radio Space Power (SPTV)
History
Launched	15 March 2000; 24 years ago (2000-03-15) (Arabic channel) 24 March 2005; 19 years ago (2005-03-24) (Indonesia, terrestrial) 1 April 2005; 19 years ago (2005-04-01) (English and Korean) 31 December 2009; 14 years ago (2009-12-31) (Ukrainian channel) 18 May 2013; 11 years ago (2013-05-18) (Indonesia, Telkom-1 satellite)
Closed	25 March 2010; 14 years ago (2010-03-25) (Ukrainian channel) 1 January 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01-01) (English channel) 15 November 2011; 13 years ago (2011-11-15) (Korean channel) 17 May 2013; 11 years ago (2013-05-17) (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.com
Availability (channel space shared with Space Power in Arabic world only)
Streaming media
Live Stream	Spacetoon Arabic

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 in Damascus,^[5] and it is currently headquartered in Dubai.^[6] 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. It is informally referred to as Stoon.

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.^[7] 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.^[8] A Turkish feed is scheduled to release soon.^[9]

Spacetoon is currently broadcast in 22 countries, and has an audience of over 130 million viewers.^[10]