Boomerang bounces onto Showtime Arabia

Notes and media contacts

Boomerang shows timeless favourites such as Scooby Doo, Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes and The Flintstones. Boomerang is cartoon entertainment for the whole family, bringing much-loved toon stars to a whole new generation of viewers. Boomerang is available in France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, South Africa, Romania, Spain, The Middle East, The Netherlands and UK.

Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Europe delivers some of the world's most successful and well-known news and entertainment brands - CNN, Cartoon Network, TCM (Turner Classic Movies), Toonami and Boomerang - across approximately 100 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Alongside its TV channels TBS is at the forefront of developing its brands through the internet, broadband, wireless, DVD, e-commerce, merchandising, cinema, publishing and every other available platform. Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited is a Time Warner Company.

For more information please contact:
Natalie Pritchard, PR Manager - Pan & CEE
Turner Entertainment Networks International Limited
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7693 1113
Or
Danielle Woods, PR Assistant - Pan & CEE
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7693 0787

Showtime Arabia one of the leading pay-TV network in the Middle-East and North Africa. It provides 50 channels of mainly international content, with an especially strong offering of first run Hollywood films, due to its exclusive relationships with Disney, Sony, Paramount, Universal and Dreamworks. Showtime Arabia owns and operates its own channels including The Movie Channel, TV Land, Nickelodeon, Paramount Comedy Channel and Movietime. Included in its third party channel line-up are such global brands as MTV, CNN, Discovery, the Disney Channel, Cartoon Network and Bloomberg.

The network is owned by Gulf DTH, which is a joint venture of KIPCO and Viacom. KIPCO is Kuwait's largest private sector investment company with more than US$ 15 billion under management. Its portfolio of investments includes around 55 companies, in sectors such as media, telecommunications, financial services, real estate and aviation, throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and the U.S.

Viacom is a leading global media company, with preeminent positions in broadcast and cable television, radio, outdoor advertising, and online. Viacom's well-known brands include CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, Paramount Pictures, and Simon & Schuster.

For more information please contact:
Vida Rizq, PR Manager
Showtime Arabia
Tel: +971 (4) 367 7026

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For information contact:
Maida Talhami
Momentum
Tel: +971 4 3901635
Mobile: +971 50 7347728