BANGKOK – Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific is launching Toonami, its all-adventure kids channel, in Thailand on January 14, 2015 and will be seen in 11 million households as a cable and satellite channel across the country.
Toonami will be broadcast in the Thai language and will appeal to local viewers with a program line-up packed with top-rating animated series and movies. The channel is set to become a destination for the action-and-adventure enthusiasts in every family.
As a companion brand to Cartoon Network and Boomerang, Toonami is the ultimate home of superheroes. Featured action franchises include Ben 10, Justice League Unlimited, Teen Titans, Transformers Prime, Wolverine and the X-Men, andBatman: The Brave and the Bold. The channel will also broadcast feature-length movies.
Phil Nelson, Turner’s Senior Vice President and Managing Director of North Asia and Southeast Asia Pacific, said: “We’re extremely pleased to be working with our partners from Major Kantana Broadcasting again to launch Toonami. This launch demonstrates Turner’s confidence and commitment to Thailand and follows on the success of Boomerang, the #1 kids cable & satellite channel with an amazing audience share of 72% year to date. It also complements the recent opening of Cartoon Network Amazone, the brand’s first ever waterpark in Bang Saray, east of Bangkok.”
Khun Siamrus Lauhaskkasame, Managing Director Major Kantana Broadcasting added: “Major Kantana Broadcasting is very happy to be expanding their partnership with Turner. Toonami’s unique array of animated series and movies in the local language will ensure that it becomes a top entertainment destination and we are confident that Toonami will be as successful and popular as Boomerang has become in Thailand.”
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