CartoonNetwork.com was Cartoon Network's official website, active from 1998 to 2024. Throughout its existence, it housed games, minisites for its shows, an online store (Cartoon Network Shop), and, in the past, Web Premiere Toons and Cartoon Orbit. The website changed its format several times since its inception, and shut down in 2024, since then, it redirects to Cartoon Network hub on HBO Max.
History
Early years
Cartoon Network registered its official website, CartoonNetwork.com, on January 9, 1996. It officially launched on July 27, 1998;[1] simultaneously, its existing AOL channel that had been in operation since 1996 was upgraded.[2] Sam Register served as Cartoon Network Online's senior vice president and creative director from 1997 to 2001,[3] and Rob Sorcher served as executive vice president and head of Cartoon Network Online.[4] In its early years, small studios partnered with the network to produce exclusive "Web Premiere Toons", short cartoons made specifically for CartoonNetwork.com.[5] More about animation was included in the "Department of Cartoons", which featured storyboards, episode guides, backgrounds, sound and video files, model sheets, production notes, and other information about shows on the network.
CartoonNetworkYA.com
CartoonNetworkYA.com was a Spanish-language translation of the main website, carting the US Hispanic audience.[26] Exclusive content was limited, one of these actions included the hypothesis of releasing the El Santo series in 2007, with the signing of an agreement in April that year.[27]
Cartoon Network Video
Cartoon Network Video was an advertising-supported website that existed between 2006 and 2012. By 2007, it had amassed a weekly average of 2.2 million streams since launch.[28] A mobile app was released on December 17, 2010.[29]
Reference
References
- The Toons Are Taking Over the Web with Launch of CartoonNetwork.com Time Warner, July 27, 1998, retrieved June 5, 2013^
- Tedesco, R. (1998). Cartoon Net launches Website, upgrades on AOL. Broadcasting & Cable, 128(31), 45.^
- Rick DeMott. Register Inks Deal with Warners Animation World Network, November 27, 2007, retrieved January 19, 2013^