Spacetoon
Logo used since 2020 | |
| Country | United Arab Emirates, Syria, Indonesia, South Korea, India, Ukraine, Turkey |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Arab world Ukraine Indonesia South Korea India Turkey |
| Headquarters | Damascus, Syria (formerly) Dubai, UAE |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Arabic (Arab world) English (Arab world and India) Indonesian (Indonesia) Ukrainian (Ukraine) Korean (South Korea) Hindi (India) Turkish (Turkey) |
| Picture format | 576i (4:3 - 16:9 SDTV) |
| Timeshift service | Malyatko TV (2009–2010) (Formerly Spacetoon Малятко) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Spacetoon International |
| Sister channels | Spacetoon English Spacetoon Radio Space Power (SPTV) |
| History | |
| Launched | 15 March 2000 (Arabic channel) 24 March 2005 (Indonesian channel) 1 April 2005 (English channel) October 2005 (Korean channel) 15 January 2009 (Indian channel) 2009 (Korean channel, revival) 31 December 2009 (Ukrainian channel) 18 May 2013 (Indonesian channel, satellite) 13 January 2025 (Turkish channel) |
| Closed | 4 November 2007 (Korean channel, original) 25 March 2010 (Ukrainian channel) 1 January 2011 (English channel) 15 November 2011 (Korean channel, revival) 2011 (Indian 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 |
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 Bahrain TV, and it is currently headquartered in Dubai. 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.
In Indonesia, the main channel began airing on 24 March 2005 in Jakarta. It later became NET., and its broadcast remains on satellite television. Currently, there are two Spacetoon channels in Indonesia: Spacetoon 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. In Ukraine, Spacetoon Malyatko was launched as a replacement for Malyatko TV on 31 December 2009 until it reverted back on 25 March 2010. In Turkey, Spacetoon Turkey released Spacetoon Go app on 12 December 2024, and launched its TV channel on 13 January 2025.
Spacetoon is currently broadcast in 23 countries, and has an audience of over 130 million viewers.