Cartoon Network (UK & Ireland) late night slot. On 27 May 2000, the channel Boomerang was launched by Cartoon Network in the UK and Ireland, and most "classic" cartoons were moved from Cartoon Network to the new channel, which initially broadcast from 6am to 12am. On 1 October 2001, Boomerang became a 24-hour channel and the remaining "classic" cartoons (except for Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry shorts, Thunderbirds, Danger Mouse, Scooby Doo, and The Flintstones, which remained until November 2002) like The Smurfs, also moved to Boomerang. On 24 May 2007, Cartoonito was launched as a pre-school channel replacing Toonami. The channel aired from 4am
Cartoon Network (India) July 2001, Cartoon Network India became a separate 24-hour channel. In 2004, a separate feed of the channel dedicated to Pakistani and Bangladeshi viewers was started. Programmes broadcast on this feed are different from the Indian feed. It has a translation in some areas. The channel was basically a relay version of Cartoon Network India in the start which is not the case now. Cartoon Network India is the only channel which aired the English dubbed version of "Heidi" in 2001. This show has not premiered on any other Cartoon Network channel worldwide. It originally aired only Hanna-Barbera cartoons such