Boing (African TV channel)

Boing

Country	Africa
Headquarters	Cape Town
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	576i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery
Parent	Warner Bros. Discovery International
Sister channels	Cartoon Network Boomerang TNT Discovery Channel Discovery Family Investigation Discovery Real Time TLC Food Network Travel Channel
History
Launched	30 May 2015 (30 May 2015)

Boing is an African television channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery through its International unit, which launched on May 30, 2015. A localization of the eponymous Italian television service, the channel airs programming primarily from sister channels Cartoon Network and Boomerang, as well as those from other producers.

At this moment, the channel can be seen on Montage Cable TV in Nigeria and Sentech's Mobile TV in South Africa. On January 1, 2017, the channel became available to AzamTV subscribers. The channel does not have a website. The French version of Boing is also broadcast in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Maghreb.

Shows

• Angelo Rules
• Angels of Jarm
• Arthur
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold
• Ben 10
• Camp Lazlo
• Codename: Kids Next Door
• Courage the Cowardly Dog
• Dexter's Laboratory
• Oggy And The Cockroaches
• Zig & Sharko
• DreamWorks Dragons
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
• The Garfield Show
• Green Lantern: The Animated Series
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
• Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
• Johnny Bravo
• Johnny Test
• The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
• My Gym Partner's a Monkey
• The Powerpuff Girls
• Sonic Boom
• ThunderCats
• Total Drama Island
• Yo-kai Watch

Sister channels

TNT Africa

Main article: TNT Africa

Unlike other counterparts, TNT Africa is a movie channel that launched in TCM's place and inherited some of its offering. As of January 2021, AEW Dynamite airs on the channel.

Cartoon Network

Main article: Cartoon Network (Middle Eastern and African TV channel)

Cartoon Network is a television channel offering animation ranging from action to comedy for children aged 7–14.

Boomerang

Main article: Boomerang (Middle Eastern and African TV channel)

Boomerang is a pay-TV channel that airs cartoons the whole family can enjoy.

Cartoonito

The morning Cartoonito block launched on 4 April 2022.

Toonami

Toonami is a television channel catered towards young adults consisting of DC animation from Batman, Superman and Young Justice. It launched in 2017 on Kwesé TV until the platform went defunct in 2019. Then it was made available on Cell C's defunct streaming service Black for that same year.

In March 2020, the channel was revived as a 2-month pop-up channel on DStv and GOtv thereafter it was made available full-time on the StarTimes platform after its closure. As of March 2021, Toonami can also be found on Canal+, Intelvision, AzamTV and Zuku TV.

Discovery Channel

Main articles: Discovery Channel Europe and Discovery Channel (Middle East and North Africa)

Discovery Channel, also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Discovery, is a subscription television channel that airs documentaries related to popular science, technology and history. In a similar format to National Geographic and History Channel. Also in the DStv platform on channel 121.

Discovery Family

Unlike its american counterpart but much like its french counterpart, Discovery Family is a family-oriented specialty TV channel that launched in Discovery World's place and inherited some of its offering.

Food Network

Food Netowrk is a television channel that focuses on both special and regular episodic programs about food and cooking.

HGTV

HGTV is a South African television channel on DStv that primarily airs broadcasts reality programming related to home improvement and real estate.

Investigation Discovery

Main article: Investigation Discovery (European TV channel)

Investigation Discovery is a television channel dedicated to true crime documentaries.

Real Time

Main article: Real Time (TV channel)

Real Time is a television channel that airs lifestyle programming targeting to a female upper-class audience.

TLC

TLC is a lifestyle television channel which airs reality shows involving lifestyles, family life and personal stories.

OWN

The OWN programming block used to be airing on October 17, 2013, But the block was discontinued a few years later.

Travel Channel

Main article: Travel Channel International

Travel Channel is an African television channel that features documentaries, reality, and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the world. It also airs shows focusing on African animal safaris, tours of grand hotels and resorts, visits to significant cities and towns around the world, programming about various foods around the world, and programming about ghosts and the paranormal in notable buildings.