Current reception parameters for Cartoon Network Arabic HD, now an encrypted children's channel on Es'hail 2 at 26° East.
Es'hail 2 · 26.0° East
About Cartoon Network Arabic HD
Cartoon Network Arabic HD is the Arabic-dubbed edition of Turner's Cartoon Network, aimed at children's audiences across the Middle East and North Africa. Unlike the channel's earlier years on the region's free-to-air satellite lineup, it has changed both satellites and commercial platforms several times since 2016, reflecting a broader shift of children's programming in the region away from open reception and toward pay-TV bundles.
This page's earlier listing — Yahsat 1A at 52.5° East, 11996 MHz Vertical, symbol rate 27500, FEC 8/9, free-to-air — describes a transponder the channel has since left entirely. Between that listing and today, Cartoon Network Arabic HD moved through Eutelsat 21B and then Es'hail 1 before settling on its current home, Es'hail 2 at 26.0° East. Because each of those is a different orbital position from 52.5° East, a dish set up for the old Yahsat 1A listing must be re-pointed, not just retuned, to receive the channel today.
The confirmed current transponder is 11430 MHz, Vertical polarization, DVB-S2, symbol rate 27500, FEC 2/3. Access has also changed along with the platform move: the channel is now Encrypted (Irdeto 2 & VideoGuard), so the free-to-air reception described on the old version of this page no longer applies anywhere. A valid subscription and a receiver or CAM supporting the correct conditional-access system are required; a plain FTA receiver will lock the transponder's signal but will not decode the picture.
For anyone already receiving other Es'hail 2 (Es'hailSat / Al Jazeera / beIN-adjacent) transponders at 26° East, adding this one only requires the frequency, polarization, symbol rate and FEC above through the receiver's manual transponder menu. If the transponder does not lock, verify the dish is precisely on 26° East, since several services cluster tightly around that slot and a small pointing error can land on the wrong satellite. If it locks but shows only a scrambled or blocked picture, that reflects the encrypted, subscription-only status described above rather than a tuning fault.
Verified 2026-09-08 against KingOfSat's channel-history record for Cartoon Network Arabic HD, with the Es'hail 2 orbital position cross-checked against Wikipedia's general entry for the satellite to avoid confusion with the similarly-numbered Es'hail 1. No confirmed free-to-air alternative currently exists for this channel, so none is listed.
How to receive Cartoon Network Arabic HD
Frequently asked questions
What is the current Cartoon Network Arabic HD frequency?
11430 Vertical (V) on Es'hail 2, symbol rate 27500.
Is Cartoon Network Arabic HD free to air?
The current access status is Encrypted (Irdeto 2 & VideoGuard).