Current Station Group: Corus Entertainment Inc. Previous Station Group(s): Shaw Media Corus Entertainment (51%) and Shaw Media (49%) launched a new specialty channel, ABC Spark, on Monday, March 26, 2012. ABC Spark, based on the successful U.S. brand ABC Family, launched with series including The Secret Life of the America Teenager (starring Golden Globe nominee Shailene Woodley […]
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Adult Swim (Formerly Action)
Current Station Group: Corus Entertainment Inc. In 2000, Showcase Television Inc. (division of Alliance Atlantis) received CRTC approval to launch Action Television, “a national English-language Category 2 specialty television service devoted to action movies and series primarily driven by a fast-paced fictional plot featuring car chases, explosions, special effects, or martial arts.” Showcase Action launched on […]
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BBC Canada
Current Station Group: Corus Entertainment Inc. While at the turn of the century much BBC programming was already available in Canada on both over-the-air and specialty channels, there remained a substantial catalogue of attractive programming in the BBC inventory that was not being seen here. In November 2000, Alliance Atlantis was licensed by the CRTC […]
Current Station Group: Corus Entertainment Inc. The BBC has always had a world-wide reputation for its children’s programming, some of which made its way to Canada. Much more was however available than could be accommodated by the conventional television channels, and in November 2000 Alliance Atlantis was licensed to start a specialty channel to be titled […]
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The Cartoon Network
The Cartoon Network was launched as a specialty cartoon channel on July 4th 2012, and was wholly owned by Teletoon Canada Inc., a 50/50 partnership between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment. In March 2013 Corus Entertainment announced that, subject to the successful conclusion of the latest application by Astral Media Inc for approval to sell […]
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CMT (Country Music Television)
Current Station Group: Corus Entertainment Inc.Maclean-Hunter (60%) and Rawlco Communications (40%) received a licence from the CRTC in June 1994 for the operation of a country music network. Around this time, Rogers Communications acquired Maclean-Hunter. The station launched on January 1, 1995 as the New Country Network. CBS Cable acquired a 10% interest in the channel […]
On August 7th, 2007 Corus Entertainment subsidiary Cosmopolitan Television Canada Company was awarded a licence for a new Cable specialty channel to be called Cosmo TV. Inspired by the well-known magazine, and with Corus in partnership with the Hearst Corporation, Cosmo TV was launched in Canada on February 14th 2008. With the channel’s launch, Corus […]
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Discovery Kids
Corus Entertainment applied for and was awarded a licence in November 2000 for a Canadian version of Discovery Kids in partnership with Discovery Communications, who had a similar channel running in the U.S. The service made its debut in Canada in the Fall of 2001.The target audience of the channel was specified in the licence […]
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DIY (Do It Yourself)
Current Station Group: Corus Entertainment Inc. In November 2000 Alliance Atlantis was granted a licence for The Luxe Network, a lifestyle specialty channel for those who liked to indulge their sybaritic tendencies in the pursuit of personal pleasure, whether in the fields of possessions, travel, good food and wine or hedonistic pursuits. The channel, by then […]
Corus Entertainment was granted a licence in November 2000 for The Canadian Documentary Channel, a specialty channel to be devoted to long-form documentaries and films, and the Documentary Channel was launched in September 2001. Corus held 53% of the shares (through YTV Canada), while the CBC held 29% and the National Film Board and four […]