Corus Television
As one of Canada’s leading specialty and pay TV broadcasters, Corus Entertainment’s success with niche-focused television brands is built on strong partnerships, compelling content and an expertise in consumer insights-based research.
Corus’ television assets include the kids services YTV, Treehouse, Nickelodeon (Canada), TELETOON (50%) and TELETOON Retro (50%); the women’s services W Network, Cosmopolitan TV, VIVA and W Movies, CMT (Canada), Sundance Channel (Canada), DUSK and Telelatino; Movie Central, western Canada’s pay TV service, with nine multiplex channels including HBO Canada; three local over-the-air television stations and Corus Custom Networks advertising services for television. Committed to providing viewers with unprecedented multi-platform access to its programming, Corus’ content is also available in high definition, on-demand, on hand-held devices and online.
Corus plays a major role in the creation of Canadian content that succeeds both domestically and internationally. Through funding initiatives such as the Corus Made with Pay Fund, Corus invests in acclaimed feature films such as One Week and the Oscar-nominated movies Away From Her and Eastern Promises, and television dramas including Durham County and Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures. Overall, Corus has triggered over $1 billion in original, independent Canadian production.
The Company’s production arm, Nelvana Studio, produces a stable of award-winning and globally renowned brands – from literary classics Babar and Franklin to new shows such as The Backyardigans, Bakugan and Di-Gata Defenders – that air on our kids’ services in Canada and in over 150 countries around the world. Nelvana’s library now has well over 3,200 half-hour animated episodes of programming and has received over 70 major international program awards including Emmys and Geminis.
The power and reach of Corus’ broadcasting assets also work to assist local organizations, charities and people in need through millions of dollars worth of donated air-time and services, fundraising and cash support each year.
Through the acquisition, licensing, development and production of Canadian television projects and millions of dollars of direct investment in Canadian film production, Corus Entertainment showcases content that resonates with our audiences and contributes to a sustainable and vibrant entertainment industry that is truly Canadian and globally competitive.
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