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 and
three local over-the-air television stations. 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 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 $1.2 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.