On February 21, 2023, Corus announced that Teletoon would rebrand as Cartoon Network on March 27, 2023. On March 4, 2019, the primetime Adult Swim block was discontinued on the channel, due to the planned re-launch of Action as an Adult Swim-branded channel on April 1. This expanded the channel's carriage to five million households nationwide. At that time, Cartoon Network moved under the auspices of the license that was formerly used by Teletoon Retro the original Teletoon Kapow! license was revoked by the CRTC on October 2, 2015. It was stated that this change would enable the channel to have expanded distribution, as Teletoon Retro was carried by more providers than Cartoon Network, specifically Shaw Cable, Shaw Direct, and Rogers Cable. In August 2015, internal sources at Corus reported that Cartoon Network would be moved to the channel allotments of Teletoon Retro, which was being shut down on September 1, 2015. The channel continues to be owned by Teletoon Canada, now wholly owned by Corus Entertainment under its Corus Kids division. On December 20, 2013, the CRTC approved Corus's full ownership of Teletoon Canada and it was purchased by Corus on January 1, 2014. Ĭorus's purchase was cleared by the Competition Bureau two weeks later on March 18. On March 4, 2013, Corus Entertainment announced that it would acquire Astral Media's 50% ownership interest in Teletoon Canada Inc., as well as certain other properties, as part of Astral's pending acquisition by Bell Media (which had earlier been rejected by the CRTC in October 2012, but was restructured to allow the sale of certain Astral Media properties in order to allow the purchase to clear regulatory hurdles). Cartoon Network launched on July 4, 2012, using the Teletoon Kapow! license. Ahead of the launch, Cartoon Network-branded blocks were added to Teletoon and the now-defunct Teletoon Retro as a preview for the new channel. The channel would also feature a version of its late-night block Adult Swim. In February 2012, Teletoon announced that it would launch a Canadian version of Cartoon Network. for a new specialty channel tentatively named "Teletoon Kapow!", which would be "devoted to programming from international markets, featuring the latest trends in non-violent action, adventure, superheroes, comedy and interactivity". In November 2011, the CRTC granted a category B license to Teletoon Canada, Inc. Logo used throughout Cartoon Network's run In February 2023, Corus announced that the Cartoon Network branding would be moved to Teletoon on March 27, 2023, with the existing Cartoon Network channel relaunching as a Canadian version of Boomerang the same day. Cartoon Network previously operated a Canadian version of Adult Swim until 2019, when it (and its Teletoon counterpart Teletoon at Night) was spun off as a sister channel. The service originally operated under a newly-issued category B license in September 2015, in an effort to widen Cartoon Network's availability, the service was moved under the license and channel allotments of former sister channel Teletoon Retro. The channel originally launched in 2012 as a Canadian version of Cartoon Network, serving as a sister channel to Teletoon. The channel also occasionally broadcasts reruns of Cartoon Network original series. Cartoons and Hanna-Barbera productions among others, as well as contemporary reboots of classic franchises. Animation library, including Warner Bros. channel of the same name, which primarily broadcasts animated programming from the Warner Bros. Discovery)īoomerang is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
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