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Corus Entertainment
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Channel 4, Corus Hunting Nazi Treasure
UK broadcaster Channel 4 and Corus Entertainment’s Canadian History channel have ordered Hunting Nazi Treasure,…
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Corus moves Teletoon originals exec to Nelvana
Canada’s Corus Entertainment has moved an original programming boss at its kids network Teletoon to…
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Global buys 11 new US broadcast series
Canadian broadcaster Global has acquired eleven new season US series, comprising four comedies and two…
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Ex-HIT exec to lead Nelvana Enterprises
Former HIT Entertainment exec and industry veteran Pam Westman has joined Corus Entertainment to lead…
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Stargate’s Wright making Netflix sci-fi show
US streaming service Netflix and Corus Entertainment Canadian specialty channel Showcase are joining forces for…
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Nine is Buying the View from Corus
Australia’s Nine Network has acquired real estate series Buying the View from Canadian distributor Corus…
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Buyers to discover My Baby’s Having a Baby
Toronto-based Corus Entertainment is to launch an emotionally-charged docu-series called My Baby’s Having a Baby…
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Former ABC kids chief resurfaces at Corus
Deidre Brennan has resurfaced at Corus Entertainment, and will be vice president of kids content…
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Corus-Shaw deal gets watchdog okay
The merger of Canadian broadcast and telecoms groups Corus Entertainment and Shaw Communications has been…
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Corus to put Shaw deal to the vote
Canada’s Corus Entertainment has convened a special meeting at which shareholders will vote on its…
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Rogers to axe 200 jobs to cut costs
Canadian media giant Rogers Communications is to cut 200 jobs across its TV, radio and…
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Shomi scores ‘comprehensive’ Nick content deal
Canadian on-demand service Shomi has completed a “comprehensive” deal for more than 700 half-hours of…
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Corus in ‘game-changing’ C$2.7bn Shaw deal
Toronto-listed Corus Entertainment is to pay C$2.65 billion (US$1.86 billion) to buy rival Shaw Media….
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Bell secures HBO content as Corus rejigs
Bell Media has secured an “unprecedented” agreement with HBO that means just one operator will…
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Bento Box, Nelvana launch Canuck studio
Bob’s Burgers and Bordertown prodco Bento Box Entertainment is expanding out of LA after striking an…
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Canuck net takes Burnett’s Detour
Canadian channel W Network is developing a travel reality series with Mark Burnett and his…
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State of the industry: Canadian kids TV
Digital disruption and an end to regulatory protection has some in the Canadian kids business…
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DHX to drop Disney brand for channels
Canada’s DHX Media is rebranding three of its children’s channels to bring them under the…
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Super RTL pits at Trucktown
German family channel Super RTL has acquired Canadian animated series Trucktown. The channel has bought…
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Corus secures all Nick rights in Canada
Corus Entertainment has scored a coup, securing rights to all Nickelodeon programming and content in…
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Corus CEO Cassaday retiring
Corus Entertainment’s CEO, John Cassaday, has announced his retirement. After 25 years in the business…
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Chapman builds Snowman, Camp Yeti
Canada-based producer and distributor Nelvana has come on board preschool CGI series Camp Yeti, which…
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Corus leads $11m funding round in women’s MCN
Canada’s Corus Entertainment has lead a C$12 million (US$11 million) funding round in digital media…
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Bell, Corus in ‘unprecedented’ HBO SVOD deal
Canada’s Bell Media and Corus Entertainment have scored what has been described as an “unprecedented”…
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Tributes flood in after Shaw’s Robertson passes at 59
Tributes are flooding in for Paul Robertson, the executive VP and president of Canadian broadcaster…
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Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One creates Canadian cookery show
Jamie Oliver’s production company Fresh One Productions will coproduce a Canadian cooking competition show for…
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UK, France SVOD platforms buy Corus kids shows
Dailymotion and Canalplay Infinity in France and Hopster in the UK have acquired 345 hours…
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Nelvana inks deals with Cartoon Network Latin America
Cartoon Network Latin America has bought 78 half-hours of programming from Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Enterprises….
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Sinking Ship hires Corus exec to launch sales arm
Canadian producer Sinking Ship Entertainment has launched a distribution arm and hired a Corus Entertainment…
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KidsCo to close following NBCU Sprout deal
The shareholders of international kids channel KidsCo are closing down the joint venture following NBCUniversal’s…