History Creator / CorusEntertainment

!!UsefulNotes/{{Canadian Multichannel Networks}} owned by Corus include (channels previously owned by Shaw Media, Canwest, WIC or Alliance Atlantis after 1999 are marked with a *):

* La chaîne Disney: The French-Canadian version of the [[Creator/{{DisneyChannel}} Disney Channel]], which also airs [[UsefulNotes/BlockProgramming program blocks]] for Disney Junior and [[Creator/{{DisneyXD}} Disney XD]] (known as XD Zone) shows.

Corus was first created as a spin-off of Shaw Communications' media assets. Shaw later acquired Canwest when they went bankrupt in 2010, and operated their assets as Shaw Media. Shaw Media itself was composed of assets that were previously owned by Canwest, as well as firms acquired by Canwest, including assets from Western International Communications[[note]]which itself had sold some assets to Corus during their acquisition by Canwest[[/note]] and Alliance Atlantis[[note]]A production company once best known for the Series/CSIVerse and tons of popular Canadian programming, but expanded into broadcasting later on. Their content library currently rest with Creator/{{Hasbro}}/Creator/EntertainmentOne, Creator/WildBrain and [=FilmRise=], while [[Creator/{{ParamountGlobal}} Paramount]] wholly owns CSI now.[[/note]] On April 1, 2016, Shaw Media was re-organized and merged into Corus Entertainment in exchange for cash and stock to budget Shaw Communications's purchase of the wireless carrier Wind Mobile (now known as Freedom Mobile).

* Creator/{{Teletoon}}*: Canada's national animation channel. Teletoon started out as a joint venture between many family-oriented broadcasters and companies before Corus ultimately bought out Astral Media's 50% ownership stake in January 2014. In addition to its own output of commissioned shows, Teletoon has also co-commissioned several series with Creator/CartoonNetwork, having aired many on CN’s own shows too. On March 27, 2023, the channel was relaunched as a new Canadian incarnation of Cartoon Network. Teletoon had previously launched a Canadian version of Cartoon Network as a sister channel in 2012; that channel was concurrently relaunched as a version of Creator/{{Boomerang}}.

Corus Entertainment also owns or has owned Canadian versions of Creator/AdultSwim (Relaunched as a 24-hour channel in 2019), Creator/{{Boomerang}}, Creator/CartoonNetwork (Relaunched under Teletoon's channel space in 2023), Creator/{{CMT}}, Creator/CookingChannel, [[Magazine/{{Cosmopolitan}} Cosmopolitan TV]] (Defunct), Crime and Investigation Network*, [[Creator/DiscoveryFamily Discovery Kids]] (Defunct), Creator/DisneyChannel, Disney Junior, Creator/DisneyXD,, Creator/FoodNetwork*, FYI* (Defunct), HGTV*, [[Creator/{{TheHistoryChannel}} History]]*, [[Creator/{{H2}} History2]]*, IFC* (Defunct), Creator/{{Lifetime}}*, Magnolia Network*, Mediaset Italia (Italian; sold to TLN), [[Creator/{{NationalGeographicChannel}} National Geographic Channel]]*, Creator/NatGeoWild*, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, Creator/{{Nick Jr}} (which exists as a daily program block), Oprah Winfrey Network, [=Sky TG24=] (Sold to TLN), Sundance Channel ([=SundanceTV=]; defunct), and Creator/{{Univision}} (Spanish; sold to TLN).

* Dejaview*: A channel that airs "retro" television series.

* [[Creator/{{BBC}} BBC Canada]]*: A joint venture that airs programming from The BBC and other UK imports. It closed down at the end of 2020. Shortly after, another company, Blue Ant Media, announced that they'll replace one of their channels, HIFI, into a Canadian version of BBC First.

* Creator/{{Teletoon}}*: Canada's national animation channel. Teletoon started out as a joint venture between many family-oriented broadcasters and companies before Corus ultimately bought out Astral Media's 50% ownership stake in January 2014. In addition to its own output of commissioned shows, Teletoon has also co-commissioned several series with Creator/CartoonNetwork, having aired many on CN’s own shows too. On March 27, 2023, the channel rebranded as Cartoon Network while the existing Canadian version of said channel that was launched in 2012 became a version of Creator/{{Boomerang}}.

Corus Entertainment also owns or has owned Canadian versions of Creator/AdultSwim (Relaunched as a 24-hour channel in 2019), Creator/{{Boomerang}}, Creator/CartoonNetwork (Relaunched under Teletoon's channel space in 2023), Creator/{{CMT}}, Creator/CookingChannel, [[Magazine/{{Cosmopolitan}} Cosmopolitan TV]] (Defunct), Crime and Investigation Network*, [[Creator/DiscoveryFamily Discovery Kids]] (Defunct), Creator/DisneyChannel, Disney Junior, Creator/DisneyXD, Magnolia Network*, Creator/FoodNetwork*, FYI* (Defunct), HGTV*, [[Creator/{{TheHistoryChannel}} History]]*, [[Creator/{{H2}} History2]]*, IFC* (Defunct), Creator/{{Lifetime}}*, Mediaset Italia (Italian; sold to TLN), [[Creator/{{NationalGeographicChannel}} National Geographic Channel]]*, Creator/NatGeoWild*, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, Creator/{{Nick Jr}} (which exists as a daily program block), Oprah Winfrey Network, [=Sky TG24=] (Sold to TLN), Sundance Channel ([=SundanceTV=]; defunct), and Creator/{{Univision}} (Spanish; sold to TLN).

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Corus was first created as a spin-off of Shaw Communications' media assets. Shaw later acquired Canwest when they went bankrupt in 2010, and operated their assets as Shaw Media. Shaw Media itself was composed of assets that were previously owned by Canwest, as well as firms acquired by Canwest, including assets from Western International Communications[[note]]which itself had sold some assets to Corus during their acquisition by Canwest[[/note]] and Alliance Atlantis[[note]]A production company once best known for the Series/CSIVerse and tons of popular Canadian programming, but expanded into broadcasting later on. Their content library currently rest with Creator/{{Hasbro}}/Creator/EntertainmentOne, Creator/WildBrain and [=FilmRise=], while [[Creator/{{ParamountGlobal}} Paramount]] wholly owns CSI now.[[/note]] On April 1, 2016, Shaw Media was re-organized and merged into Corus Entertainment in exchange for cash and stock to budget Shaw Communications's purchase of the wireless carrier Wind Mobile. To reflect this, Corus adopted a new logo for the first time since its inception in 1999.

* ABC Spark*: a Canadian version of what is now known as [[Creator/{{ABCFamily}} Freeform]].

* [=DTour=]*: a lifestyle channel which primarily airs shows sourced from Travel Channel. [=DTour=] originally launched as Prime, a general-interest entertainment channel targeting Baby Bloomers. Prime later relaunched as [=TVtropolis=], which focused on iconic television series...[[NetworkDecay originally]]. [=TVtropolis=] was the originator of ''[[Series/{{Wipeout2008}} Wipeout Canada]]''.
* The {{Creator/Global Television Network}} (Global)*: the flagship broadcast network, initially formed in 1974 but not a major player in the industry until the late 1990s.

* Slice*: a lifestyle channel aimed at women that primarily airs reality series from Bravo (U.S). Slice was also the originator of ''[[Series/BigBrother Big Brother Canada]]'', which moved to Global for its third season. Originally launched in 1995 as Life Network, which is not to be confused with The Life Channel.

* Action*: a male-oriented entertainment channel originally known as [[Creator/ShowcaseTelevision Showcase Action]] that, years after its 2009 rebrand, became known for airing reality series from [=TruTV=]. Ten years later, it was replaced by the 24-hour Creator/AdultSwim channel.
* [[Creator/{{BBC}} BBC Canada]]*: A joint venture that airs programming from The BBC and other UK imports. It closed down at the end of 2020. Shortly after, another company, Blue Ant Media, annouced that they'll replace one of their channel, HIFI, into a Canadian version of BBC First.
* Drive-In Classics: A channel which focused on showing B-movies popular at drive-in theatres in the 1950s to 1970s, as well as some television series of the same genre. On March 1, 2010, it became a Canadian version of Sundance Channel, and it was eventually shut down on March 27, 2018.

* [[Creator/{{Teletoon}} Télétoon]]*: French-language version of what was formerly known as Teletoon, which also airs a few programs from YTV and Treehouse. Also has a late-night program block aimed at adults named [[Creator/TeletoonAtNight Télétoon la nuit]].
* [[Creator/TreehouseTV Treehouse]]: A preschool-targeting network named after the former YTV programming block.

* Creator/{{Teletoon}}*: Canada's national animation channel. Teletoon started out as a joint venture between many family-oriented broadcasters and companies before Corus ultimately bought out Astral Media's 50% ownership stake in January 2014. In addition to its own output of commissioned shows, Teletoon has also co-commissioned several series with Creator/CartoonNetwork, having aired many on CN’s own shows too. In 2023, the channel rebranded as Cartoon Network while the existing Canadian version of said channel that was launched in 2012 became a version of Creator/{{Boomerang}}.

** Télétoon Rétro, french-language version of Teletoon Retro.

* Creator/TreehouseTV: A preschool-targeting network named after the former YTV programming block.

* Cartoon Network*[[note]]The Canadian version of the [[Creator/CartoonNetwork CN]] channel, previously known as Creator/{{Teletoon}} until 2023[[/note]]: Canada's national animation channel. Teletoon started out as a joint venture between many family-oriented broadcasters and companies before Corus ultimately bought out Astral Media's 50% ownership stake in January 2014. In addition to its own output of commissioned shows, Teletoon has also co-commissioned several series with Creator/CartoonNetwork, having aired many on CN’s own shows too. In 2023, the channel rebranded as Cartoon Network while the existing Canadian version of said channel became a version of Creator/{{Boomerang}}.
** Télétoon*: the French-language version, which also air a few programs from YTV and Treehouse. Also has a late-night program block aimed at adults named [[Creator/TeletoonAtNight Télétoon la nuit]].

* Movie Central*: One of Canada's designated premium Pay-TV services. It was originally known as ''Superchannel'' and was marketed under the ''First Choice Superchannel'' banner, alongside what was then known as ''First Choice'', later known as ''The Movie Network'', and now known as ''Crave''. In 1989, both services split: Superchannel was broadcast in Western Canada, while The Movie Network was broadcast in Eastern Canada. In 2016, Movie Central was shut down, allowing The Movie Network to expand westward.

* Creator/TeletoonRetro: A spinoff of Teletoon based on the program block of the same name. With the channel's launch in 2007, Teletoon also briefly brought back the block on weeknights before the late-night ''Detour'' block. Despite having over 9 million subscribers and being more popular with viewers than Teletoon itself, it was shut down in September 2015 to expand Creator/CartoonNetwork's coverage and make room for Creator/DisneyChannel.

Corus Entertainment also owns or has owned Canadian versions of Creator/AdultSwim (Relaunched as a 24-hour channel in 2019), Boomerang, Creator/{{CMT}}, Creator/CookingChannel, [[Magazine/{{Cosmopolitan}} Cosmopolitan TV]] (Defunct), Crime and Investigation Network*, [[Creator/DiscoveryFamily Discovery Kids]] (Defunct), Creator/DisneyChannel, Disney Junior, Creator/DisneyXD, Magnolia Network*, Creator/FoodNetwork*, FYI* (Defunct), HGTV*, [[Creator/{{TheHistoryChannel}} History]]*, [[Creator/{{H2}} History2]]*, IFC* (Defunct), Creator/{{Lifetime}}*, Mediaset Italia (Italian; sold to TLN), [[Creator/{{NationalGeographicChannel}} National Geographic Channel]]*, Creator/NatGeoWild*, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, Creator/{{Nick Jr}} (which exists as a daily program block), Oprah Winfrey Network, [=Sky TG24=] (Sold to TLN), Sundance Channel ([=SundanceTV=]; defunct), and Creator/{{Univision}} (Spanish; sold to TLN).

* Cartoon Network*[[note]]Previously known as Creator/{{Teletoon}} until 2023[[/note]]: Canada's national animation channel. Teletoon started out as a joint venture between many family-oriented broadcasters and companies before Corus ultimately bought out Astral Media's 50% ownership stake in January 2014. In addition to its own output of commissioned shows, Teletoon has also co-commissioned several series with Creator/CartoonNetwork, having aired many on CN’s own shows too. In 2023, the channel rebranded as Cartoon Network while the existing Canadian version of said channel became a version of Creator/{{Boomerang}}.

* Cartoon Network[[note]]Previously known as Creator/{{Teletoon}}[[/note]]*: Canada's national animation channel. Teletoon started out as a joint venture between many family-oriented broadcasters and companies before Corus ultimately bought out Astral Media's 50% ownership stake in January 2014. In addition to its own output of commissioned shows, Teletoon has also co-commissioned several series with Creator/CartoonNetwork, having aired many on CN’s own shows too. In 2023, the channel rebranded as Cartoon Network while the existing Canadian version of said channel became a version of Creator/{{Boomerang}}.