Discovery Kids (Canadian TV channel)
Country | Canada |
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Broadcast area | National |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
Ownership | |
Owner | Corus Entertainment (80% & managing partner) Discovery Communications (20%) |
Sister channels | YTV Treehouse TV |
History | |
Launched | September 3, 2001 (8 years, 60 days) |
Closed | November 2, 2009 |
Replaced by | Nickelodeon (most cable providers) |
Discovery Kids was a defunct Canadian English language specialty television channel owned by Corus Entertainment and Discovery Communications
It was a Canadian version of the U.S. channel of the same name (now known as Discovery Family), which aired children's programming oriented towards nature, science, and technology subjects.
History[]
In December 2000, Corus Entertainment, on behalf of an organization to be incorporated, was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch Discovery Kids, described as "a national English-language Category 2 specialty television service that offers children of all ages a fun, entertaining way to satisfy their natural curiosity with stimulating, imaginative programming that asks the questions of how? and why? and awakens the power of the mind."[1]
The channel was launched on September 3, 2001,[2] with the episode "All About Fossils" being the first program to air on the network. Discovery Communications purchased a minority stake in the service either prior to or shortly after the channel's launch.
In September 2009, Corus confirmed it would shut down the channel, with no reason being given.[3] The channel was replaced on most service providers on November 2 with a Canadian version of Nickelodeon, which however, operates under a licence originally intended for a "YTV OneWorld" network. Because it operates under a separate licence, cable and satellite companies that carried Discovery Kids would not automatically receive the new channel unless they negotiated for carriage.[4] Discovery had announced that it would also relaunch the U.S. version of the network in a joint venture with Hasbro.[5][6]
References[]
- ^ Decision CRTC 2000-525 CRTC 2000-12-14
- ^ DISCOVERY KIDS LAUNCHES WITH A UNIQUE BLEND OF “EDU-TAINMENT” Corus Entertainment press release 2001-08-08
- ^ Corus optimistic for fiscal 2010; The Hollywood Reporter; 2009-09-28
- ^ Corus is shuttering Discovery Kids, they will re-brand the Sex TV and Drive-In Classics channels; Cartt.ca; 2009-09-30
- ^ Flint, Joe (January 14, 2010). "Discovery and Hasbro Name New Kids Channel "The Hub"". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
- ^ Schneider, Michael (April 30, 2009). "Hasbro Nabs Discovery Kids Stake". Variety. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
See also[]
- Discovery Kids (U.S.)
- Discovery Kids (UK)
- Discovery Kids
- Children's television networks in Canada
- Former Corus Entertainment subsidiaries
- Defunct Canadian television channels
- Television channels and stations established in 2001
- Television channels and stations disestablished in 2009
- 2001 establishments in Canada
- 2009 disestablishments in Canada
- Digital cable television networks in Canada