Teletoon Retro
Encyclopedia
Teletoon Retro is a Canadian
English language
Category B specialty channel
based on the Teletoon
programming block Teletoon Retro. The service consists of animation series from Canada
and around the world, all of which commenced production at least 10 years prior to their exhibition. Teletoon Retro is owned by Teletoon Canada Inc; a 50/50 partnership between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment.
Plans to launch the channel arose again in 2005, when on October 25, TELETOON Canada Inc was given approval once again to launch Teletoon Retro. The channel eventually launched at 6:00 p.m. EST on October 1, 2007.
A French language counterpart, titled Télétoon Rétro
, which had been given approval to launch at the same time as Teletoon Retro, launched on September 4, 2008.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
Category B specialty channel
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....
based on the Teletoon
Télétoon (Canadian TV channel)
Télétoon is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel that specializes in animation programming. Télétoon is owned by Teletoon Canada Inc; a 50/50 partnership between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment...
programming block Teletoon Retro. The service consists of animation series from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and around the world, all of which commenced production at least 10 years prior to their exhibition. Teletoon Retro is owned by Teletoon Canada Inc; a 50/50 partnership between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment.
History
Teletoon Retro originally began as a programming block on Teletoon. On November 24, 2000, TELETOON Canada Inc was given approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a national English language category 2 specialty channel named TELETOON RETRO. The channel never made it to air.Plans to launch the channel arose again in 2005, when on October 25, TELETOON Canada Inc was given approval once again to launch Teletoon Retro. The channel eventually launched at 6:00 p.m. EST on October 1, 2007.
A French language counterpart, titled Télétoon Rétro
Télétoon Rétro
Télétoon Rétro is a Canadian French language Category B specialty channel. It is based on the Télétoon programming block, Télétoon Rétro. The service consists of animation series from Canada and around the world, all of which commenced production at least 10 years prior to their exhibition...
, which had been given approval to launch at the same time as Teletoon Retro, launched on September 4, 2008.
See also
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- Disney Junior (French)
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- Teletoon (English)
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- Télétoon Rétro (French)Télétoon RétroTélétoon Rétro is a Canadian French language Category B specialty channel. It is based on the Télétoon programming block, Télétoon Rétro. The service consists of animation series from Canada and around the world, all of which commenced production at least 10 years prior to their exhibition...
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