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Corus Entertainment
Corus raises Q1 earnings, despite overall revenue fall
The indie broadcaster saw lower TV ad sales impact its revenue line, as higher radio returns offset a fall in overall TV revenue.
Corus takes over operations of iVillage Canada
The company has deepened its partnership with NBCUniversal and will rep the ad inventory for the network of women’s lifestyle sites.
KidsCo broadcast duties land at Corus Entertainment
The international kids channel, a joint venture with NBCUniversal, will now be run out of Corus Quay in Toronto.
Tactica Interactive launches Million Dollar Neighbourhood app
The free Facebook app uses face-morphing software to age viewers’ photographs into older, wiser versions of themselves, who then provide viewers with action plans, tips and advice for fiscal health.
Corus launches new YTV prank series
Extreme Babysitting is an original prank series for families, produced by General Purpose Pictures and CCI Entertainment in association with YTV and slated to premiere Jan. 5.
Nelvana’s Franklin plunges into Sea World
The Corus-owned kids company has secured a multi-platform partnership with SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment that will incorporate its hit preschool property into the new SeaWorld Kids brand.
Weekly roundup: Award noms, renewals and premieres
Lionsgate’s B.C.-shot Cabin in the Woods (pictured) received a best sci-fi/horror movie category nomination in the Critics’ Choice Awards, and word comes that Film Nova Scotia is being overhauled.
Nerds and Monsters begins production
Corus Entertainment greenlit the animated series from Vancouver-based Slap Happy Cartoons Inc. for YTV.
Corus defends OWN Canada learning mandate before the CRTC
The Canadian licensee of the American talk show queen’s network debated with the regulator what TV educational content looks like, and how it can be increased on the specialty network.
Peppa Pig comes to Canada via new Corus deal
Entertainment One Family has sold seasons one to six of its hit Astley Baker Davies-produced series Peppa Pig to Corus Entertainment’s 24-hour preschool net, Treehouse.
Quebecor Fund backs Quebec versions of The Voice, Dragon’s Den
Non-fiction projects, including adaptations of these successful English-language programs, dominate the latest batch of Quebecor Fund’s main television production assistance program.
New Nelvana titles to kick off KidsCo 2013 sked
Series including Grossology, Jacob Two-Two and Babar will premiere on the channel, a joint venture owned by NBCUniversal and Toronto-based Corus Entertainment.
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