One-time items dented the broadcaster’s bottom line, despite overall revenues rising 14%.
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Corus Entertainment is adding a slew of original and returning shows to YTV and Teletoon for this fall and next year.
The broadcaster showed the benefits of acquiring the former Astral Media assets Historia, Series + and Teletoon as it unveiled its latest financial results.
Toronto’s Corus Entertainment has revealed a divisional restructure based on the programming schedules of YTV and Teletoon being managed separately.
Higher TV revenues were offset by lower radio revenues as the broadcaster released its first quarter earnings on Tuesday.
DEC 23 – The announcement comes days after the CRTC approved Corus’ purchase of the remaining 50% stake in the channel it did not own.
While okaying the takeover of the former Astral Media assets from Bell Media, the regulator imposed key anti-competitive measures given ownership ties between Corus and Shaw Communications.
The game, created with Secret Location, lets players earn guitar picks as in-game currency, create custom scene transitions and includes a contest tie-in.
The Vancouver-based co, home to such shows as Atomic Betty and Rocket Monkeys (pictured), has formed a three-year joint venture agreement with fellow Canadian animation studio Yeti Farm Creative.
Breakthrough Entertainment received a renewed order from Teletoon for the space-comedy animated series.