Teletoon

Canadians select fave retro toon characters

Bugs Bunny has snagged the top spot in Canada’s Teletoon Retro Hall of Fame campaign, which invited consumers to vote for their top-five toon characters of all time.

Teletoon green-lights Fugget About It

Teletoon has green-lit Fugget About It from 9 Story Entertainment. The 13-part series is the first commissioned from the Teletoon at Night Pilot Project.

Teletoon packs more action into Sunday morning

The cartoon channel’s schedule for the new year adds three new shows and new seasons of two favorites.

Teletoon Retro wants to hear from you

The cartoon channel is asking viewers which classic characters deserve to be the inaugural inductees into the hall of fame.

Hasbro Studios inks output deal with Corus

Hasbro Studios, the year-old L.A.-based production and distribution division of toy giant Hasbro, has inked a volume licensing deal with Canadian broadcaster Corus Entertainment for a whack of its animated and live-action fare.

CCI and Teletoon partner with Groundspeak for GeoFreakZ

CCI Entertainment and Teletoon are tapping into the five million active members on geocaching.com for its latest game and TV series GeoFreaZ.

Teletoon kicks off new A18-34 block Sunday

Teletoon is getting ready to add some personality – and its very first personality – as Teletoon at Night launches this Sunday evening at 10 p.m.

Teletoon at Night gets Fred

The Edge 102.1’s “Fearless” Fred Kennedy is set to host the channel’s late-night programming block on Sundays.

Shaw Rocket Prize finalists announced

The Shaw Rocket Fund, the not-for-profit corporation dedicated to supporting Canadian youth and family television programming, has announced the five finalists for this year’s $50,000 prize awarded to the best Canadian program targeted to children between the ages of six and 12.

Teletoon and Nerd Corps develop Endangered Species

Vancouver-based Nerd Corps Entertainment’s latest original series is moving into development with animation net Teletoon.

Bruce McDonald: Interview with a vampire director

Bruce McDonald isn’t exactly known for directing films about the blood-sucking undead. But there’s a first time for everything and that’s part of what attracted the award-winning Canuck director to the upcoming family feature My Babysitter’s a Vampire.

Teletoon sources music from Audio Network

Music producer and supplier Audio Network has added Teletoon to its stable of channels.