Toronto, Canada- Corus Entertainment announced the appointment of Deirdre Brennan as Vice President of Content, Corus Kids. A highly respected global leader in children’s content, Deirdre will oversee all content aspects of the Corus Kids portfolio, which includes YTV, Treehouse, Nickelodeon, TELETOON, Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD in Canada. She will lead Corus Kids’ original programming, acquisitions and scheduling teams, and will be responsible for the … [Read more...] about Corus appoints VP content
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Playback’s Channel of the Year
Toronto, Canada- Corus Entertainment’s W Network has been named Channel of the Year by Playback Magazine in their “Best of the Year” Winter 2015 issue. Key factors contributing to this is W Network’s strong original programming strategy, deep understanding of its women’s audience and efforts to push into digital content. “It is an honour to receive this recognition from Playback,” said John MacDonald, Executive Vice President, Television, Head of Corus … [Read more...] about Playback’s Channel of the Year
Weekly Launches
Corus launches Disney XD Toronto, ON- Corus Entertainment will launch Disney XD this December, becoming the official home of all Disney networks in Canada. Disney XD will be available to subscribers across (English) Canada beginning 1 December. VOX Germany breaks record Munich- The German version of Spanish mega success series Polseres Vermelles (Red Bracelets) premiered on prime time VOX with record ratings. The first two episodes of Club der roten Bänder (10x60’) had racked … [Read more...] about Weekly Launches
Latest Deals
India’s first digital reality UDigital’s Arré is set to launch India’s first ever digital reality show based on Armoza’s social experiment, Re-Gender. The show recently aired on Germany’s ZDFneo, performing 25% above the channel’s average slot among the target 14-49 audience. Production for the flagship show will begin in November. beIN deals with Prime beIN has inked a major framework agreement with Prime Entertainment Group for the launch of … [Read more...] about Latest Deals
Corus announces premarket deals
Cannes- Following Corus Entertainment’s announcement on expanding its distribution presence with original content at MIPCOM this year, the company has secured two premarket U.S. deals that include the sale of Cheer Stars (working title) to ABC Family and the U.S. broadcast rights of the renovation series Masters of Flip to Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. Both series are part of a growing slate of properties for international distribution … [Read more...] about Corus announces premarket deals
Corus launches WATCH Disney Channel app
Toronto, ON- Corus Entertainment’s Disney Channel, the only destination to watch premieres, new episodes of fan-favourite series and original movies, announced the launch of the WATCH Disney Channel app. As part of Corus’ full suite of TV Everywhere apps, the WATCH Disney Channel app is available at no additional charge to Disney Channel subscribers and can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store or Google Play in Canada. Users will receive an … [Read more...] about Corus launches WATCH Disney Channel app
