Corus Entertainment

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Corus Entertainment TSX: [CJR.NV.B] NYSE: [CJR] is a Canadian entertainment company, headquarted in Toronto, Ontario, which owns television networks, digital music channels and 51 radio stations across Canada. It made its debut on September 1, 1999. Corus also owns Nelvana Limited, a producer and distributor of children's programming.

Corus is controlled by the family of J.R. Shaw, which also owns Shaw Communications, from which Corus was spun off in 1999.

Contents

1 Corporate governance
2 Assets

2.1 Television stations
2.2 Cable networks
2.3 Production
2.4 Radio

3 External links

Corporate governance

Current members of the board of directors of Corus Entertainment are: Pierre Béland, John Cassaday, Dennis Erker, Wendy Leaney, Dorothy McDonald, Ronald Rogers, Cathy Roozen, Terrance Royer, Julie Shaw, and Heather Shaw.

Assets

Television stations

Cable networks

YTV
Treehouse TV
Country Music Television Canada (CMT)
Movie Central (formerly SuperChannel and MovieMax!)
W Network
Documentary Channel
Discovery Kids Canada
Scream

Max Trax, a digital television music radio service

In addition, Corus has ownership interests in Teletoon & Télétoon (50%), Telelatino (50.5%), Food Network Canada (19.9%) and Locomotion (50%).

Production

Nelvana (animation production company)

Radio

Barrie - CHAY, CIQB
Burlington - CJXY
Calgary - CFGQ, CHQR, CKRY
Cambridge - CJDV
Collingwood - CKCB
Cornwall - CFLG, CJSS, CJUL
Edmonton - CHED, CHQT, CKNG, CISN
Gatineau - CJRC
Guelph - CIMJ, CJOY
Hamilton - CHML, CING
Kingston - CFFX, CFMK
London - CFPL, CFPL-FM
Montmagny - CFEL
Montreal - CFQR, CHMP, CINF, CINW, CKAC, CKOI
Peterborough - CKRU, CKWF
Quebec City - CFOM, CHRC
Saguenay - CKRS
Saint-Jérôme - CIME
Sherbrooke - CHLT
St. Thomas - CFHK
Toronto - CFMJ, CFNY, CILQ
Trois-Rivières - CHLN
Vancouver - CFMI, CFOX, CHMJ, CKNW
Winnipeg - CJKR, CJOB
Woodstock - CKDK

External links

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