Teletoon Retro

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Teletoon Retro
Teletoon Retro logo
Launched	October 1, 2007
Owned by	Teletoon Canada Inc. (Astral Media - 50% Corus Entertainment - 50%)
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario
Sister channel(s)	Teletoon (English) Télétoon (French) Télétoon Rétro (French)
Website	Teletoon Retro
Availability
Satellite
Bell TV	Channel 599
Shaw Direct	Channel 536
Cable
Available on many Canadian cable systems	Check local listings, channels may vary

Teletoon Retro (stylized as TELETOON Retro) is a Canadian English language category 2 digital cable specialty channel based on the Teletoon programming block Teletoon Retro. The service consists of animation series from Canada and around the world, all of which commenced production at least 10 years prior to their exhibition. Teletoon Retro is owned by Teletoon Canada Inc; a 50/50 partnership between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment.

[edit] History

Teletoon Retro originally began as a programming block on Teletoon. On November 24, 2000, TELETOON Canada Inc was given approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a national English language category 2 specialty channel named TELETOON RETRO.^[1] The channel never made it to air.

Plans to launch the channel arose again in 2005, when on October 25, TELETOON Canada Inc was given approval once again to launch Teletoon Retro.^[2] The channel eventually launched at 6:00 p.m. EST on October 1, 2007.^[3]

A French language counterpart, titled Télétoon Rétro, which had been given approval to launch at the same time as Teletoon Retro, launched on September 4, 2008.

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• Teletoon Retro