TeleNiños
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Telelatino Network Inc. Corus Entertainment (50.5%) Italo Rosati (16.5%) Romeo Di Battista (16.5%) Joseph Vitale (16.5%) |
TeleNiños is a Canadian Category B Spanish language specialty channel owned by Telelatino Network Inc, a consortium primarily owned by Corus Entertainment. TeleNiños broadcasts programming primarily aimed at children in addition to select family-oriented programming.
History
In October 2011, Telelatino Network was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called All Spanish Children’s Television, described as "a national, niche third-language ethnic specialty Category B service devoted to providing programming to the Spanish-speaking community or to Canadians of Hispanic descent, and who are from preschool age to seventeen years of age."[1]
The channel launched on November 1, 2011 as TeleNiños, exclusively on Vidéotron.[2] On December 4, 2014, TeleNiños launched on Bell Fibe TV. On May 31, 2016, TeleNiños launched on Cogeco.[3]
Programming
TeleNiños broadcasts programming for kids of all ages, as well family-oriented programming.
Program list
- The Adventures of Paddington Bear
- Are You Afraid of the Dark?
- Arthur
- The Busy World of Richard Scarry
- Caillou
- Dark Oracle
- The Little Lulu Show
- Mona the Vampire
- The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- Space Cases
- Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
- Wimzie's House
- Zoboomafoo
References
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-637 CRTC 2011-10-05
- ^ Videotron Launches Three New Spanish-Language Channels Marketwire 2011-11-01
- ^ Cogeco Brings Telelatino Network TV Channels to Half Million Ontario Subscribers
External links
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