Télétoon

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Télétoon (stylized as TĒLĒTOON) is a Canadian French language specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment that broadcasts animated series aimed at children, teenagers, and adults. Its name is a portmanteau of "télévision" and "cartoon". Télétoon launched on September 8, 1997, as a bilingual service owned by Teletoon Canada, Inc. – a consortium of Western International Communications and Astral Media (via their specialty channel Family Channel), Shaw Communications (via its specialty channel YTV), and the animation studios Cinar and Nelvana. With subsequent acquisitions and divestments, Corus became the sole owner in 2014. As with Télétoon's English-language counterpart, which launched in October 1997 as "Teletoon", the channel has aired a mix of domestic productions and imported series, with many of the latter coming from U.S. channel Cartoon Network. A Canadian version of Cartoon Network would launch as a sister channel in 2012, under license from Turner Broadcasting. In March 2023...

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