Corus Entertainment

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Corus Entertainment Inc.
Type Public (TSX: CJR.B NYSE: CJR)
Founded Flag of Canada Toronto, Ontario (1999)
Headquarters Flag of Canada Toronto, Ontario
Key people John M. Cassaday
President / CEO
Heather Shaw
Executive Chair
Industry Media
Products Broadcasting, Advertising, Publishing, Television production
Revenue ▲$768.7 million CAD
Employees 3,000 (2007)
Website www.corusent.com

Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B NYSE: CJR) is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company.

Corus is a leading Canadian specialty television and radio producer, with additional assets in pay television, advertising and digital audio services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's animation. The company’s multimedia entertainment brands include YTV, Treehouse TV, W Network, Movie Central, CMT, Encore Avenue, Nelvana, Kids Can Press and radio stations including CKNW, CKOI, CILQ (Q107 Toronto), and CKRY (Country 105 Calgary). Corus creates engaging branded entertainment experiences for its audiences across multiple platforms. Corus Entertainment's voting majority is held by the company's founder JR Shaw and his family, which also owns Shaw Communications, from which Corus was spun off in 1999.

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[edit] Board of Directors

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

[edit] Key Executives

  • John Cassaday, President and CEO
  • Heather Shaw, Executive Chair

[edit] Assets

[edit] Television

[edit] Conventional television stations

Corus Entertainment's list of stations and transmitters, screenshot from CHEX-TV.
Corus Entertainment's list of stations and transmitters, screenshot from CHEX-TV.

[edit] Specialty television services

In addition, Corus also has an ownership interest in Qubo, a United States-based children's programming block and digital television network; and KidsCo, a European children's specialty channel.

It was announced on March 7, 2008 that Corus will be acquiring CLT from CTVglobemedia.

[edit] Premium television services

[edit] Radio stations

[edit] Production

  • Nelvana; a production and distribution company of children's animation programs

[edit] Publishing

  • Kids Can Press; a children's book publishing company

[edit] Advertising & marketing

  • Corus Custom Networks; a television advertising service
  • DeepSky; a marketing company

[edit] Other

  • Max Trax; a digital television music radio service

[edit] External links

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