Corus Entertainment Inc.
Type Public (TSXCJR.B NYSECJR)
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 2,086 (2008)[1]
Website www.corusent.com

Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSXCJR.B NYSECJR) 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, Teletoon, 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 cable operator Shaw Communications, from which Corus was spun off in 1999. To this day, news articles involving the company sometimes claim, erroneously, that Corus is a Shaw subsidiary. However the companies continue to have close ties due to their common ownership; for example, Corus manages advertising services (e.g. TV listings and informercial channels) for Shaw-owned cable systems, and Shaw is a frequent national advertiser on Corus channels despite its regionalized footprint.

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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.

Key executives

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

Assets

Television

Conventional television stations

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

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.

Premium television services

Radio stations

British Columbia

Vancouver

Alberta

Calgary

Edmonton

Manitoba

Winnipeg

Ontario

Toronto

Hamilton

Barrie

Burlington

Cambridge

Collingwood

Cornwall

Guelph

Woodstock

Kingston

Kitchener

London

Peterborough

St. Thomas

Quebec

Montreal
  • CKOI-FM 96,9
  • CHMP 98,5 fm
  • CKAC Sports 730 AM
  • Info 690 CINF-AM / Corus Nouvelles
  • Q92-FM
  • 940 Hits CINW-AM

Quebec city

Sherbrooke
  • 102,1 fm CHLT, Estrie's talk FM
  • CKOY-FM

Gatineau

Trois-Rivières

Saguenay

St-Jérôme


Production

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

Publishing

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

Advertising & marketing

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

Internet

Québec

Sherbrooke
  • (French) CKOY.ca site officiel de CKOY-FM à Sherbrooke

Québec (ville)

St-Jérôme
  • (French) CIME.fm site officiel de CIME-FM à St-Jérôme

Montréal

Other

  • Max Trax; a digital television music radio service

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ "Company Profile for Corus Entertainment Inc (CJR)". Retrieved on 2008-10-08.


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