Discovery Kids (Canadian TV channel)
Country | Canada |
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Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
Ownership | |
Owner | Corus Entertainment (80% & managing partner) Discovery Communications (20%) |
Discovery Kids was a Canadian English language category 2 digital cable specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment and Discovery Communications.
Discovery Kids was dedicated to informative and entertaining programming for children with an emphasis on real-life adventures, nature, technology, science and wildlife from all over the world.
History[edit]
In December 2000, Corus Entertainment, on behalf of an organization to be incorporated, was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch Discovery Kids, described as "a national English-language Category 2 specialty television service that offers children of all ages a fun, entertaining way to satisfy their natural curiosity with stimulating, imaginative programming that asks the questions of how? and why? and awakens the power of the mind."[1]
The channel was launched on September 3, 2001,[2] with the Earth Science for Children episode "All About Fossils" as the first program to air on the channel. Discovery Communications purchased a minority stake in the service either prior to or shortly after the channel's launch.
In September 2009, Corus confirmed it would shut down Discovery Kids.[3] The channel was replaced on most service providers on November 2 with Nickelodeon Canada, which however, operates under a licence originally intended for a "YTV OneWorld" network. Because it operates under a separate licence, cable and satellite companies that carried Discovery Kids would not automatically receive the new channel unless they negotiated for carriage.[4]
The final program on Discovery Kids Canada at 5:30 AM that day was Aquateam. During that show, the channel aired promotions of shows airing that week (which ironically never aired due to the changeover to Nickelodeon.) Following that, they aired a non-narrated message promoting the launch of Nickelodeon in the place of Discovery Kids. After a brief short about statues made out of marble glass, the change to Nickelodeon unceremoniously took place at 6AM.
Programming[edit]
Former[edit]
- A20 (2001-05)
- Adventure Camp (2003-09)
- Adventure Quest (2001-02)
- The Adventures of A.R.K. (2001-05)
- Animal Atlas (2005-09)
- Animal Magnetism (2004-05)
- Aquateam (2009)
- Are We There Yet?: World Adventure (2007-09)
- Bindi the Jungle Girl (2007-09)
- Bonehead Detectives (2001-08)
- Buck Staghorn's Animal Bites (2001-05)
- Canadian Geography For Kids (2005-09)
- Cosmic Quantum Ray (2009)
- Cyberchase (2006-09)
- Earth Science for Children (2001-03)
- Earth Science In Action (2001-05)
- Endurance (2003-09)
- The Extreme Edge (2002-04)
- The Future Is Wild (2009)
- Get Outta Town (2007-09)
- Ghost Trackers (2005-09)
- Girlz TV (2005-08)
- Grossology (2006-09)
- Henry's Amazing Animals (2005-09)
- Home On Their Own (2007-09)
- How 2 (2001-05)
- Incredible Story Studio (2004-05)
- Jacques Cousteau's Ocean Tales (2002-07)
- Jaws & Claws (2001-08)
- Jep! (2001-05)
- Jungle Run (2001-09)
- Kids@Discovery (2001-08)
- Kratts' Creatures (2007-09)
- The Magic School Bus (2005-09)
- Martin Mystery (2005-09)
- Monster Warriors (2006-09)
- My Brand New Life (2004-08)
- Mystery Hunters (2002-09)
- Next Wave (2001-05)
- Operation Junkyard (2003-07)
- Outward Bound USA (2001-07)
- PE-TV (2004-08)
- Popular Mechanics For Kids (2004-09)
- Prank Patrol (2005-09)
- Prehistoric Planet (2003-05)
- Real Kids, Real Adventures (2001-05)
- Road Scholars (2003-07)
- Sail Away (2001-05)
- Sci-Q (2008-09)
- Skunked TV (2005-08)
- Spy Academy (2004-09)
- Surprise! It's Edible Incredible! (2007-09)
- Suzuki's Nature Quest (2001-08)
- Time Masters (2001-05)
- Timeblazers (2003-09)
- Totally Wild (2001-05)
- Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls (2003-09)
- Truth or Scare (2002–09)
- Uh Oh! (2002-09)
- Ultimate Guide to the Awesome (2001-08)
- Very Odd Jobs (2004-08)
- A Walk In Your Shoes (2002-05)
- Wheel 2000 (2002-03)
- Willa's Wild Life (2008-09)
- Wild Kat (2001-04)
- Wild Lives (2002-09)
- Wild Thing (2001-05)
- Y? (2001-05)
- YAA! to the M@x (2001-05)
- The Zack Files (2004-06)
- Zoom (2001-08)
- The Zula Patrol (2007-09)
References[edit]
- ^ Decision CRTC 2000-525 CRTC 2000-12-14
- ^ DISCOVERY KIDS LAUNCHES WITH A UNIQUE BLEND OF “EDU-TAINMENT” Corus Entertainment press release 2001-08-08
- ^ Corus optimistic for fiscal 2010; The Hollywood Reporter; 2009-09-28
- ^ Corus shuttering Discovery Kids, will re-brand Sex TV and Drive-In Classics channels; Cartt.ca; 2009-09-30
See also[edit]
- Discovery Kids (U.S.)
- Discovery Kids (UK)