Cartoon Brew

Teletoon Retro’s New Awareness Campaign Invites Consumers to Induct Characters into the Teletoon Retro Hall of Fame

(Toronto, ON, November 11, 2010) — Is Bugs the most beloved or does Tweety take the cake? TELETOON Retro has launched a national awareness campaign in English Canada to increase familiarity and ...
TV Technology

French-language TELETOON Retro to launch with BroadView

Animation network TELETOON Canada has expanded its suite of BroadView Software's broadcast management systems. With BroadView, TELETOON is able to scale its operation and leverage its brand while ...
World Screen

French-Language Version of TELETOON Retro Set for Fall Premiere

Raccoons), Tom et Jerry (The Tom & Jerry Show) and Bugs Bunny et Tweety (The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show). Additional carriage is currently being secured for the new French-language channel. To promote ...
Cartoon Brew

TELETOON Retro Looking For Top 5 Classic Cartoon Crushes in Honor of Valentine’s Day

(Toronto, ON, January 19, 2012) — Who sets more hearts aflutter: He-Man or Pepé Le Pew? Smurfette or Lois Lane? As Valentine’s Day approaches, TELETOON Retro is asking viewers to vote for the most ...
Animation Magazine

TELETOON Canada Goes Retro

Canadian broadcaster TELETOON will offer viewers a dedicated destination for classic cartoons with the launch of TELETOON Retro. Spotlighting the antics of such beloved characters as Bugs Bunny, Fred ...
The Globe and Mail

Len Cochrane: Teletoon Retro reinvents specialty TV

When a television viewer comes across Teletoon Retro on the TV dial, there isn't much they won't recognize almost immediately. Since it was launched last fall, the channel has been home to some of the ...
World Screen

TELETOON Retro Gears Up for Canadian Rollout

carriers are expected to be finalized by the time of the launch, which is set for 6 p.m. on October 1. “TELETOON Retro lets you be a kid again,” said Len Cochrane, the president of TELETOON Canada.
kidscreen

Corus to shut down Teletoon Retro

Canada’s Corus Entertainment is pulling the plug on Teletoon Retro. The channel, which features throwback cartoons such as Looney Tunes and ScoobyDoo, will go off-air on September 1, 2015. The ...
kidscreen

Teletoon Retro launches second-screen trivia game

Earlier this year, a study conducted by Canada’s Teletoon Retro found that 80% of Canadians parents watch cartoons with their kids weekly. So it seems fitting that the channel has now launched Toon ...
Animation Magazine

Teletoon Retro Reaches 8 Million Homes in Canada

You can’t say that Canada doesn’t love cartoons: The Teletoon Retro channel, which airs classic cartoons ranging from Tom & Jerry and The Flintstones to Spider-Man and The Transformers, has become the ...
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Corus to shut down Teletoon Retro

The channel, which features throwback cartoon programming such as Looney Tunes and ScoobyDoo, will go off the air on Sept. 1, 2015. Corus Entertainment is pulling the plug on Teletoon Retro. The ...