YTV Toon

YTV Toon, simply known as Toon, was a Canadian English language specialty television channel owned by Corus Entertainment based on its sister channel, YTV. YTV Toon only aired animated programming, mostly from YTV and Teletoon. YTV Toon operated two time-shifted feeds, running on both Eastern and Pacific Time Zone schedules. It was available in over 6 million Canadian households as of June 13, 2012.
==History==
Following the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) giving Corus Entertainment a license for another animation-based channel, YTV Toon was put into development on August 9, 2002, but never made it to television because of YTV and Teletoon's animation successes.
Although YTV was still successful, the plans rose again in 2004, when YTV was given permission to launch the new channel. Thusly, in October, YTV Toon was launched, dedicated to animated programs only.
On October 26, 2011, a report showed that the channel was suffering from a serious viewership decline. While there were millions of households where YTV Toon was available, people were ignoring the channel as a whole due to YTV. Thusly, YTV Toon began to air acquired programs from both the American and Canadian Nickelodeon and the American Cartoon Network, which did not have much effect.
On June 22, 2013, Corus announced that YTV Toon would be shut down sometime in 2014, being sold to Bell Media for $240 million CAD. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on March 30, 2014. On April 16, 2014, Bell Media announced that following a deal with the American mass media company Short Media, the channel would be replaced by a Canadian version of Game Channel on May 6, 2014.
The channel was shut down at 11:57 pm on May 5, 2014, with the Canadian version of Game Channel beginning its operations at 12:00 am EST on May 6, 2014.
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2004
Category:Defunct
Category:Canada
Category:Corus Entertainment
Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2014