2011 present logo launched october 17 1997 ; 18 years ago 1997 10 17 owned by astral media 53.3 % shaw communications 26.6 % cinar and nelvana with 10 % each 1997 2013 corus entertainment 2014 present picture format 1080i hdtv 2012 present 480i sdtv 1997 present slogan it s unreal country canada language english broadcast area national headquarters toronto ontario sister channel s t l toon cartoon network ytv nickelodeon treehouse tv disney channel disney la cha ne disney junior disney xd abc spark timeshift service teletoon east teletoon west website teletoon availability satellite bell tv channel 554 east channel 555 west channel 1653 hd shaw direct channel 544 171 east channel 545 172 west channel 72 572 hd cable available on many canadian cable systems . check local listings channels may vary iptv bell aliant channel 254 sd channel 502 hd bell fibe tv channel 554 east channel 555 west channel 1554 east hd mts channel 151 east channel 152 west channel 1151 east hd optik tv channel 623 east channel 9622 west channel 622 west hd sasktel channel 90 east channel 95 west vmedia channel 45 east hd zazeen channel 145 east hd teletoon stylized as teletoon is a canadian english language category a specialty channel owned by corus entertainment that broadcasts animated programming . its name is a portmanteau of television and cartoon . the channel primarily airs various animated series including both original and imported content . its daytime programming is aimed at children and younger teenagers while nighttime shows are targeted at older teenagers and adults . teletoon operates two timeshift feeds running on eastern and pacific schedules . along with t l toon it is available in over 7.3 million canadian households as of november 2013 . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 ownership 2 programming 2.1 original series 2.2 programming blocks 2.2.1 current 2.2.2 yearly 2.2.3 former 3 the related services 3.1 teletoon hd 3.2 teletoon on demand 3.3 teletoon at night 3.4 teletoon retro 3.5 t l toon 4 logos 5 references 6 external links history logo used from 1997 to 2007 . early variants had a more 3d appearance and colour variations of the border around the logo sometimes lacking one entirely . it was licensed in 1996 by the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc 2 3 after a related application for a channel to be called fun tv had been denied . 4 the channel was launched on october 17 1997 5 with the first episode of caillou . 6 at the time it was known as the animation station before later adding and then switching to its current slogan it s unreal 7 when teletoon was launched in 1997 it showed more mature fare as the day progressed with a strong commitment to air diverse and international programming and the ability to air a great majority of material uncut . a typical weekday broadcast day ran preschool little kids content from 4am est to 3pm est 8 then kids school aged content from 3pm 7pm 8 then family content from 7pm 9 30pm 8 then adult content from 9 30pm 4am . 8 more adult cartoons such as duckman and various anime programs were aired after midnight . 9 in 1999 teletoon started airing bumpers with its first mascot teletina . 10 11 these bumpers were made by spin productions in toronto . several more bumpers using cgi animation made by guru studio 12 subsequently premiered on the channel . an updated look for the channel no longer featuring the original logo was later created 13 for a partial rebranding in 2005 . 14 2007 2011 logo the older bumpers were removed in 2007 as part of an on air rebranding . said rebrand took place on february 5 2007 ; teletoon s on air appearance and its website were dramatically changed the website for the detour then the name of its late night block was moved to teletoon.com and the aesthetic appearance of both the normal block and the detour changed . four years later on september 5 2011 teletoon s on air branding changed again to reflect the 50th anniversary of one of its owners astral media and to reflect the transition to digital television . 15 since then teletoon has begun airing a number of live action programs in the daytime including original series such as my babysitter s a vampire and mudpit as well as acquired programming and movies . this wasn t the first time the channel has aired live action programming ; teletoon had aired the live action fireball xl 5 during the 1997 98 season . occasionally the channel also airs live action movies related to cartoons and comic books such as space jam sin city and batman . after astral media s stake in teletoon canada inc was purchased by corus entertainment several of teletoon s original and acquired shows primarily live action series began airing on ytv . in turn teletoon began airing anime series that aired on ytv including yu gi oh beginning with yu gi oh zexal ii and pok mon beginning with xy and reruns of pok mon advanced . 16 17 18 the debut of zexal in particular marks the first time an acquired anime series aired on the channel since the debut of megaman nt warrior back in 2003 . since its inception teletoon was best known for airing television series from cartoon network which itself airs several canadian animated series including those from teletoon s sister channel ytv . however on september 1 2015 original programming from the american channel moved over to its canadian counterpart . 19 around the same time several series from teletoon retro which closed down on the same date began airing on teletoon . 20 since then teletoon now airs television series from cartoon network s sister channel boomerang . ownership the channel was originally owned by a consortium made up of various other canadian specialty services and producers family channel acting as managing partner at 53.3 % western international communications and the movie network by then a division of astral media ytv at 26.7 % shaw communications and cinar and nelvana with 10 % each . 21 corus entertainment was spun off from shaw communications who originally owned a stake in teletoon through ytv citation needed in 1999 . in 2000 corus began to slowly buy out its partners in the service . western international communications sold its stake in the service along with family to corus in 2000 but it had to sell wic s stakes in teletoon and family to astral media the next year . corus bought out nelvana in 2000 and inherited its stake . cinar was sold in 2004 to an investment consortium composed of michael hirsh toper taylor and birch hill capital partners who renamed the company cookie jar ; cookie jar sold its 20 % stake in the service to corus and astral in 2006 making it a 50 50 joint venture between the two companies . on march 4 2013 corus entertainment announced that they would buy astral s stake in teletoon and take full ownership of the channel . the purchase was in relation to bell media s takeover of astral which had earlier been rejected by the crtc in october 2012 but was restructured to allow the sale of certain astral media properties in order to allow the purchase to clear regulatory hurdles . 22 corus s purchase was cleared by the competition bureau two weeks later on march 18 ; 23 on december 20 2013 the crtc approved corus s full ownership of teletoon 24 and ownership was transferred on january 1 2014 . 25 the channel continues to be owned by teletoon canada now wholly owned by corus entertainment under its corus kids division . 26 27 programming main article list of programs broadcast by teletoon teletoon predominantly airs animated television series and movies . its license originally required that 90 % of all programs on the channel be animated . 28 its french language counterpart contains a different schedule of programs some being french dubbed versions of shows such as south park . occasionally television pilots that have not to date been developed as full series are shown such as nemesis 29 and bob the slob 30 both in 2015 . teletoon also airs select programs from nickelodeon such as alvinnn and the chipmunks teenage mutant ninja turtles and power rangers . original series main article list of teletoon original series at its inception in 1997 the channel had a stated goal of producing 78 half hours of original content every year and it has been active in commissioning programming since then . 31 the licence granted by the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc in 1996 required a gradual increase in the portion of canadian programming on the schedule by about five percent each year starting from 40 % in its first year of operation to 60 % by 2002 . 28 in 1998 network management decided to focus on renewals instead of new shows adopting a more cautious strategy than launching a significant number of new series as it had in the prior year . 32 by 2001 however the station was noted as possibly being the canadian channel with the highest spending on original production having invested in 98 series including 225 half hour episodes that fall season . 33 as a bilingual service teletoon t l toon maintains two separate broadcast feeds with a single licence for the english and french language channels . it is one of only two canadian specialty services with such a licence . 34 at the original licensing hearing before the crtc the network s operators had stated that the two channels would be similar in nature and programmed with a similar attitude towards them . but for the reasons of rights availability for the reasons of the question of advertising to children in qu bec and for the reason of dealing with the differences in the market there might be variations in the services offered . 28 to this end the station implemented a requirement that all original programming be delivered in both languages . 35 by 2007 however this condition had been relaxed to apply whenever possible 36 and over the following years some original series were only shown on one of the channels . programming blocks current big ticket movies this block began in the early 2000s as cinetoon then in 2007 as teletoon presents before switching to the name big ticket movies in 2009 . it airs a movie every saturday evening at 6 p.m. est formerly at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. est and every sunday morning with two movies . saturday afternoon block currently airs pok mon power rangers yu gi oh arc v and transformers robots in disguise . superfan fridays a block for action shows and movies . it currently airs yu gi oh arc v teenage mutant ninja turtles power rangers and select shows from disney xd s marvel universe block . 37 teletoon at night a late night block targeted towards teens and adults . yearly camp teletoon the camp teletoon block replaces morning programming during the summer vacation period from july to august containing some of the channel s popular programs and daily movies . however in the summer of 2009 camp teletoon was placed on hiatus with laugh riot taking its place . the block returned in the summer of 2012 now airing weeknights from 9 00 p.m. to 12 00 a.m. est snowed in this block features holiday specials . former original blocks in 1997 teletoon chose a different style of animation for each block . each blocks were represented as planets 38 morning planet for preschoolers claymation animation 4 00 a.m. to 3 00 p.m. est afternoon planet for kids 2d cel animation 3 00 p.m. to 6 00