The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / Corus closing 5 kids channels

**Posted by andysradio** July 11, 2025 3:48 pm

There is a story on the Globe's site [paywalled] that Corus will close ABC Spark, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, La Chaine Disney and Disney Jr. on Sept. 1.

**Posted by andysradio** July 11, 2025 3:56 pm

So I guess this leaves them with Cartoon Network and their own YTV in that genre.

**Posted by Easily Amused** July 11, 2025 3:59 pm

"In other news, shareholders have been asked to vote on approval for a name change from 'Corus' to 'Gore Us'."

**Posted by mace** July 11, 2025 4:19 pm

None are channels I have ever, or would ever watch. No great loss for me.

**Posted by RadioActive** July 11, 2025 4:35 pm

It's actually a reprint of a Canadian Press story, so you can read it for free elsewhere.

Corus to stop distributing Nickelodeon, four other kids' entertainment channels

**Posted by torontostan** July 11, 2025 5:44 pm

mace wrote:
None are channels I have ever, or would ever watch. No great loss for me.

You don't say, 70 year old man

**Posted by ig** July 13, 2025 10:24 am

It must be tough running terrestrial kids' channels these days. I know any kids I know wouldn't have the first clue where to find the kids 'TV channels, and would be frustrated as hell that they can't start the shows when they want, skim through them, etc. Also, there's a good chance the channels wouldn't have the shows anyway—Bluey, Chip & Potato, Ms. Rachel, etc.

What do I know, though? I was a girl in the village doing alright, then I became a princess overnight!

ig

**Posted by Glen Warren** July 13, 2025 12:43 pm

4 out of the 5 channels affected are Disney properties so what does this tell ya?, with Nickelodeon being owned by Paramount.

**Posted by Radiowiz** July 13, 2025 1:10 pm

ig wrote:
It must be tough running terrestrial kids' channels these days. I know any kids I know wouldn't have the first clue where to find the kids 'TV channels...
ig

With StackedTV those channels were in your face. Watching what you want was never a problem.

**Posted by Dparker** July 13, 2025 2:54 pm

Just lock the doors on Corus already and move on

**Posted by ig** July 13, 2025 7:32 pm

But the kids aren't interested. They hop on YouTube, speak whatever they want to watch, and watch it.
I remember when my youngest daughter wanted to change the channel on tv, she was just a couple of years old, she walked up to the tv and swiped across it. She couldn't figure out why the channel wouldn't change.

Radiowiz wrote:
ig wrote:
It must be tough running terrestrial kids' channels these days. I know any kids I know wouldn't have the first clue where to find the kids 'TV channels...
ig

With StackedTV those channels were in your face. Watching what you want was never a problem.