TeleNiños

TeleNiños

TeleNiños logo
Launched November 1, 2011
Owned by Telelatino Network Inc.
Corus Entertainment (50.5%)
Italo Rosati (16.5%)
Romeo Di Battista (16.5%)
Joseph Vitale (16.5%)
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Country Canada
Broadcast area National
Sister channel(s) Telebimbi
Website TeleNiños (Spanish)
Availability
Cable
Cogeco Channel 1118
Vidéotron Channel 259
IPTV
Bell Fibe TV Channel 874

TeleNiños is a Canadian Category B Spanish language specialty channel owned by Telelatino Network Inc, a consortium primarily owned by Corus Entertainment. TeleNiños broadcasts programming primarily aimed at children in addition to select family-oriented programming.

History

In October 2011, Telelatino Network was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called All Spanish Children’s Television, described as "a national, niche third-language ethnic specialty Category B service devoted to providing programming to the Spanish-speaking community or to Canadians of Hispanic descent, and who are from preschool age to seventeen years of age."[1]

The channel launched on November 1, 2011 as TeleNiños, exclusively on Vidéotron.[2] On December 4, 2014, TeleNiños launched on Bell Fibe TV. On May 31, 2016, TeleNiños launched on Cogeco.[3]

Programming

TeleNiños broadcasts programming for kids of all ages, as well family-oriented programming.

Program list

References

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