Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian mass media company. The company was founded in 1987 as Shaw Radio, Ltd. as a subsidiary of Shaw Communications and was spun-off from Shaw in 1999. It has prominent holdings in the radio, publishing, and television industries. Corus is headquartered at Corus Quay in Toronto, Ontario.
Not to be confused with Chorus.Formerly
Shaw Radio Ltd. (1987–1999)
- TSX: CJR.B (non-voting)
Alliance Atlantis (Broadcasting assets)
Canwest
Shaw Media
Western International Communications
August 27, 1987 (Shaw Radio)
September 1, 1999 (Corus Entertainment)
Corus Quay
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Doug Murphy (president/CEO)
- Heather Shaw (executive chairperson)
$1.647 billion CAD (2018)
3,500 (2021)[1]
Nelvana
Kids Can Press
Corus Studios
TELETOON Canada, Inc.
YTV Canada, Inc.
Aircraft Pictures
HGTV Canada Inc. (80.24%)
Corus has a large presence in Canadian broadcasting as owner of the national Global network (15 conventional stations), 39 radio stations, and a portfolio of 33 specialty television services; the company's domestic specialty brands include Showcase, SériesPlus, Slice, Télétoon, W Network, and YTV. It also operates services under brand licensing agreements with A&E Networks (History and Lifetime), Paramount Global (CMT and Nickelodeon), The Walt Disney Company (Freeform via ABC Spark, and National Geographic units), and Warner Bros. Discovery (Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Adult Swim, and lifestyle brands).
Corus owns the animation studio Nelvana, and children's publisher Kids Can Press. The second incarnation of Shaw's media division—formed from the properties of the bankrupt Canwest Global—was subsumed by Corus on April 1, 2016, giving it control of the over-the-air Global network and 19 additional specialty channels. In May 2019, Shaw announced that it would sell its shares in Corus for roughly $500 million.
Sponsorships and industry partnerships[edit]
Corus is an industry sponsor of the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus;[85] Gary Maavara, Corus' Corporate Secretary, sits on the Waterloo campus' advisory board.[86] The company also funds a couple of endowed chair positions, including chair in Women in Management at the Ivey Business School (London, Ontario, Canada) beginning in 2003,[87] and a chair in Communications Strategy at the Rotman School of Management (Toronto) beginning in 2002.[88]