TeleNiños
Television channel
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TeleNiños is a Canadian Category B-exempt Spanish language specialty channel owned by TLN Media Group. TeleNiños broadcasts programming primarily aimed at children in addition to select family-oriented programming.
TeleNiños logo | |
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TLN Media Group Joseph Vitale (28%) R. Di Battista Investments (24%) I.P. Rosati Holdings (24%) Aldo Di Felice (24%) Investments Inc. (16.5%) |
| Sister channels | TLN Telebimbi |
| History | |
| Launched | November 1, 2011 |
| Links | |
| Website | TeleNiños (in Spanish) |
History
In October 2011, TLN Media Group, at the time a consortium majority owned by Corus Entertainment, 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] On August 31, 2017, TeleNiños launched on Rogers.[4]
As of February 11, 2019, it and sister channel Telebimbi have operated under exempt status.[5] Shortly after, Corus sold its stake in Telelatino Network to the other co-owners.[6]
