TeleNiños

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."{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) |date=2011-10-05 |title=ARCHIVED - All Spanish Children's Television – Specialty Category B service |url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-637.htm |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=crtc.gc.ca}}

The channel launched on November 1, 2011 as TeleNiños, exclusively on Vidéotron.{{Cite web |date=2014-08-12 |title=Videotron Launches Three New Spanish-Language Channels : Best Selection of Hispanic Programming in Quebec! |url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/videotron-launches-three-new-spanish-language-channels-best-selection-hispanic-programming-tsx-qbr.a-1580668.htm |access-date=2023-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812074033/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/videotron-launches-three-new-spanish-language-channels-best-selection-hispanic-programming-tsx-qbr.a-1580668.htm |archive-date=2014-08-12 }} On December 4, 2014, TeleNiños launched on Bell Fibe TV. On May 31, 2016, TeleNiños launched on Cogeco.{{Cite web |date=2017-09-09 |title=Cogeco Brings Telelatino Network TV Channels to Half Million Ontario Subscribers |url=http://tln.ca/media-press-releases/Cogeco-Brings-Telelatino-Network-TV-Channels-to-Half-Million-Ontario-Subscribers |access-date=2023-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909011104/http://tln.ca/media-press-releases/Cogeco-Brings-Telelatino-Network-TV-Channels-to-Half-Million-Ontario-Subscribers |archive-date=2017-09-09 }} On August 31, 2017, TeleNiños launched on Rogers.{{Citation |title=TeleNinos Free Preview on Rogers TV |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhFgROWDPw4 |access-date=2023-05-25 |language=en}}

As of February 11, 2019, it and sister channel Telebimbi have operated under exempt status.{{cite web|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/cht158.pdf|title=Ownership Chart 158 - TELELATINO - Discretionary & Specialty Services|accessdate=April 11, 2019|work=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005145917/https://crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/cht158.pdf|archive-date=October 5, 2012|url-status=live}} Shortly after, Corus sold its stake in Telelatino Network to the other co-owners.{{cite web|url=http://mediaincanada.com/2019/03/26/tln-buys-back-its-shares-from-corus/|title=TLN buys back its shares from Corus|first=Bree|last=Rody-Mantha|work=Media In Canada|publisher=Brunico Communications|date=March 26, 2019|accessdate=April 11, 2019|archive-date=November 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115114008/http://mediaincanada.com/2019/03/26/tln-buys-back-its-shares-from-corus/|url-status=live}}

{{reflist}}

• {{official website}}

{{TLN Network}}

{{Children's television in Canada}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:TeleNinos}}

Category:2011 establishments in Canada

Category:Specialty television channels in Canada

Category:Children's television networks in Canada

Category:Latin American Canadian culture

Category:Multicultural and ethnic television in Canada

Category:Spanish-language television stations

Category:Television channels and stations established in 2011

{{Canada-tv-station-stub}}