Corus Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian broadcasting and media conglomerate. Formed in 1999 as a spin-off from Shaw Communications, it is headquartered at Corus Quay in Toronto, Ontario, and has prominent holdings in the fields of radio, television and related content. Corus Entertainment's voting majority is held by the family of the company's late founder, JR Shaw, and a 40% stake of Corus stock was formerly held by Shaw Communications.
Corus has a large presence in Canadian broadcasting as owner of the national Global Television Network (15 conventional stations), 39 radio stations, and a portfolio of 34 specialty television services. Corus is dominant in Canada's children's television industry through its ownership of the domestic YTV, Teletoon & Treehouse TV the animation studio Nelvana & book publisher Kids Can Press, and local versions of the Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr,
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.
Corus Entertainment is the parent company of Teletoon (now Cartoon Network Canada), which recently aired Atomic Betty in 2004, before removing the show itself as off the air in 2010.