TORONTO – The big T is gone.
Today, Teletoon audiences tuned into a brand new look and feel on the 24-hour animation network. A comprehensive re-brand including the on-air identity, for both the Teletoon daytime programming block and The Detour on Teletoon, the interactive web site teletoon.com, all marketing collateral, and a new corporate identity was unleashed today at 6 a.m. (All are pictured below.)
"We are delighted to launch our 10th year with a new, stronger and more relevant identity," says Leslie Krueger, vice-president marketing. "The new Teletoon brand carries the smart, savvy, pop-culture relevant nature of our programming. We listened to our audience, and we’re confident this new brand will resonate with both our daytime kid and late-night teen and adult viewers."
Teletoon audiences asked for a more mature and updated look. The corporate master brand sets the tone, delivering the "no rules" feel of Teletoon daytime and displaying the randomness of the graphic elements of The Detour on Teletoon, says the network’s press release.
The character of the new brand is carried across all the network’s properties and platforms. "The daytime identity carries the essence and spirit of animation within the brand mark. The Teletoon daytime logo becomes a character who always seeks the centre of attention, gets away with anything, lives without rules, and is always fun. The Detour on Teletoon identity presents a deconstruction of the visual components of electronic media in a bold and fearless way. Like The Detour on Teletoon programming, it’s random and unapologetic, but never abrasive," says the release.
In July 2005, Teletoon began a strategic brand review in light of its upcoming 10th anniversary this fall. In addition to relying on the network’s in-house production and design expertise, Teletoon worked with four key partners, JWT Enterprise (brand positioning), Youthography (research and strategy), Brand New World (brand mark creative), and 4stroke (animation). Throughout the entire creative process the network consulted strategic partners and a Teletoon Online Youth Advisory Panel. 
The brand rollout began in January with presentations to advertising agencies and internal presentations to immerse the staff in the brand character. On-air, interactive and static collateral execution began on February 5, 2007. Further presentations to agencies and the animation production community are scheduled in February.
Founded in 1997, Teletoon is co-owned by Astral Media and Corus Entertainment.
