A digi-net with a difference: Teletoon Retro "to let you be a kid again" on October 1st

TORONTO – The folks at Teletoon spent a long time thinking about how to bring its older cartoons back to life in a new channel. The animation station originally received a category two digital license for Teletoon Retro in 2000 and have been expected, off and on, to launch the channel every fall since then. It was thought to be a slam-dunk of a channel because who hasn't heard of Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo and the Flintstones? But back in 2001, digital television penetration was minuscule among Canadians and while dozens of channels did launch that fall in order to stake...