Corus locks up Canadian broadcast rights to ‘Star Wars’ collection

TORONTO - Corus Entertainment is set to transport viewers to a galaxy far, far away after inking a multi-year licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Studios for the broadcast rights to the Star Wars film franchise.Beginning this fall, 11 Star Wars films, including original trilogy titles and yet-to-be-seen theatrical releases, will make their debuts on Corus’ conventional and specialty networks, including Global, Showcase, W Network, ABC Spark, YTV, Disney Channel, Disney XD, and more. Broadcast details for all films will be announced at a later date.Specifically, the agreement includes five of the six original classic Star Wars films, the Canadian...