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Corus to shutter Teletoon Retro in favour of Cartoon Network

TORONTO – Corus Entertainment has announced that Teletoon Retro will cease to exist as of September 1st.The company's Cartoon Network Canada will be shifted into its place for those TV providers who don’t already carry that channel, two carrier sources have told Cartt.ca. Both sources asked not to be named as they do not have permission to speak publicly on the matter but have been told by Corus representatives that is the plan.While some had assumed that the channel would be rebranded as a Disney service, since Corus now owns the rights to that programming going forward and will very...