New Nelvana, Discovery Communications venture to produce made-in-Canada kids content

TORONTO and LONDON – Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana is joining forces with Discovery Communications on a new venture that will produce kids content for the global market.Based in Canada, the yet-to-be named venture will operate independently of Corus, Discovery and Nelvana’s other services, and will be dedicated to the production of children’s content across linear and digital platforms. The venture combines the Discovery Kids business in Latin America, and Corus’ suite of kids’ channels in Canada – both of whom will commission content from the new production company. It will also acquire intellectual property rights to agreed brands, characters, and concepts...