Leonardo World (Canada)

Leonardo World
Leonardo World logo
Launched	June 15, 2005
Closed	September 18, 2007
Owned by	Telelatino Network Inc. Corus Entertainment (50.5%) Italo Rosati (16.5%) Romeo Di Battista (16.5%) Joseph Vitale (16.5%)
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National

Leonardo World was a Canadian category 2 Italian language digital cable specialty channel. It was an all-lifestyle channel showcasing Italian arts and culture ranging from cuisine to travel. It was a Canadian version of the Italian channel Leonardo World. It was primarily distributed in a package with two other channels called Super Trio Italiano. The other channels were SKY TG24 and Video Italia. All three channels were wholly owned by Telelatino Network Inc., a consortium majority owned by Corus Entertainment, with the exception of Video Italia Canada which was 80% owned by Telelatino Network Inc. and 20% owned by Gruppo Radio Italia.

On September 11, 2007 Vidéotron discontinued carriage of Leonardo World Canada and on September 18, 2007 the remaining carriers, Rogers Cable and Mountain Cablevision discontinued carriage of the service as well. Leonardo World ceased operations on December 19, 2007 and no longer exists.

Telelatino Network

Specialty channels	EuroWorld Sport Mediaset Italia SKY TG24 Telebimbi TeleNiños Telelatino Univision Canada

Foreign channels distributed by TLN	CineLatino

Defunct Channels	Leonardo World Video Italia

Corus Entertainment

Broadcast television

Global (O&O)	CFRE CFSK CHAN CHBC CHNB CICT CIHF CIII CISA CITV CKMI CKND

CTV	CHEX CHEX-TV-2 CKWS

Cable television/
specialty channels

English-language	ABC Spark Action BBC Canada Cartoon Network/Adult Swim CMT Cooking Channel Cosmopolitan TV Crime & Investigation DejaView Disney Channel Disney Junior Disney XD DIY Network DTour Food Network FYI Global News: BC 1 HGTV History H2 IFC Lifetime MovieTime National Geographic Nat Geo Wild Nickelodeon Oprah Winfrey Network Showcase Slice Sundance Channel Teletoon Treehouse TV W Network YTV

Corus Média (French-language)	Disney La Chaîne Historia Séries+ Télétoon

Telelatino Network (50.5%)	EuroWorld Sport Mediaset Italia Sky TG24 Telebimbi Telelatino TeleNiños Univision Canada

Terrestrial radio
(by call sign)

AM	CFMJ CFPL CHED CHMJ CHML CHQR CHQT CJOB CJOY CKNW

FM	CFGQ CFHK CFLG CFMI CFMK CFNY CFOX CFPL CHAY CILQ CIMJ CING CIQB CISN CJDV CJGV CJKR CJOT CJSS CJXY CKBT CKCB CKDK CKNG CKQB CKRU CKRY CKWF CKWS

Other assets

Defunct/historical
brands and predecessors

Some of the assets listed above are majority-owned, wholly-owned, by Corus Entertainment, or are under license. Refer to full asset list for detailed information.

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