Télétoon (stylized as TĒLĒTOON) is a Canadian French-language specialty channel owned by Teletoon Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment. Its name is a portmanteau of "télévision" and "cartoon". As of 2013, it is available in over 7.3 million Canadian households. Until March 2023, the channel had an English-language counterpart named Teletoon, which has since been rebranded as Cartoon Network, although Télétoon remains its French-language counterpart.
1997–2007[]
1997–1998[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
September 8, 1997
Télétoon was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in 1996 after a related application for a channel to be called "Fun TV" had been denied. The channel was launched on October 17, 1997, with the first episode of Caillou. At the time of its launch, Télétoon showed more mature fare as the day progressed, with a strong commitment to diverse and international programming and the ability to air most of the material uncut. All of its bumpers were made by Cuppa Coffee Studios.
Télétoon was originally known as "La station de l'animation", with "It's Unreal!" as its secondary slogan and "It's Time to Twist!" as its alternate slogan from 1999 to 2000. The latter slogan was used during the channel's pre-launch, but it would not be used again until 1998; in 2000, it would become the channel's only slogan. In 1999, Télétoon started airing bumpers with its first mascot, "Teletina". These bumpers were made by Spin Productions in Toronto. Several more bumpers using CGI animation made by Guru Studio subsequently premiered on the channel.
Initially, while the channel was still officially called Télétoon, its logos did not have the diacritics and were the same as the English-language ones, from launch until 2014 (although the "ramps" above the two "E"'s did resemble those of acute accents).
1998–2001[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
August 1998
Website version with both French and English languages
Logo with both of the channel's slogans in English and French
A colored border was added to the logo in 1998.
2001–2007 (primary)[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
April 22, 2001
The logo now has a drop shadow to the "TOON" part, including the red mouth, while also making the border glossy.
2001–2007 (secondary)[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Telestro (Estro modified)
Launched:
April 27, 2001
Following the logo update, a new alternate logo would be introduced later on, consisting of a wordmark of the channel's name in a custom “Telestro” font (a modified version of Estro). This wordmark appeared in on-air presentations and certain programming blocks.
An updated look for the channel, no longer featuring the original logo (and fully utilizing the wordmark), was later created for a partial rebranding on August 29, 2005.
[1] - Mondo Lulu - Télétoon Classic Branding Elements
2007–2014[]
2007–2011[]
Designer:
Alan Schulman
Typography:
TELETOON Custom
Launched:
February 5, 2007
On-screen bug, used from 2007-2008.
On-screen bug, used from 2008-2011.
On February 5, 2007, the channel’s wordmark was removed, and the original logo was officially replaced as part of a major on-air rebranding. Télétoon's on-air appearance and its website were dramatically changed; the website for Le Détour (the former name of its late-night block) was moved to fr.teletoon.com, and the aesthetic appearance of both the normal block and Le Détour changed.
On September 5, 2011, Télétoon's on-air branding changed again to reflect the 50th anniversary of one of its owners, Astral Media, and to reflect the transition to digital television. Since its inception, Télétoon aired numerous television series from Cartoon Network dubbed in French. This logo was designed by the American design studio Trollbäck & Company.
2014–present[]
2014–present[]
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In 2014, Télétoon was given a new logo to better distinguish itself from its English counterpart. The logo now includes accents on all occurrences of the letter "E" in the name.
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