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[[File:Hub_Network_2014_Logo.png|right|thumb|200px|Beware of director of programming [[Liege Maximo]].]]

'''Hub Network''', previously known as the '''[[Hasbro]]-{{w|Discovery, Inc.|Discovery Communications}} Joint Venture Network''' and '''The Hub''', was a cable television network in the [[United States of America|United States]] owned by '''Hub Television Networks, LLC''', formerly known as '''Hasbro-Discovery Communications Joint Venture'''.<ref>
Margaret Loesch was originally announced as President of "Hasbro-Discovery Communications Joint Venture." A bit like inventing "New Technology #3" in ''Sid Meier's Civilization'', isn't it?</ref> It began broadcasting [[October 10]], [[2010]], replacing the channel formerly known as Discovery Kids.  
 
Hub Network was the American outlet for the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', ''[[My Little Pony]]: Friendship Is Magic'' and ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]: Renegades'' cartoons. In the 2011–12 season, ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' also joined the network's line-up. From 2010 through 2014, its management team was headed up by [[Margaret Loesch]], a veteran of the ''Transformers'' brand who worked on [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]].

Hub Network broadcasts of the original cartoon (billed as ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers: Generation 1]]'') aired late weeknights, while ''Prime'' aired in the [[Saturday Mash Up]] block. On [[July 9]], 2012, Hub Network also added ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' to their lineup.

Despite a few minor hits like ''Transformers'' (yay!) and ''My Little Pony'', Hub Network was known for having low ratings with its target demographic: it averaged 56,000 viewers aged 2–11 each day by the end of May 2013. Ratings did climb throughout 2010, to the point where it almost equaled its rival Nicktoons (80,000 a day — it's a competitive market!), but for context, [[Nickelodeon]] and the Disney Channel both average about a million viewers aged 2–11.<ref>[http://www.theday.com/article/20130530/ENT13/305309657/-1/ENT The Day: Kids’ channel, struggling to find viewers, looks to ‘SheZow’ to help boost ratings (May 30th 2013)]</ref> 

On [[October 13]], [[2014]], Hub Network became [[Discovery Family]], which airs Discovery-produced programming at most hours, with Hasbro content to air only during the daytime. As a result of the change, the 2015 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise cartoon]]'' was moved to [[Cartoon Network]].

==Notes==
* Around [[2007]], Hasbro hosted a website called '''MonkeybarTV''', which was the precursor website that eventually shifted domains and evolved into The Hub. This version of the website hosted a slew of online flash games, puzzles, toy [[commercial]]s and even small tidbits of cartoon episodes from both the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]] and other licenses that Hasbro held the rights to at the time, such as a selection of [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] properties.
** The bulk of ''Transformers'' content on the website revolved around ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'', the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 ''Transformers'' film]] and ''[[Star Wars Transformers]]'', showing off flash turnarounds and stop-motion transformations of the most popular then-current toys, such as the [[Darth Vader#deathstar|Darth Vader / Death Star]] figure and several 2007 movie toys from the first few waves.
** Several parts of episodes of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]], ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' cartoons were hosted on the site in 240p video quality, though, entire episodes were never fully released on the site in the multiple parts uploaded, likely due to bandwidth and other internet and sharing limitations of the time.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9QPN5BP70I Commercial for Hub Network]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPaS-jjasmY The Adventures of Copier and Fax Machine, from Huboom]

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