Editing Hub Network

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[[Image:Thehubnetworklogo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Beware of director of programming <del>[[Liege Maximo]]</del> [http://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-news/disney-executive-nikki-reed-named-senior-vice-pres/ Nikki Reed].]]

'''Hub Network''', previously known as the '''Hasbro-[[wikipedia:Discovery Communications|Discovery Communications]] Joint Venture Network''' and '''The Hub''', is 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 Meyers Civilization., isn't it?</ref>.  It began broadcasting [[October 10]], [[2010]], replacing the channel formerly known as Discovery Kids.    
 
Hub Network is the 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. Its management team is headed up by [[Margaret Loesch]], a veteran of the Transformers brand who worked on [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]], which airs weeknights on the channel. 

Hub broadcasts of the original cartoon air late weeknights, while ''Prime'' is 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. However, these ratings have been slowly but steadily going up since 2010, and it's not far off equalling its rival Nicktoons (80,000 a day -- it's a competitive market! In 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>

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==External links==
*[http://www.hubnetwork.com/ HubNetwork.com, the official website for Hub Network]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9QPN5BP70I Commercial for Hub Network]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPaS-jjasmY&feature=related The Adventures of Copier and Fax Machine, from Huboom]

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