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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. | 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 | 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. | 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. | ||
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Hub Network, previously known as the Hasbro-[[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Discovery, Inc.|{{#if:Discovery Communications|Discovery Communications|Discovery, Inc.}}]] Joint Venture Network and The Hub, was a cable television network in the 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, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and G.I. Joe: Renegades cartoons. In the 2011–12 season, 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 original cartoon.
Hub Network broadcasts of the original cartoon (billed as 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 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>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 Robots in Disguise cartoon was moved to Cartoon Network.
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