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Hub broadcasts of the original cartoon air late weeknights, while ''Prime'' is aired in the [[Saturday Mash Up]] block. On [[July 9]], 2012, The Hub also added ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]]'' to their lineup. | Hub broadcasts of the original cartoon air late weeknights, while ''Prime'' is aired in the [[Saturday Mash Up]] block. On [[July 9]], 2012, The Hub also added ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]]'' to their lineup. | ||
Despite a few minor hits like ''Transformers'' (yay!) and ''My Little Pony'', the Hub 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!). <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> | Despite a few minor hits like ''Transformers'' (yay!) and ''My Little Pony'', the Hub 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> | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 04:50, 13 June 2013
| The name or term "Hub" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Hub (disambiguation). |
The Hub, previously known as the Hasbro-Discovery Communications Joint Venture Network, is a cable television network in the United States owned by Hub Television Networks, LLC, formerly known as Hasbro-Discovery Communications Joint Venture[1]. It began broadcasting October 10, 2010, replacing the channel formerly known as Discovery Kids.
The Hub is the 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. Its management team is headed up by Margaret Loesch, a veteran of the Transformers brand who worked on 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, The Hub also added Transformers Animated to their lineup.
Despite a few minor hits like Transformers (yay!) and My Little Pony, the Hub 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). [2]
Footnotes
- ↑ 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?
- ↑ The Day: Kids’ channel, struggling to find viewers, looks to ‘SheZow’ to help boost ratings (May 30th 2013)
