History Creator / Qubo

The Qubo block, a Saturday morning block of educational and informational programs (broadcasted by NBC and Telemundo) debuted on both NBC and Telemundo on September 9, 2006, with Friday afternoon reruns debuting on Ion on September 15 of that year. The Qubo block on NBC replaced NBC's previous "Discovery Kids on NBC" block, while the Qubo block on Telemundo replaced "Telemundo Kids", a block of Viacom's Nickelodeon and Corus' Creator/{{Nelvana}} Spanish dubs (with Nelvana-produced show ''WesternAnimation/JacobTwoTwo'' actually having been previously aired on "Telemundo Kids" and being carried over to "Qubo on Telemundo"). On January 8, 2007, the 24-hour free-to-air standalone Qubo Channel launched on the subchannels of Ion's stations. The network originally ran a looping 4-hour block of programs; this block expanded into a 6-hour cycle with more outside programming later in the year, and in 2010, the channel introduced the late-night block ''Qubo's Night Owl'', which initially consisted of classic animated series from the Filmation library. One thing unique to the standalone Qubo Channel was that it provided Spanish-language UsefulNotes/ClosedCaptioning for mainly its older programming via the [=CC3=] channel as well as a Spanish-language UsefulNotes/AudioDescription for both its older and newer programming via the [=SAP=] channel.

On January 14, 2021, it was announced that the Qubo over-the-air network (alongside fellow sister channel Ion Plus) would shut down on February 28, 2021 to allow Scripps, Ion's new parent company, to migrate its over-the-air networks to its Ion owned-and-operated stations. The required EdutainmentShow block on Ion is now completely devoid of anything regarding Qubo's existence. The network quietly ended at the end of the 28th, though some affiliates ditched it on the 26th before the shutdown, abruptly throwing midnight ''Franklin'' viewers into an in-progress Western on Grit or a murder show on Ion Mystery without any notice.

* ''[[Literature/PaddingtonBear The Adventures of Paddington Bear]]''

* ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Paddington}} The Adventures of Paddington Bear]]''

Qubo began to nab hits in March 2012 with the announcement that NBC and Telemundo would drop their respective Qubo blocks in favor of new preschool blocks programmed by Creator/{{Sprout}} (which NBC's new parent company, Comcast, owned a stake in), known as NBC Kids and [=MiTelemundo=] respectively, due to [=NBCUniversal=] exiting the joint venture. This left only the “Qubo on Ion” block and the 24-hour standalone Qubo Channel, putting a huge limit on its availability. With the NBC Kids block, Qubo lost the rights to all Creator/{{Universal}}-owned kids programming, and would eventually lose the rights to some [=DreamWorks=] Classics programming with the sale of that company to [=NBCUniversal=].

Qubo was a media venture which aimed to "provide quality, entertaining children's programming in a safe environment". It originally encompassed a Saturday morning lineup aired by Creator/{{NBC}}, Ion, and Creator/{{Telemundo}} (in English and Spanish respectively), along with a 24-hour free-to-air children's network, alternatively known as “Qubo Channel”, being broadcast on Ion's subchannels and their accompanying online platforms. It launched in 2006 as a joint venture between Ion Media Networks and [[Creator/NBCUniversal NBC Universal]], along with Creator/CorusEntertainment, Scholastic, and the now NBCU-owned [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks Classics]], formerly known as Classic Media (for content production and access to their respective libraries).

Qubo was a media venture which aimed to "provide quality, entertaining children's programming in a safe environment". It originally encompassed a Saturday morning lineup aired by Creator/{{NBC}}, Ion, and Creator/{{Telemundo}} (in English and Spanish respectively), along with a 24-hour free-to-air children's network, alternatively known as “Qubo Channel”, being broadcast on Ion's subchannels and their accompanying online platforms. It launched in 2006 as a joint venture between Ion Media Networks and [[Creator/{{NBCUniversal}} NBC Universal]], along with Creator/CorusEntertainment, Scholastic, and the now NBCU-owned [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks Classics]], formerly known as Classic Media (for content production and access to their respective libraries).

Qubo was a media venture which aimed to "provide quality, entertaining children's programming in a safe environment". It originally encompassed a Saturday morning lineup aired by NBC, Ion, and Creator/{{Telemundo}} (in English and Spanish respectively), along with a 24-hour free-to-air children's network, alternatively known as “Qubo Channel”, being broadcast on Ion's subchannels and their accompanying online platforms. It launched in 2006 as a joint venture between Ion Media Networks and [[Creator/{{NBCUniversal}} NBC Universal]], along with Creator/CorusEntertainment, Scholastic, and the now NBCU-owned [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks Classics]], formerly known as Classic Media (for content production and access to their respective libraries).

Qubo was a media venture which aimed to "provide quality, entertaining children's programming in a safe environment". It originally encompassed a Saturday morning lineup aired by NBC, Ion, and Creator/{{Telemundo}} (in English and Spanish respectively), along with a 24-hour free-to-air children's network, alternatively known as “Qubo Channel”, being broadcast on Ion’s subchannels and their accompanying online platforms. It launched in 2006 as a joint venture between Ion Media Networks and Creator/{{NBC}}, along with Creator/CorusEntertainment, Scholastic, and the now [=NBCUniversal=]-owned [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks Classics]], formerly known as Classic Media (for content production and access to their respective libraries).

In 2013, Ion Media Networks acquired the stakes of Qubo held by Corus Entertainment, Scholastic, and [=DreamWorks=] Classics in 2013. The contracts with Scholastic, [=NBCUniversal=], and Classic Media (which is now part of [=NBCUniversal=] through [=DreamWorks=] Animation) would eventually expire in 2012, 2014 and 2015 respectively, thus resulting in the network losing the rights to air shows from those catalogs. Despite this, up until its' closure, Qubo continued to obtain the rights to air Corus Entertainment’s catalog, though it had also gotten programs from other companies such as Creator/NineStoryMediaGroup (which bought out the vast majority of Scholastic’s catalog in 2019), Splash Entertainment, and Creator/WildBrain.

On January 14, 2021, it was announced that the Qubo over-the-air network (alongside fellow sister channel Ion Plus) would shut down on February 28, 2021 to allow Scripps, Ion's new parent company, to migrate its over-the-air networks to its Ion owned-and-operated stations. The required EdutainmentShow block on Ion is now completely devoid of anything regarding Qubo's existence. The network quietly ended at the end of the 28th, though some affiliates ditched it on the 26th before the shutdown, abruptly throwing midnight ''Franklin'' viewers into an in-progress Western on Grit or a murder show on Court TV Mystery without any notice.