Treehouse was originally a programming block on YTV. It aired weekday mornings until 1998, after which it was replaced with an unhosted block, called "YTV Jr.". While most hosted blocks had one or two hosts, Treehouse had three PJs and was also co-hosted by The Fuzzpaws, which were stuffed animal puppets. As the name suggests, it was set in a tree house. PJ Katie had her own TV show, called PJ Katie's Farm, where she acted out stories with clay animals. After the Treehouse block ended, The Fuzzpaws got their own show on YTV Jr. and PJ Katie went on to become Jenny on The Zone. The name YTV Jr. was later dropped; however, there was still children's programming shown at the time, but there was no special name given to it.
Lawsuit
On July 19, 2019, Nelvana Enterprises and Corus Entertainment filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against a medical marijuana dispensary chain, known as "Treehouse Dispensary", alleging the chain "wilfully copied and is using a confusing similar imitation" of the Treehouse TV logo. An attorney for the dispensary contested the claims and said that the business "categorically denies that its logo infringes on any existing trademarks in the United States." Corus won the lawsuit through a default judgment the following December.
In March 2005, Corus Entertainment began offering a video on demand service called Treehouse On Demand to cable providers such as Rogers Cable and Cogeco, delivering content from Treehouse TV. It is offered as a free service to customers who subscribe to each providers digital cable service. Some providers such as SaskTel offer it as a standalone premium subscription service. Between June 2015 and May 2019, Corus operated TreehouseGO, a TV Everywhere service available on iOS and Android devices. In 2005 Treehouse Launched DVDs for children's television shows, which was eventually discontinued in late 2012 because of older technology that were used in the disks. In 2011, Corus launched a standalone subscription video on demand service for iOS called Treehouse Video App. It was later rebranded to Treehouse Classic before a 2016 revamp renamed it to Treehouse App.
Treehouse Direct
Treehouse Direct is a multilingual YouTube service that specializes in various animated and live action series, including those from Nelvana, another division of Corus Entertainment, along with select Nickelodeon series. It is dubbed in many different languages and split into different channels, such as Spanish and Portuguese, unlike the TV channel.
