Overview
ABC Spark was a Canadian English-language discretionary specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. The channel launched on September 7, 2001, as Scream under the ownership of Corus Entertainment and Alliance Atlantis as a Category 2 service. During its early years, Scream broadcast horror, thriller, and suspense films along with some television series. After the acquisition of Alliance Atlantis by Canwest and Goldman Sachs, the channel was relaunched as Dusk in 2009, and abandoned horror programming in favor of paranormal- and suspense-themed programming to appeal to a wider audience. During its time as Dusk, it aired programming consisting of films, television dramas, reality television, and documentary-style television series from the thriller, suspense and supernatural genres.