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| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Corus Entertainment (51% & managing partner) Shaw Media (49%) |
| History | |
| Launched | September 7, 2001 |
| Closed | March 23, 2012 |
| Replaced by | ABC Spark |
| Former names | Scream (2001–2009) |
Dusk was a Canadian English language specialty channel. Dusk broadcast programming consisting of films, television dramas, and reality TV, and documentary-style television series from the thriller, suspense and supernatural genres.
Dusk went on the air on September 7, 2001, as Scream (stylized 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, with a pivot from horror to paranormal- and suspense-themed programming to appeal to a wider audience.
Two years after Canwest was sold to Shaw Media, a sister company of Corus, the channel ended operations in March 2012 and was largely replaced on most providers by ABC Spark.