The History of Canadian BroadcastingIn December 2000, the CRTC approved an application byMaple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) for a license to operate a specialty channel to be known as Raptors Basketball Channel, which would be devoted primarily to the Toronto Raptors basketball club and the National Basketball Association (NBA), plus coverage of other areas of the game of basketball. The […]
Current Station Group: Corus Entertainment Inc. Alliance Atlantis received a licence in November 2000 for a cable speciality channel which was launched in September 2001 as National Geographic Canada. As with the magazine of the same name, and the U.S. channel from which much of its material was licensed, National Geographic Canada programmed documentary material on […]
The CRTC having denied Global a licence for a Mystery Channel in 1996, this specialty cable channel was licensed to them in November 2000, with the title 13th Street, but when it launched in September 2001 the name had been changed back to simply The Mystery Channel. Originally majority owned by Global and TVA, with […]
Another of the CHUM Limited MuchMusic spin-offs, MuchVibe was licensed in November 200 and launched on September 7th 2001. The licence described the planned programming as “dedicated to Urban music – HipHop, Rap, R & B, Soul and Reggae”. The channel invited viewers to “tune in for a hype mix of the old school, true school […]
MuchMusic was one of the first cable specialty channels to be licensed in 1983, and its owners CHUM Limited launched it in the following year as Canada’s first 24-hour music specialty channel, offering music videos from Canadian and international sources, plus concerts and studio performances as well as news and features about the music business and the […]
Dedicated to music videos and other recorded performances of the eighties and nineties, MuchMoreRetro was yet another channel in the MuchMusic franchise to be spun off by CHUM Limited, and was launched in September 2003. The target audience was those who grew up watching their music on television. A CRTC hearing on an application by CTVglobemedia […]
Licensed to CHUM Limited in 1996, MuchMoreMusic began broadcasting in 1998.The speciality channel, a sister to CHUM’s long-running MuchMusic, offers adult contemporary and classic rock videos, plus international specials, documentaries and movies, as well as original programming produced by and for the channel. A CRTC hearing on an application by CTVglobemedia to acquire the assets of […]
Another spin-off for CHUM Limited from their highly successful MuchMusic channel was MuchLoud, which was licensed by the CRTC in December of 2000 to provide “a…… television service dedicated exclusively to alternative, hard rock, metal and punk music or alternative music-related programming.” The channel launched in September 2001. A CRTC hearing on an application by CTVglobemedia […]
MTV 2 – see MTV listing. Written by Pip Wedge – August, 2008 Ownership: CTV Start Year: 2008
MTV was launched in Canada by CTV in 2006, replacing the specialty channel TalkTV which had been licensed and launched in 1996. MTV had already been launched in the US many years earlier, and by 2006 had no less than 43 program services throughout the world. CTV had already carried several MTV programs, including The Osbournes, Pimp […]