First Choice Canadian Communications Corporation, a company incorporated by a group of private investors, was licensed in March 1982 to operate a national pay-tv service. 100% ownership of First Choice was subsequently acquired by Astral Media Inc. In 1984, First Choice became an eastern Canada service only, with the west being covered by Allarcom’s Superchannel service. From […]
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Movieola
In November 2000, Boxer Four Entertainment Inc. was awarded a cable speciality channel license for a service to be called The Short Film Channel. The channel launched in September 2001 as Movieola – The Short Film Channel, now owned by Channel Zero, operating from within Stornoway Communications. Movieola was to be “dedicated exclusively to short […]
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Movie Time
In November 2000, Global Television Network Inc. (Canwest), was given CRTC approval to launch a television channel called Adventure. The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as Lonestar. On March 12, 2010, Lonestar would be renamed MovieTime. Shaw Communications gained control of MovieTime on October 27, 2010 when it acquired Canwest. Shaw sold its […]
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Movie Network (Multiple Channels)
First Choice Canadian Communications Corporation, a company incorporated by a group of private investors was licensed in March 1982 to operate a national pay-tv service. 100% ownership of First Choice was subsequently acquired by Astral Media Inc. In 1984, First Choice became an eastern Canada service only, with the west being covered by Allarcom’s Superchannel service. […]
Movie Central was the most recent incarnation of pay television movie service available via cable to Western Canada. It was owned by Corus Entertainment. In 1984, two years after the first eight regional pay-tv licences were issued in 1982, various amalgamations saw the emergence of one eastern licensee, First Choice Communications, and one western, Allarcom, which operated […]
Movie Central was at the time the most recent incarnation of pay television movie service available via cable to Western Canada. It was owned by Corus Entertainment. In 1984, two years after the first eight regional pay-tv licences were issued in 1982, various amalgamations saw the emergence of one eastern licensee, First Choice Communications, and one […]
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Movie Central
Movie Central was at the time the most recent incarnation of pay television movie service available via cable to Western Canada. It was owned by Corus Entertainment. In 1984, two years after the first eight regional pay-tv licences were issued in 1982, various amalgamations saw the emergence of one eastern licensee, First Choice Communications, and one […]
On April 1st 2008 Astral Media rebranded their classic quality drama and light-hearted entertainment specialty channel, originally known as MoviePix 2, then Mpix Too and later Mescape, as MorePix. On August 20th, 2012 Astral Television Networks announced that MorePix, offered in eastern Canada, would re-brand on September 18th to become The Movie Network Encore 2, […]
Licensed to Global in December 2000 as Men TV, the name of this specialty cable channel, aimed specifically at a male audience, had been abbreviated to Mentv by the time it launched in September of the following year. The channel’s program content was described by its owners as “from classic cars to casinos, from fashion to […]
On February 5th 2013, the CRTC approved an application by Ethnic Channels Group Limited for a broadcasting licence to operate a national niche third-language ethnic specialty Category B service to be named Mandarin Children’s TV. The Commission also approved the applicant’s request for authorization to broadcast up to six minutes per hour of local advertising. The Commission […]