The History of Canadian BroadcastingCurrent Station Group: Corus Entertainment Inc. Independent Film Channel Canada (IFC) was licensed to Salter Street Films by the CRTC in November 2000 as a cable specialty channel to be devoted to “independent films, the film-making process and the world of film-makers”. By the time the channel was launched in August 2001, Salter Street had been […]
Licensed in 2000 to Stornoway Communications as the Issues Channel, what came to be called the Ichannel was launched in September 2001, and was to be dedicated to public affairs programming. The CRTC decision said the channel would provide context for the discussion of matters of public interest, and would be the only channel in […]
On November 24th 2000, the CRTC approved an application filed by the Ontario Jockey Club, in partnership with others, for a digital specialty channel to be called The Racing Network, which would be dedicated to Canadian and International horse racing and horse racing related programming, including odds, replays and results. In September of the following […]
Licensed to Alliance Atlantis in September 1996, the History Channel was launched in October 1997, and immediately became one of the most popular of the specialty channels. Utilizing programming from both Canadian and international sources, the History Channel offers a program schedule that contains documentaries and dramas that bring to viewers a panorama of the […]
On April 12th 2000, Astral Networks and Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting acquired 50%-50% ownership and control of the assets of the French language specialty channels Series+ (formerly Canal Fiction) and Historia (formerly Canal Histoire). The original licences for these channels had been granted to Alliance and its then partner Premier Choix on May 21st 1999. Canal […]
In August 2011, the former Treasure HD specialty channel was re branded as HIFI. Treasure HD had been launched in March 2006, after John S. Panikkar had originally been granted a licence by the CRTC to launch ArtefactHD, a digital HD specialty channel devoted to collectors and their collections. The rebranded channel was owned by High Fidelity […]
Owned by Alliance Atlantis, HGTV was licensed in September 1996 and launched the following year. Its content reflects its name, dealing as it does with all aspects of home life, as well as construction, design and renovation, and with the year-round business of gardening in all climates, both Canadian and international. Debbie Travis’ Facelift series […]
In June 2005, Insight Sports applied for and was granted a license by the CRTC to operate a digital specialty channel to be known as The Soccer Net. The name was changed to GolTV on September 25th 2005, and the channel launched on November 1st. The channel had an association with GolTV in the US, […]
Current Station Group: Shaw Media On October 14, 2009, the CRTC approved CanWest Global’s application for a reality-based specialty channel. CanWest filed for bankruptcy before the channel was able to launch. In 2010, Shaw Communications acquired the CanWest broadcasting assets and Global Reality Channel was launched on October 27 of that year. The channel ceased operations […]
The original name of the channel, CGTV stood for Casino and Gaming TV. A license was granted to Stuart Media Group in 2001 for a specialty channel to be called The Gaming Channel, but through a later arrangement with the Casino and Gaming Channel in the U.S., Stuart Media were able to use the CGTV […]