Telelatino Network Inc. received CRTC approval in April of 2006 to operate RCS Television, a service that would be devoted to rugby, cricket and soccer. In July of 2010, the channel was launched as EuroWorld Sport. Start Year: 2010
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ESPN Classic
Current Station Group: Bell Media Inc. ESPN Classic Canada went on the air September 7, 2001, after receiving CRTC approval the previous November. The channel was controlled by CTV but ESPN in the U.S. held a 20% interest. The name of the channel was later changed to ESPN Classic. As a condition of licence, ESPN Classic […]
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Encore Avenue (Multiple Channels)
Encore Avenue 1 and Encore Avenue 2 were two of the multiple movie channels offered on cable by the Corus Entertainment group under the umbrella name Movie Central. 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 […]
Current Station Group: Corus Entertainment Inc. Corus Entertainment operated Edge TV (“New Rock Edge TV”) from September 7, 2001 to July 15, 2003. The channel featured new rock and alternative music and was reflective of the music offered by the company’s 102.1 The Edge (CFNY-FM) radio station in Toronto. Start Year: 2001 to 2003
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E! Channel
What became E!, was originally launched in Canada by CHUM Limited as Star! That was on September 10, 1999. In 2007, CHUM was acquired by CTVglobemedia. Star’s daily entertainment show, Star! Daily was dropped and replaced by CTV’s eTalk. E!’s original appearance in Canada was in 2007 when CanWest Global’s CH group of over the […]
Corus Entertainment announced on June 26th 2009 that its specialty network Scream would be rebranded as Dusk, effective September 9, 2009. The relaunch was planned to see the service expand its programming scope to include a more extensive lineup of movie titles and series that appealed to a broader demographic. Corus said that Dusk would […]
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Drive In Classics
Originally licensed by the CRTC as The Drive-In Channel, this CHUM-owned specialty service was launched in September 2001 as Drive-In Classics. Its mandate from the CRTC was to present the entire spectrum of typical drive-in movies from the 50s, 60s and 70s – “….horror and thriller movies, beach party movies, car chase movies and social […]
On August 9th 2013, the CRTC awarded Hollywood Suites Inc. a broadcasting licence to operate Dream, a national, English-language specialty Category B service that would be devoted to romance, as well as the lighter side of love and relationships. The programming would include series based on relationships, sexuality and gender issues, feature films, mini-series, made-for-television […]
Sex-Shop Television Inc. received CRTC approval in 2009 to launch a channel called Vanessa. The French version of the channel launched first – in 2010. With CRTC approval, Vanessa became a bilingual channel in 2012. The English channel opened up in 2013 and the bilingual channel went back to French programming. An HD feed was […]
Corus Entertainment was granted a licence in November 2000 for The Canadian Documentary Channel, a specialty channel to be devoted to long-form documentaries and films, and the Documentary Channel was launched in September 2001. Corus held 53% of the shares (through YTV Canada), while the CBC held 29% and the National Film Board and four […]