The History of Canadian BroadcastingCurrent Station Group: Corus Entertainment Inc. In November 2000 Alliance Atlantis was granted a licence for The Luxe Network, a lifestyle specialty channel for those who liked to indulge their sybaritic tendencies in the pursuit of personal pleasure, whether in the fields of possessions, travel, good food and wine or hedonistic pursuits. The channel, by then […]
Disney XD was a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel, which was originally licensed to Astral Media by the CRTC in 2009 as an extension of its existing Family Channel. However, Astral Media Inc. subsequently acquired the rights to a Canadian version of the U.S. Disney XD channel, and launched the new venture in […]
Disney Junior programming was originally licensed to Canada and launched on November 30, 2007 as a multiplex channel of Astral’s Family Channel. The channel was re-launched under the Disney Junior brand on May 6, 2011. On June 27, 2013, after a previous such application had been denied in 2012, the CRTC approved an application by […]
On June 4th 2010 CTVglobemedia and Discovery Communications announced the reneal of a joint venture that would involve the launch of three new cable channels, one of which would involve re rebranding of the Discovery HD channel as Discovery World HD. The new channel promised ” breathtaking landscapes, fascinating people and incredible stories from around […]
Corus Entertainment applied for and was awarded a licence in November 2000 for a Canadian version of Discovery Kids in partnership with Discovery Communications, who had a similar channel running in the U.S. The service made its debut in Canada in the Fall of 2001.The target audience of the channel was specified in the licence […]
Alliance Atlantis were awarded a license in November 2000 for a specialty channel to be called Health Network Canada, which was to be devoted to health, wellness and medicine. A minority shareholder was WebMD International, whose parent company operated a widely consulted health care website, WebMD. When the channel began broadcasting in August 2001, the […]
This channel was licensed to CTV in November 2000, and was launched in August of the following year. It caters to viewers with a thirst to know more about society and the events that shape it. In doing so it offers a broad range of informational programming ranging from such matters as explorations of the […]
Originally owned by Netstar Communications, licensed in 1994 and launched in 1995, the Discovery Channel was acquired by CTV in 2000, along with other cable properties including TSN. Dealing entirely with fact rather than fiction, the channel’s content offered a wide range of programs on all kinds of matters scientific, from both domestic and international […]
In December 2000 the Global Television Network was granted a licence for a new specialty channel, to be called Pop TV. It was to provide classic television series which were at least fifteen years old, and movies which were at least 25 years old, which, the CRTC opined, would “explore vintage television and the cultural […]
Capital Networks launched DealsTV on September 15, 2014. The channel featured infomercials for various products and services. DealsTV was exempt from CRTC licensing requirements because it was classified as a teleshopping service. It only operated until early 2017 when the service was discontinued. Start Year: 2014 to 2017