The History of Canadian Broadcasting
Court TV Canada was licensed to LTA (Learning Skills Television of Alberta), of which CHUM Limited were majority owners, in November 2000, and launched in September 2001. The US version had previously been seen in Canada, but with many prime time blackouts because of copyright restrictions. In addition to providing programming that examined and explained […]
On November 17th 2011, the CRTC approved an application by Cottage Life Television Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate Cottage Life Television, a national, English-language specialty Category B service that would offer information and lifestyle programming about cottage communities and cottage activities such as boating, swimming, fishing, golfing, water sports and indoor games; information […]
On August 7th, 2007 Corus Entertainment subsidiary Cosmopolitan Television Canada Company was awarded a licence for a new Cable specialty channel to be called Cosmo TV. Inspired by the well-known magazine, and with Corus in partnership with the Hearst Corporation, Cosmo TV was launched in Canada on February 14th 2008. With the channel’s launch, Corus […]
In November 2000 the Global Television Network received a licence for a new speciality channel to be called The Jazz Channel. CanWestGlobal Chairman Izzy Asper was known to be a jazz enthusiast himself, and was a better-than-average piano player. By the time the channel launched on September 4th 2003, it had been renamed COOL-TV – […]
Current Station Group: Bell Media Inc. CTV’s application for a licence for The Comedy Network was approved in 1996, and the channel was launched the following year. Offering a 24-hour service, the channel’s schedule included stand-up comedy, improv, sketches, sitcoms, game shows, animation and talk shows, from both Canadian and foreign sources, including material first seen […]
On June 22nd 2010, CTVglobemedia announced their intention to rebrand their TV Land specialty channel as Comedy Gold, a channel to be dedicated to paying tribute to “…the tireless sitcoms of the 70s, 80s and 90s”. Titles confirmed for inclusion in the new channel’s schedules were The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, […]
Current Station Group: Corus Entertainment Inc.Maclean-Hunter (60%) and Rawlco Communications (40%) received a licence from the CRTC in June 1994 for the operation of a country music network. Around this time, Rogers Communications acquired Maclean-Hunter. The station launched on January 1, 1995 as the New Country Network. CBS Cable acquired a 10% interest in the channel […]
Rogers Media announced on May 30th 2011 that it would launch a 24-hour all news television specialty channel, to becalled CityNews Channel. It would feature Toronto news originating with 680 News, Maclean’s Magazine and Citytv. It had been announced in December 2010 that Rogers Media’s application for an all news channel was approved by the […]
The Christian Channel was Canada’s first nationally licensed digital television service programmed specifically for Christian viewers. In December 2000 it was licensed to Vision TV (which later rebranded as S-VOX, and also owned One: the Body Mind and Spirit Channel) but did not launch until October 2005. The channel was designed to “entertain, inform, enlighten […]
In September 2003, Ethnic Channels Group Limited was licensed to operate a cable specialty channel to be named Ukrainian TV One. When it launched, the name had been changed to Channel Five, reflecting the considerable amount of programming originating with the station of that name in Kiev, Ukraine. The channel carried a wide range of […]