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 – […]
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Fine Living Canada
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 living, or just in seeking to enjoy life’s simple pleasures […]
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FYI
Current Station Group: Corus Entertainment Inc. On November 1st 2010, CanWest launched Twist TV, a rebranding of their former Discovery Health specialty channel. ” Twist TV”, said CanWest, “is all about real life with a twist; capturing the experiences of everyday people facing extraordinary situations. The channel’s diverse cast of characters and their colourful stories – […]
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Global Reality
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 […]
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HGTV- Home & Garden Television
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 […]
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History Television
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 […]
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Independent Film
Current 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 […]
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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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National Geographic Canada
Current Station Group: Corus Entertainment Inc. Alliance Atlantis received a licence in November 2000 for a cable speciality channel which was launched in September 2001 as National Geographic Canada. As with the magazine of the same name, and the U.S. channel from which much of its material was licensed, National Geographic Canada programmed documentary material on […]
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Reality TV
On October 14th, 2009, Canwest Television Limited Partnership received approval for a new specialty channel to be known as Reality TV. This new channel would be devoted exclusively to reality-based programs, including competition-based reality and do-it-yourself makeover programs. In order to ensure that Reality TV would not be directly competitive with analog pay or speciality […]