The History of Canadian BroadcastingASN was owned by Bell Media, with its studios located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was part of Bell Media’s A Network, though uniquely with no over-the-air signal. The satellite to cable channel had launched as the Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN) in 1983, and carried programming from CHUM’s Citytv and A-Channel . Some CTV programs […]
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 […]
Licensed by the CRTC in 1996, this spin-off from the uniquely-styled news programming offered by Toronto’s popular CITY-TV was launched in March 1998, bringing a 24 hour service of local, national and international news, weather, traffic, stock market reports, and sports results via cable and satellite to over five million viewers in the Greater Toronto […]
On May 25th 2009, CTV announced that CTV Newsnet, originally licensed and launched in 1996, would be rebranded as CTV News Channel, effective May 26th. This specialty channel utilized the world-wide CTV news- gathering facilities to provide a 24-hour news service. After originally having been restricted by licence to providing a 15-minute ‘wheel’ of news, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Encouraged by the spectacular 15-year success of its syndicated series FashionTV, CHUM Limited applied for and was awarded a fashion speciality channel license in November 2000. The channel launched in September 2001 as Fashion Television: The Channel. In applying for the licence, CHUM promised that the channel would “become the central Canadian television platform for […]