The History of Canadian Broadcasting
Licensed to Global in December 2000 as Men TV, the name of this specialty cable channel, aimed specifically at a male audience, had been abbreviated to Mentv by the time it launched in September of the following year. The channel’s program content was described by its owners as “from classic cars to casinos, from fashion to […]
In December 2000 the Global Television Network was granted a licence to operate a new specialty channel to be called Fox Sportsworld Canada, with programming to be confined exclusively to cricket, soccer and rugby. The channel was launched in September 2001, and quickly made soccer the predominant sport in its schedules. Although contracts with competing […]
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 […]