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Current Station Group: Bell Media Inc. ESPN Classic Canada went on the air September 7, 2001, after receiving CRTC approval the previous November. The channel was controlled by CTV but ESPN in the U.S. held a 20% interest. The name of the channel was later changed to ESPN Classic. As a condition of licence, ESPN Classic […]
Telelatino Network Inc. received CRTC approval in April of 2006 to operate RCS Television, a service that would be devoted to rugby, cricket and soccer. In July of 2010, the channel was launched as EuroWorld Sport. Start Year: 2010
In May 1984 the CRTC licensed Chinavision Canada Corporation, owned by Francis K.K. Cheung, to launch Chinavision, a cable speciality channel consisting of predominantly Chinese-language programming in both Cantonese and Mandarin dialects. British Columbia was excluded, to protect the existing World View Chinese language service already operating there. In January 1987, the Commission approved the […]
Licensed in 2000 to Frank Alvarez, and launched in 2001, Festival Portuguese Television was established to service the large Portuguese community in Canada. A large part of its program content was to be supplied by the private Portuguese channel SIC. One popular element of FPTV’s programming was its soccer coverage. www.fptv.ca Start Year: 2001
In January 2004 Todd Goldsbie received CRTC approval for a new speciality channel to be called TFN – The Fight Network. In February 2005, ownership of The Fight Network Inc was transferred to Goldsbie’s partner Mike Garrow, and the channel was launched in September 2005, with programming including boxing, wrestling, mixed martial arts, kickboxing and […]
The CRTC licensed Food Network Canada in 2000 following the popularity of the American version of the channel which had been available in this country since 1997. The channel was owned by Alliance Atlantis Communications. The channel was launched in October of 2000 and the U.S. version was removed from the list of foreign channels […]
John Tyson, Michael G. Rinaldo and CUC Ltd. were awarded a licence by the CRTC on March 14, 1985, to operate The Life Channel. The channel began operating on October 18, 1985. Due to large financial losses, The Life Channel was shut down November 30, 1986. Start Year: 1985 to 1986
On July 2, 2010, Jay Switzer was given approval by the CRTC for four new specialty channels, including VELOCITY and ADVENTURE – featuring action and adventure; and KISS and THE LOVE CHANNEL, featuring romance, love and relationships. All four channels launched on November 23, 2011, branded as Hollywood Suite. The four channels were later rebranded […]
In 1995, the CBC received CRTC approval to operate the national pay audio service, Galaxie. When It launched in 1997, Galaxie had 30 channels in English and French. In 2002, Galaxie and Max Trax (Corus Entertainment) began providing a joint 40 channel music service called Galaxie Max Trax. The new service offered 20 Galaxie and […]
Owned by TVOne Canada Broadcasting Inc., this exempt Category B Urdu language channel was launched September 14, 2010. It was acquired by Tariq Bari Sheikh in 2014 and closed down in 2015. Along with some Canadian programming, TVOne Canada broadcast programming from TVOne Global of Pakistan. Start Year: 2010 to 2015