The History of Canadian BroadcastingCurrent Station Group: Rogers Media 2017 – On May 15, the CRTC approved, in part, an application by Rogers Media Inc. to operate a national, multilingual multi-ethnic discretionary service to be known as OMNI Regional for a licence term of three years, beginning 1 September 2017. Since the application did not fully meet the Commission’s expectations of […]
Stornoway Communications Ltd., received a licence from the CRTC in November 2000 for a cable specialty channel to be called The Pet Network, to be dedicated to pets and ‘working animals’. By 2003, the channel had not begun broadcasting, and Stornoway received an extension to November 2004 to get the service up and running. With […]
In November 2000, the CRTC awarded Craig Broadcast systems a licence for a specialty channel to be called Connect, planned to target what was perceived as an underserved segment of the viewing public, aged between 12 and 24 years. The channel launched under the brand name MTV 1. Craig was subsequently acquired by CHUM Limited, and […]
In 1991, the CRTC granted a licence to the Saskatchewan government to operate the Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN), a non-profit satellite-to-cable channel to deliver cultural and educational programming in Saskatchewan. It would later be available via direct-to-home satellite services. On March 24th 2010 the Saskatchewan government announced that it intended to close down SCN because […]
With CTV as majority owners, Sportsnet was launched in October 1998, but was acquired by Rogers in 2001 and renamed Rogers Sportsnet when CTV had to sell off the specialty channel on acquiring control of TSN. The program service of live and recorded sporting events, documentaries and specials, scores and statistics was delivered on four […]
Sportsnet 360 was originally known as Sportscope, and operated an alphanumeric service beginning in 1994. In 1996 the CRTC licensed Sportscope Plus as a national specialty channel devoted to “video highlights of sports events, as well as text and graphic displays that provide sports scores and schedules”. The owners were Headline Media Group and Western Co-Axial […]
On March 3rd 2010, Rogers Broadcasting Limited (Rogers) was licenced by the CRTC to launch a second sports specialty channel, to be called Sportsnet One. Programming would include extensive coverage of NHL hockey games involving Canadian teams, Major League Baseball games as well as Union of European Football Associations soccer and other mainstream sports. Sportsnet […]
Owned by the Rogers group of companies, it was launched in 1997 as the Canadian Home Shopping Network. In 2000, the channel was renamed The Shopping Channel. TSC launched an HD feed in 2011. Ownership: Rogers Media Start Year: 1997