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List Of Canadian Specialty Channels
The following is a list of Canadian specialty channels, premium television services, and most other channels not available via terrestrial television. English Entertainment * ABC Spark * Adult Swim * AMI-tv * BBC First * CTV Comedy Channel * CTV Drama Channel * CTV Sci-Fi Channel * CMT * Crime & Investigation * DejaView * E! * FEVA TV * FX * FXX * Game+ * GameTV * Lifetime * MTV * MTV2 * Much * Showcase Kids * Cartoon Network * Disney Channel * Disney Junior * Disney XD * Family Channel * Family Jr. * Nickelodeon * Teletoon * Toon-A-Vision * Treehouse TV * WildBrainTV * YTV Factual * Animal Planet * BBC Earth * Discovery Channel * Discovery Science * Discovery Velocity * History * History2 * Investigation Discovery * Love Nature * Nat Geo Wild * National Geographic * Smithsonian Channel Lifestyle * Cooking Channel * Cottage Life * CTV Life Channel * DTour * Food Network * HGTV * Magnolia Network * Makeful * OLN * One * Oprah Winfrey Network * OutTV * RFD- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FXX (Canadian TV Channel) articleFXX is a Canadian English-language discretionary service channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media, a division of Rogers Communications, and the FX Networks subsidiary of Walt Disney Television. Based on the U.S. cable network of the same name, FXX is devoted primarily to scripted comedies for young adults. It launched on April 1, 2014, in both standard definition and high definition.Toronto Star Rogers goes after younger audience with new FXX channel , January 14, 2014 < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Jr
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary locus of attachment, nurturance, and socialization. Anthropologists classify most family organizations as matrifocal (a mother and her children), patrifocal (a father and his children), conjugal (a wife, her husband, and children, also called the nuclear family), avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or extended (in addition to parents and children, may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins). The field of genealogy aims to trace family lineages through history. The family is also an important economic unit studied in family economics. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Channel (Canadian TV Network)
Family Channel (commonly known as Family) is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by WildBrain. The network primarily airs children's television series, teen dramas, as well as other programming targeting a family audience. Family Channel is headquartered in the Brookfield Place office complex, near the Financial District of Downtown Toronto. It has transmitted from Corus Quay since at least 2014. Launched on September 1, 1988, it was originally a joint venture between the owners of the premium television services First Choice and Superchannel; due to the breakup of Western International Communications, the network became a joint venture between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment. Astral later acquired full ownership of the network; after the 2013 acquisition of Astral by Bell Media, the network and its sister channels were divested to DHX Media (now WildBrain) in 2014. Family was originally licensed as a premium specialty service, which necessitated that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney XD (Canadian TV Channel)
Disney XD is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment which launched on December 1, 2015. It is a localized version of the U.S. network of the same name operated under license from Disney Branded Television, which broadcasts live-action and animated programming aimed at kids between the ages of 6 and 15. History A Canadian version of Disney XD was originally launched by Astral Media on June 1, 2011 as a spin-off of Family Channel, which had historically held rights to the programming of Disney Channel and its spin-off brands. After Bell Media acquired Astral in 2013, the company sold Disney XD along with its sister channels (Family Channel and the French and English versions of Disney Junior) to DHX Media. On April 16, 2015, Corus Entertainment announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire the Canadian rights to Disney Channel programming and brands. Disney XD programming initially aired in a programming block on the Canadian versio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Junior (Canadian TV Channel)
Disney Junior is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment which launched on December 1, 2015. It is a localized version of the U.S. network owned by The Walt Disney Company, broadcasting animated programming aimed at children and preschoolers aged 2 to 7. History Prior to September 2015, DHX Media (now WildBrain) operated Disney Junior-branded television services in Canada in the English and French languages as spin-offs of Family Channel since May 6, 2011. In April 2015, Corus acquired Canadian rights to Disney Channel's programming and associated brands. Upon the announcement of the rights deal, Corus stated that it would launch "select Disney branded kids linear television offerings" in the future, after the launch of a Canadian version of Disney Channel. In August 2015, television provider VMedia stated on its website that Corus would launch Disney Junior and Disney XD channels on December 1, 2015. Upon its launch on September 1, 2015, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Channel (Canadian TV Channel)
Disney Channel is a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment under license from The Walt Disney Company, which began broadcasting on September 1, 2015. It is a localized version of the U.S. basic cable network of the same name, broadcasting live-action and animated programming aimed at children between the ages of 9 to 16. The channel launched as part of a new licensing agreement between Corus Entertainment and the Disney–ABC Television Group (now known as Walt Disney Television), which succeeded a previous program supply agreement between Disney and Family Channel (owned by WildBrain). Its launch marked the first time that a Disney Channel-branded television service has operated in Canada. History Background (1988–2015) At the time of its launch in 1988, Family Channel, owned by DHX Media, held Canadian rights to Disney Channel's programming library. As such, it operated licensed Canadian versions of Disney Channel's spinoff brands, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon Network (Canadian TV Channel)
Cartoon Network is a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment subsidiary Teletoon Canada, Inc., with its branding used through a brand licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery. The CRTC classifies the network as a discretionary service. Based on the American network of the same name, Cartoon Network broadcasts animated programming aimed at children and teens. Until 2019, Cartoon Network also carried a domestic version of Adult Swim, a late-night block targeting adults. The network operates with separate Eastern and Pacific feeds. As of September 2015, it is available in 5 million households nationwide. The network carries the majority of current-day programming aired by Cartoon Network in the United States, along with some programs from sister network Teletoon to meet their Canadian content guidelines, though Teletoon generally serves as the home of the American network's high-profile series. History After obtaining a license from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showcase (Canadian TV Channel)
Showcase is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. Launched on January 1, 1995, the channel primarily airs scripted and dramatic television series. History Licensed in 1994, Showcase was a venture between Alliance Communications (prior to its merger with Atlantis), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and a number of smaller independent Canadian producers, and was intended to be a showcase for "the best of independently-produced movies, drama, comedy and mini-series from Canada and around the world", with limited content from the United States. It launched at midnight on January 1, 1995, with a short introductory montage and its first program, '' Monty Python's Life of Brian'', shown as part of its program ''The Showcase Revue''. Showcase later spawned two digital television services, the male-oriented Action (formerly Showcase Action, which was replaced by the Canadian version of Adult Swim in April 2019) and the more female-oriented Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Much (TV Channel)
Much (an abbreviation for its full name MuchMusic) is a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. through its Bell Media subsidiary that airs programming aimed at teenagers and young adults. MuchMusic launched on August 31, 1984, under the ownership of CHUM Limited, and was originally focused on music programming, including blocks of music videos and original series focusing on Canadian musicians. In the years since its acquisition by Bell, Much has cancelled the majority of its music programming due to budget and staffing cuts. The channel's full name was retired in 2013 in reflection of its decreasing reliance on music-related programming. History Under CHUM (1984–2006) MuchMusic was licensed on April 2, 1984 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to CHUM Limited. It had faced competition from two other proposed services. One of them, ''CMTV Canadian Music Television'', was deemed not to have sufficient financial res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV2 (Canadian TV Channel)
MTV2 is a Canadian pay television channel focused on lifestyle and general entertainment programming aimed at youth and teen audiences. The channel is owned by Bell Media, with the MTV2 name and branding used under an brand licensing, agreement with the Paramount Networks Americas division of Paramount Global. This channel went on the air on October 18, 2001 as MTV Canada by Craig Wireless, Craig Media and MTV Networks. During its early existence, MTV Canada aired various music videos along with its related music and entertainment programming, which led to CHUM Limited, the parent company of Much (TV channel), MuchMusic, to file a complaint with the CRTC, accusing MTV Canada of airing more programming that exceeded its licence and being a MuchMusic competitor. However in 2004, CHUM acquired the assets of Craig Media and relaunched the channel in 2005 as Razer as an interactive channel. While the new Canadian version of MTV (Canadian TV channel), MTV was relaunched in 2006 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV (Canadian TV Channel)
MTV is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by Bell Media with the name and branding used under a licensing agreement with Paramount Global. The channel is devoted to talk, lifestyle and documentary programming, and also airs some scripted programming. The channel launched as Talktv in 2000, but was not as widely available prior to its relaunch in March 2006. Unlike MTV channels in the U.S. and elsewhere, the channel was restricted in its ability to carry music programming until 2015, due to conditions in the channel's licence issued by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Thus, the channel never used the "Music Television" tagline as its international counterparts did prior to 2010. Instead, MuchMusic had been launched in 1984 as the designated Canadian channel dedicated to mainstream music. As a former Category A service, MTV was required to be carried on the basic service of all digital cable providers across Canada. The chann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
