Fine Living was a Canadian
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owned by CW Media (a division of
Canwest
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and
GS Capital Partners
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),
Corus Entertainment
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, and
Scripps Networks Interactive
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. Its programs were dedicated to inspiring and empowering people to live better and help maximize their time and get the most out of their money.
Programming
Programs on Fine Living originated from five main categories: Design & Décor, Every Day, Favourite Things, Food & Drink and Travel & Adventure.
* Note: This is only a partial list of programs listed as of October 2009.
History
Fine Living was licensed by the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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(CRTC) on November 24, 2000 as ''The Luxe Network'' to Alliance Atlantis. The licence was originally set to expire on April 1, 2003 if the service was not operating by that date. The CRTC gave an extension to November 24, 2004 and by that time The E.W. Scripps Company had purchased a minority interest in the service and on September 3, 2004 the channel launched as ''Fine Living''.
On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between
Canwest
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and
GS Capital Partners
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bought
Alliance Atlantis
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including Alliance Atlantis' interest in Fine Living.
In June 2009, Canwest announced that it would be shutting down Fine Living in the fall of that year. Canwest said that it would launch a Canadian version of the
DIY Network
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for television providers to replace Fine Living with.
The channel was eventually shut down on October 19, 2009 with the launch of DIY Network. The channel will become Magnolia Network on March 28, 2022.
See also
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Fine Living (Italy)
*
Fine Living Network
Fine Living (Sometimes called Fine Living Network or FLN) was a European television channel, initially owned and operated by Scripps Networks Interactive and later by Discovery Inc., from 2018 onwards. It broadcast from to . It featured document ...
References
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Television channels and stations established in 2004
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2009
Defunct Canadian television channels
Fine Living Network
Former Corus Entertainment networks