Fashion Television, also known as Fashion Television Channel, was a

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specialty channel owned by

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. It was originally established in 2001 by

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as a brand extension of the Citytv series ''

FashionTelevision ''FashionTelevision'', also known as ''FT'', is a Canadian-produced special interest show focusing on fashion. The show, created by Jay Levine in 1985, was last hosted by Jeanne Beker. Production of the broadcast ended on April 11, 2012. The pr ...

,'' airing programming related to

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, modelling,

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and design. Under Bell Media ownership and after the cancellation of its namesake, the network

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its original format and shifted primarily to airing Bell Media library programming with little relevance to its original format. Amid declining investments in the channel, Fashion Television shut down on February 21, 2021.

History

On November 24, 2000,

was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch ''Fashion Television: The Channel'', described as "a national English-language specialty television service dedicated to fashion, beauty, style, art, architecture, photography and design." The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as ''FashionTelevisionChannel''. In July 2006, Bell Globemedia (later called

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) announced that it would purchase CHUM for an estimated $1.7 billion

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. The sale was approved by the CRTC in June 2007, and the transaction was completed on June 22, 2007 with the Citytv stations were being sold to Rogers Media on October 31, 2007.

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(a minority shareholder in CTVglobemedia) announced on September 10, 2010, that it planned to re-acquire 100% interest in CTVglobemedia for a total debt and equity transaction cost of $3.2 billion CAD. The deal which required CRTC approval, was approved on March 7, 2011 and closed on April 1 of that year, at which time CTVglobemedia was renamed Bell Media. The ''FashionTelevision'' series ended production in 2012, but repeats of that program and related series continued to air on the channel for a time. Along with

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, the channel later

its original format and began to primarily air reruns of library programming from other Bell Media networks with little relevance to fashion. The channel ceased investments in original Canadian programming and was rarely promoted by Bell. In January 2021, the CRTC approved a request by Bell to revoke Fashion Television and BookTelevision's licenses, stating that it planned to shut both channels down on February 21.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fashiontelevisionchannel Digital cable television networks in Canada Defunct Canadian television channels Television channels and stations established in 2001 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2021 English-language television stations in Canada 2001 establishments in Canada 2021 disestablishments in Canada Former Bell Media networks Fashion-related television channels