Mediaset TGCOM 24 is a

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TV channel owned by TLN Media Group. It broadcasts

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, information, and current affairs programs primarily from the Italian Mediaset TGCOM 24 channel.

History

In December 2000, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted approval to launch a channel called ''Network Italia'', described as "a national ethnic Category 2 specialty television service targeting the Italian community." The channel launched June 15, 2005 as SKY TG24, broadcasting primarily as a simulcast of the

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news channel

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, with Canadian advertising and added

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due to CRTC licensing regulations. It was primarily distributed through a package with two other channels called Super Trio Italiano; the other two channels being

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and

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. However, on September 11, 2007,

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dropped all three channels and on September 18, 2007, all other providers that carried the package dropped the remaining channels except for Sky TG24. On August 21, 2014, Bell dropped Sky TG24 from their satellite service, it is still available through their

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service.

On May 31, 2016, SkyTG 24 launched on Cogeco.Cogeco Brings Telelatino Network TV Channels to Half Million Ontario Subscribers
/ref> In December 2016, the channel was rebranded Mediaset TGCOM 24 and began sourcing its foreign programming from its Italian counterpart, from which its brand is under licence. Five months later, in May 2017, an HD simulcast of Mediaset TGCOM 24 was launched on Eastlink, as Mediaset TGCOM 24 HD.

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* Multicultural and ethnic television in Canada 24-hour television news channels in Canada Television channels and stations established in 2005 Italian-Canadian culture Italian-language television stations Italian-language television Digital cable television networks in Canada {{Canada-tv-station-stub