World Fishing Network (WFN) is an American television network, which offers online and mobile platform dedicated exclusively to

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. Based on the Canadian television network of the same name. The network's programming covers instruction, tips,

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, travel, food, boating, outdoor lifestyle and more. Hosted by some of the world's top anglers, WFN is available to cable, satellite and telco subscribers throughout the United States and the Caribbean. WFN's lineup also includes a selection of the best and most diverse species coverage of any programming on television.

History

The channel's roots began in Canada on December 2, 2005, when it was launched under the ownership of

Insight Sports Insight Sports Ltd. is a sports media and entertainment company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The company is owned in part by Larry Tanenbaum, part owner of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Properties Insight Sports operates Aquila Product ...

. The company expanded the channel in the United States in November 2007 with its launch on Verizon FiOS as a standard definition channel. A few months later, in May 2008, WFN launched a high definition (HD) channel on Dish Network, called "World Fishing Network HD", a channel with a separate schedule from its standard definition counterpart. The HD channel was added to Verizon FiOS that year.WFN: World Fishing Network HD Launches on Verizon FiOS in the New York City Metro Market
Reuters.com; 2008-08-19. Since WFN's launch on Verizon and Dish Network, it has been added to several other television providers such as

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, and television providers in the Caribbean, including Flow Cable in Jamaica. On January 10, 2011, WFN announced that it had sold a 50% stake in its U.S. operations to

Altitude Sports and Entertainment Altitude Sports and Entertainment (usually referred to as simply Altitude) is an American regional sports cable and satellite television channel owned by Stan Kroenke's Kroenke Sports & Entertainment. The channel, which serves the Rocky Moun ...

. Also, in 2011, Altitude Sports and Entertainment purchased a 19.9% interest in the Canadian channel through its division Altitude WFN ULC.CRTC ownership chart
CRTC Altitude would later purchase the remaining 50% interest in the channel. On January 14, 2019, World Fishing Network in Canada officially relaunched as

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* {{Sports television in the United States Television channels and stations established in 2007 Kroenke Sports & Entertainment

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