Food Network, formerly called Food Network Canada, is a

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based on the U.S. cable network of the same name. It airs programming related to

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, and the

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. The Canadian version of Food Network is a joint venture between

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and the U.S. network's parent company Television Food Network, G.P. (which is majority-owned by

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History

The U.S.

Food Network Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (which holds a 69% ownership stake of the network) and Nexstar Media Group ...

was available in Canada since 1997 and became one of the more popular foreign cable channels available in Canada. This prompted the creation of a Canadian version which would then be able to access ad revenue through commercials under

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(CRTC) regulations.

and

Alliance Atlantis Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. (commonly known as Alliance Atlantis and commonly shortened to simply Alliance or Atlantis and formerly traded as TSX:AAC) was a Canadian media company that operated primarily as a specialty service operato ...

launched the channel on October 9, 2000 at 6:00 a.m. EST. The licence for Food Network Canada was approved by the CRTC in early 2000. The channel was launched in October of that year; on the day of the launch, the U.S. service was removed from the list of foreign channels eligible to be broadcast in Canada. On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between

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and

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known as CW Media bought Alliance Atlantis and gained AAC's interest in Food Network. On October 27, 2010, ownership changed again as

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gained control of Food Network as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media. On March 4, 2013, Corus Entertainment (also controlled by the Shaw family) announced the sale of its 22.58% ownership interest in Food Network to

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, in exchange for Shaw's 49% stake in

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. The sale closed in April 2013. On April 1, 2016, Shaw Media was subsumed into Corus as part of a corporate reorganization, which reunited Food Network with the active Corus channels.

Food Network HD

On October 5, 2011, Shaw Media launched Food Network HD, a

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high definition simulcast of the

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feed.Food Network Canada looking better than ever
Shaw Media press release 2011-10-05 It is available through all major TV providers.

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External links

* * Adams, Liz
Food Network cooks up Canadian menu
Strategy Magazine; 07/17/2000.

CRTC; 07/04/2000. {{Authority control

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History

Food Network HD

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