Discovery Channel (Canadian TV channel)

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Discovery Channel
SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerCTV Specialty Television, Inc.
(Bell Media-ESPN Inc.
(80% and managing partner)
Warner Bros. Discovery (20%)
Sister channelsAnimal Planet
Canal D
Discovery Science
Discovery Velocity
Investigation Discovery
History
LaunchedJanuary 1, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-01-01)
Links
WebsiteDiscovery Channel Canada

Discovery Channel (often referred to as simply Discovery) is a

specialty television channel owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc. (a joint venture between Bell Media & ESPN Inc. that owns 80%) and Warner Bros. Discovery
(which owns the remaining 20%).

Launched on January 1, 1995 by NetStar Communications, this channel is devoted to nature, adventure, science and technology programming. The channel is headquartered at

.

History

Licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 1994, Discovery Channel launched on January 1, 1995 under the ownership of NetStar Communications Inc.

On March 24, 2000, the CRTC approved a proposal by CTV Inc. to acquire voting interest in NetStar Communications Inc. CTV renamed the company CTV Speciality Television Inc.

A

.

On June 17, 2011, Bell Media announced that it would launch, for a second time, an HD simulcast feed of Discovery Channel; this feed was launched on August 18, 2011.[2]

In November 2015, Bell Media announced Discovery Channel Canada's first original scripted drama, the Jason Momoa-fronted Frontier, chronicling the North American fur trade. The series was picked up internationally by Netflix.[3]

Programming

In addition to shows acquired from its

Daily Planet, and its own domestic version of Cash Cab.[4] Several programs produced by the Canadian Discovery Channel (such as How It's Made) have also aired on the U.S. Science Channel
.

Unusual for any Discovery Channel network across the world, after the 2015 retirement of CRTC genre protection rules which mandated that it predominantly air factual programming,[5] the channel added second-run fictional series with a loose connection to STEM concepts in 2018, including The Big Bang Theory, Bones and CSI: NY.

Original series (aired both past and present)

See also

References

  1. ^ Over-the-Air Transmitters Now Broadcasting CTV High-Definition Signals in Toronto and Vancouver CTV 2005-08-17
  2. ^ Discovery Channel and Bell Media Factual Networks Announce Fall 2011 "Must See" Highlights CNW 2011-06-17
  3. ^ "Netflix Picks Up Canadian Period Action Series 'Frontier' Starring Jason Momoa". Deadline. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Bell Media cancels shows 'Daily Planet' and 'Innerspace,' lays off 17 positions". The London Free Press. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  5. ^ Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (March 12, 2015). "Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-86". Retrieved May 12, 2018. (paragraph 254)
  6. ^ David, Greg (July 24, 2022). "Discovery reveals the 12 carvers competing in the all-new series A Cut Above, beginning August 8". TV, eh. Retrieved July 29, 2022 – via Bell Media.
  7. ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2006-02-17.

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