BBC Canada
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BBC Canada is a Canadian
English language
Category B specialty channel
. It presents programming primarily from the BBC
. BBC Canada is a joint venture between Shaw Media
and BBC Worldwide
.
Since BBC Canada is licensed as a Canadian channel, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) broadcasting regulations require that it carry a quota of Canadian content
. In addition to BBC programs, therefore, it also broadcasts a number of Canadian series as well.
(AAC), were granted a broadcast licence for BBC Canada by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in November 2000. The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 under its current name as a joint venture between AAC and BBC Worldwide.
On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
known as CW Media bought Alliance Atlantis and gained AAC's interest in BBC Canada.
On October 27, 2010, ownership changed once again as Shaw Communications
gained control of BBC Canada as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
Category B specialty channel
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....
. It presents programming primarily from the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. BBC Canada is a joint venture between Shaw Media
Shaw Media
Shaw Media is the television broadcasting division of Shaw Communications. Shaw Media owns the Global Television Network, which broadcasts via 11 television stations, as well as various specialty channels including HGTV Canada, Showcase, Food Network Canada, and History Television.Despite also...
and BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. In the year to 31 March 2010 it made a profit of £145m on a turnover of £1.074bn. The company had made a profit of £106m...
.
Programming
Main article: List of programs broadcast by BBC CanadaSince BBC Canada is licensed as a Canadian channel, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) broadcasting regulations require that it carry a quota of Canadian content
Canadian content
Canadian content refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that radio and television broadcasters must air a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from...
. In addition to BBC programs, therefore, it also broadcasts a number of Canadian series as well.
History
Original owners, Alliance AtlantisAlliance Atlantis
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. was a Toronto-based media company that operated primarily as a specialty service operator in Canada. Alliance Atlantis also had offices in Halifax, Los Angeles, London, Dublin, Madrid, Barcelona, Shannon and Sydney.Alliance Atlantis was acquired by Canwest...
(AAC), were granted a broadcast licence for BBC Canada by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in November 2000. The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 under its current name as a joint venture between AAC and BBC Worldwide.
On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs, focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments globally....
known as CW Media bought Alliance Atlantis and gained AAC's interest in BBC Canada.
On October 27, 2010, ownership changed once again as Shaw Communications
Shaw Communications
Shaw Communications is Canada's largest telecommunications company that provides telephone, Canada's fastest Internet and television services as well as broadcasting and soon Wifi. Shaw is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta...
gained control of BBC Canada as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media.