HGTV is a Canadian

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 A 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....

 owned and operated by 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 Scripps Networks Interactive

Scripps Networks Interactive

Scripps Networks Interactive is an American media company formed on July 1, 2008 as a spin out of the E.W. Scripps Company. Since launching HGTV in 1994, Scripps has become a leader in lifestyle media, developing relevant content for television, the Internet satellite radio, books, magazines, and...

. It consists of programs regarding home

Home

A home is a place of residence or refuge. When it refers to a building, it is usually a place in which an individual or a family can rest and store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food. Animals have their own homes as well, either...

 and garden

Garden

A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...

. Programs range from renovation

Renovation

Renovation is the process of improving a structure. Two prominent types of renovations are commercial and residential.-Process:The process of a renovation, however complex, can usually be broken down into several processes...

s, design

Design

Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...

, real estate

Real estate

In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...

, and remodelling.

The channel airs both original productions and international programming, primarily from the original American HGTV

HGTV

HGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...

, its sister channel DIY Network

DIY Network

DIY Network is a channel owned by Scripps Networks Interactive that focuses on do it yourself projects at home.Television stations air local versions with local hosts with segments produced by the network. Branded DIY Network programming is also broadcast in Japan and the Philippines...

 or 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...

.

History

Licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on September 4, 1996, the channel was launched as HGTV on October 17, 1997.

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 HGTV.

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 HGTV as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media.

HGTV HD

On January 31, 2011, HGTV launched a high definition

High-definition television

High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...

 feed called HGTV HD simulcasting the standard definition

Standard-definition television

Sorete-definition television is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either enhanced-definition television or high-definition television . The term is usually used in reference to digital television, in particular when broadcasting at the same resolution as...

 feed. The channel broadcasts in 1080i

1080i

1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...

 picture format.

Noted series

• The Block
  The Block (Australian TV series)
  The Block is an Australian reality television show broadcast on the Nine Network. The show sees four couples compete against each other to renovate a home and sell it at auction for the highest price....
  
  
• Buy Me
  Buy Me
  Buy Me is a television program that is currently aired on HGTV in the U.S. , and on HGTV Canada , where it is that cable network's most popular show. It is also seen in Belgium and South Africa, either dubbed or with subtitles...
  
  
• Colin and Justin's Home Heist
• Debbie Travis' Facelift
  Debbie Travis' Facelift
  Debbie Travis' Facelift was a home improvement reality television show that ran from January 28, 2003 to December 30, 2005. It was produced in Canada for Home & Garden Television and also aired in the United States on the American version of the network, Home & Garden Television...
  
  
• Decked Out
  Decked Out
  Decked Out is a Canadian home renovation television series, which airs on HGTV Canada. Hosted by Paul Lafrance, a contractor who owns Cutting Edge Construction and Design in Pickering, Ontario, each episode depicts Lafrance and his team designing and building a unique and dramatic deck for a...
  
  
• The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price
  The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price
  The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price is a Canadian reality television series, which airs on HGTV in Canada and Logo in the United States. The series stars Ambrose Price, an interior decorator from Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador, in a series of design challenges. Ambrose Price just earned...
  
  
• Designer Superstar Challenge
  Designer Superstar Challenge
  Designer Superstar Challenge also known simply as Superstar Challenge is a show hosted by Karen Bertelsen on HGTV Canada that has had four seasons...
  
  
• Design Inc.
  Design Inc.
  Design Inc. is a Canadian television series, which airs on HGTV in Canada and Fine Living in the United States. The show also airs in SIC Mulher in Portugal....
  
  
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is a reality television series providing home renovations for less fortunate families and community schools etc...
  
  
• The Fix
• For Rent
• Handyman Superstar Challenge
  Handyman Superstar Challenge
  Handyman Superstar Challenge is a television game show on HGTV Canada, hosted by Karen Bertelsen...
  
  
• Holmes on Homes
  Holmes on Homes
  Holmes on Homes is a Canadian television series featuring general contractor Mike Holmes visiting homeowners who are in need of help, mainly due to unsatisfactory home renovations performed by hired contractors....
  
  
• Holmes Inspection
  Holmes Inspection
  Holmes Inspection is a 2009 Canadian home renovation series on HGTV, hosted by general contractor Mike Holmes. It is the third of Holmes' renovation series, following Holmes on Homes and Holmes in New Orleans. The format of the series is similar to those of his previous series Holmes on Homes,...
  
  
• House Hunters
  House Hunters
  House Hunters is an American reality series that airs on HGTV. Having originally premiered in 1999, there have been three spin-off series that follow a similar format as the original show.-Format:...
  
  
• Income Property
  Income Property
  Income Property is a home-improvement show which airs on HGTV. The host, Scott McGillivray, is a home contractor and renovation specialist who helps homeowners make their mortgage payments by adding a rental unit to their house....
  
  
• Junk Brothers
  Junk Brothers
  Junk Brothers is a reality television series broadcast by HGTV Canada. Brothers and show hosts Steve and Jim Kelley collect discarded items and use these to create new furniture. These works are then returned to the people who discarded them; the former owners of the 'junk' do not expect their...
  
  
• Kitchen Equipped
  Kitchen Equipped
  Kitchen Equipped is a show which can be seen on Food Network Canada and HGTV.The show, which shot 3 seasons was co-hosted by Canadian pastry and celeb chef Anna Olson , carpenter Jay Purvis, and interior designer Stacy McLennan . Both Olson and Purvis explore building and renovating a kitchen...
  
  
• Location, Location, Location
  Location, Location, Location
  Location, Location, Location is a Channel 4 property programme, presented by Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer and produced by IWC Media, part of the RDF Media Group. The reality show follows Kirstie and Phil as they try to find the perfect home for a different set of buyers each week. It first...
  
  
• Mission: Organization
  Mission: Organization
  Mission: Organization is a home improvement television show on HGTV, that has the intent of reorganizing and redesigning living space, in order to bring order to a particular room of a home...
  
  
• My First Place
• Neat
  Neat (TV series)
  Neat is a Canadian television series, which airs on HGTV in Canada and formerly on Discovery Home in the United States. Hosted by professional organizer Hellen Buttigieg, Neat is a home improvement series in which Buttigieg helps a person with cluttered living spaces devise solutions to help...
  
  
• Property Shop
• Property Virgins
  Property Virgins
  Property Virgins is a reality television series produced by Cineflix. The show portrays the experiences of prospective first-time home buyers, or "property virgins." The program originated on HGTV Canada in March 2006 and expanded to HGTV in the United States in its second season. The program is...
  
  
• Real Estate Intervention
• Real Renos
  Real Renos
  The Real Renos Show is a property of SMASHING PICTURES. It is featured on Canada's HGTV and stars Jim Caruk, Master Contractor, based in Toronto, Ontario. It also airs on The DIY Network. The show illustrates the trials and tribulations of home renovations from the contractor's...
  
  
• Restaurant Makeover
  Restaurant Makeover
  Restaurant Makeover is a closed television series which airs as reruns on the Food Network Canada and HGTV Canada, as well as the Fine Living channel and Food Network in the United States, TVtropolis and in over 16 other countries worldwide. The pilot episode starred designer Robin De Groot and...
  
  
• Room Service
  Room Service (TV series)
  Room Service is the first of four home renovation television series hosted by Canadian designer Sarah Richardson. In each episode, Richardson remakes one room of a person's house. It aired on HGTV in both the United States and in Canada.-External links:...
  
  
• Sarah's House
  Sarah's House
  Sarah's House is a Canadian television reality series hosted by Toronto interior designer Sarah Richardson, which airs on HGTV. The program's on-air team also includes interior designer Tommy Smythe and contractor Vito Colucci, as well as Richardson's husband, marketing communications specialist...
  
  
• Selling New York
  Selling New York
  Selling New York is an American television series airing on HGTV. It features real estate brokers from three Manhattan real estate companies selling real estate to New York's elite. The show regulars include Michele, Sabrina, and Samantha Kleier, power brokers and authors of Hot Property...
  
  
• Top Design
  Top Design
  Top Design is an American reality television series. Interior designers compete to win cash and receive a spot in New York's Designer showcases....
  
  
• Tough As Nails
• Weekend Warriors

External links

• HGTV