The Pet Network
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The Pet Network is a Canadian
English language
Category B specialty channel
owned by Stornoway Communications
. The Pet Network broadcasts entertainment and information programming featuring pets
in the form of films, documentaries, dramas, and more.
were granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called The Pet Network, described as "a national English-language Category 2 specialty television service devoted to pets and working animals."
Prior to the channel's launch, in January 2004, the CRTC approved an application that would see Stornoway acquire Cogeco's interest in the proposed service.
The channel launched on December 3, 2004 on Rogers Digital Cable
.
On October 20, 2010, The Pet Network launched on Shaw Cable
, giving the channel widespread distribution in Western Canada for the first time. On November 2010, Shaw Direct added the channel to their lineup, giving the channel national distribution.
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....
owned by Stornoway Communications
Stornoway Communications
Stornoway Communications is a privately held Canadian broadcasting and production company based in Toronto, Ontario.Stornoway Communications broadcasting assets include three digital cable television channels:* bpm:tv; a dance music and nightlife channel...
. The Pet Network broadcasts entertainment and information programming featuring pets
PETS
PETS may be an acronym for:* Pet Travel Scheme, which allows animals to travel internationally without quarantine* Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act...
in the form of films, documentaries, dramas, and more.
History
In November 2000, a joint venture between Stornoway Communications and CogecoCogeco
Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian media and communications company. The name is an acronym for Compagnie Générale de Communication .-History:...
were granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called The Pet Network, described as "a national English-language Category 2 specialty television service devoted to pets and working animals."
Prior to the channel's launch, in January 2004, the CRTC approved an application that would see Stornoway acquire Cogeco's interest in the proposed service.
The channel launched on December 3, 2004 on Rogers Digital Cable
Rogers Cable
Rogers Cable Inc., a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, in Manitoba, Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.The...
.
On October 20, 2010, The Pet Network launched on Shaw Cable
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...
, giving the channel widespread distribution in Western Canada for the first time. On November 2010, Shaw Direct added the channel to their lineup, giving the channel national distribution.