Category B services
A Category B service (formerly Category 2) is a Canadian specialty television channel which, as defined by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, may be carried, optionally, by all digital cable television and direct broadcast satellite providers.
Unlike Category A services, Category B services are not protected as to format. They are licensed to broadcast within defined formats which are not provided by or overly close to an existing protected channel, but their formats are not protected themselves and need not protect other Category B services. Also unlike Category A services, a Category B service does not have guaranteed cable carriage rights, but must directly negotiate carriage with cable distributors. Category B services encompass both pay television and specialty channels.
In a policy decision released on October 30, 2008, the CRTC decided that all Category 2 services would be renamed Category B services, effective September 1, 2011.[1]
Henceforth, most Canadian specialty channels (except for national news & mainstream sports channels, which are classified as Category C services) will be licensed as Category B services.[2]
The following is a list of currently launched Category B services in Canada:
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[edit] Category B specialty services
[edit] English
- ABC Spark (launching Spring 2012)
- Action
- Animal Planet
- AOV Adult Movie Channel
- ATN NEO Cricket
- Aux
- BBC Canada
- BBC Kids
- Bite
- bpm:tv
- CityNews Channel
- Comedy Gold
- Cosmopolitan TV
- DejaView
- Discovery Science
- Discovery World HD
- Disney XD
- DIY Network
- Dusk
- ESPN Classic
- EuroWorld Sport
- eqhd
- Fight Network
- Fox Sports World Canada
- FX Canada
- GameTV
- Global Reality Channel
- GolTV
- Grace TV
- HARDtv
- HIFI
- HPItv
- HPItv Canada
- HPItv International
- HPItv Odds
- HPItv West
- Hollywood Festival
- Hollywood Storm
- Hustler TV
- IDNR-TV
- Investigation Discovery
- Juicebox
- Leafs TV
- Maleflixxx Television
- MGM Channel
- Movieola
- MovieTime
- MuchLOUD
- MuchMoreRetro
- MuchVibe
- National Geographic Channel
- NBA TV Canada
- NHL Network
- Nickelodeon
- Oasis HD
- Penthouse TV
- radX
- Red Hot TV
- Salt + Light Television
- Showcase Diva
- Silver Screen Classics
- Sportsnet World
- Sundance Channel
- Teletoon Retro
- The Cult Movie Network
- The Pet Network
- Wild TV
- W Movies
- WarnerFilms
- WFN
- XXX Action Clips Channel
[edit] French
- Avis de Recherche
- CASA
- Disney Junior
- Explora (launching winter 2012)
- Mlle
- Prise 2
- Télétoon Rétro
- Vanessa
- Yoopa
- Zeste
[edit] Multicultural
- Abu Dhabi TV
- All TV
- ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi
- ATN ARY Digital
- ATN Gujarati
- ATN Jaya TV
- ATN JUS Punjabi
- ATN Malayalam
- ATN MH 1
- ATN Punjjabi TV
- ATN SAB TV
- ATN Sony Aath
- ATN Times Now
- ATN Zoom
- Bollywood Times
- Channel Punjabi
- Dream 1
- Dream 2
- ERT World
- FPTV
- FTV
- Filmy
- Imagine Dil Se
- Jaam-e-Jam
- KBS World
- LS Times TV
- MEGA Cosmos
- Mediaset Italia
- Mehndi TV
- Melody Aflam
- Melody Drama
- Melody Hits
- NTV Canada
- Nuevo Mundo Television
- Orbit Al Yawm
- ProSiebenSat.1 Welt
- PTC Punjabi
- RTVi
- SBTN
- Sky TG24
- SSTV
- Tamil One
- TeleNiños
- The Israeli Network
- TLN en Español
- TVi
- TVOne Global
- UTV Movies
- WOWtv
[edit] Category B pay services
[edit] English
[edit] French
[edit] Multicultural
[edit] Defunct Category B services
- CoolTV
- Discovery Kids
- The Ecology Channel
- Edge TV
- Fine Living
- HSTN
- Leonardo World
- MSNBC Canada
- Niagara News TV
- Persian Vision
- RTVi+
- Tonis
- Video Italia
- X-Treme Sports
[edit] References
- ^ New Specialty channel policy- see Paragraph 68 for designations
- ^ http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-786.htm
[edit] See also
- List of television stations in Canada by call sign
- List of Canadian television networks (table)
- List of Canadian television channels
- List of Canadian specialty channels
- Category A services
- Category B services
- Category C services
- List of foreign television channels available in Canada
- List of United States stations available in Canada
- Digital television in Canada
- Multichannel television in Canada
- List of Canadian stations available in the United States
- List of television stations in North America by media market
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