Showcase Diva
| Showcase Diva | |
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| Showcase Diva logo | |
| Launched | September 7, 2001 |
| Owned by | Shaw Media |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Sister channel(s) | Showcase Action |
| Website | Showcase Diva |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 335 |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 615 |
| Cable | |
| Available on many Canadian cable systems | Check local listings |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant TV | Channel 561 |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 335 |
| MTS | Channel 244 |
| Optik TV | Channel 221 |
| SaskTel | Channel 81 |
Showcase Diva is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Shaw Media. Showcase Diva broadcasts programs aimed at women in the form of films and dramatic television series.
Contents |
[edit] Noted series
- About a Girl
- Blue Murder
- Bones
- Cra$h & Burn
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- ER
- Haven
- NCIS
- Numb3rs
- The Guard
- Note: series list is current as of September 2010.
[edit] History
In November 2000, Showcase Television Inc., a division of Alliance Atlantis, was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called Romance Television, described as "a national English-language Category 2 specialty television service devoted to romance. Programming will include relationship- themed game shows and magazine style programs featuring romantic vacation resorts. Other programs will explore romantic moments in people's lives, as well as classic romantic feature films, epic mini-series and made-for-television movies."[1]
The channel launched on September 7, 2001 as Showcase Diva, a spin-off of another Alliance Atlantis television channel, Showcase.
On January 18, 2008,[2] a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners known as CW Media,[3] acquired control of Showcase Diva through its purchase of Alliance Atlantis' broadcasting assets, which were placed in a trust in August 2007.[4]
On October 27, 2010, ownership changed once again as Shaw Communications gained control of Showcase Diva as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ Decision CRTC 2000-674 CRTC 2000-12-14
- ^ Canwest Global receives final CRTC approval for acquisition of Alliance Atlantis CNW press release 2008-01-18
- ^ Goldman's happy ending at CanWest The Globe and Mail 2010-05-03
- ^ CanWest Completes Acquisition of Alliance Atlantis Investor Point 2007-08-15
- ^ Shaw Communications closes purchase of Canwest TV assets, rebrands as Shaw Media
- ^ CRTC approves Shaw’s purchase of the Canwest Global television properties
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