Cottage Life (TV channel)
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| Launched | September 4, 2001 |
| Owned by | Blue Ant Media |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Slogan | Where Every Day is the Weekend |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Formerly called | Country Canada (2001-2002) CBC Country Canada (2002-2008) Bold (2008-2013) |
| Website | Cottage Life |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 641 (SD) Channel 1730 (HD) |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 512 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Available on most Canadian cable systems | Check local listings |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant Fibe TV | Channel 267 (SD) Channel 515 (HD) |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 641 (SD) Channel 1641 (HD) |
| Bell MTS | Channel 303 (SD) Channel 1303 (HD) |
| Optik TV | Channel 9355 (SD) Channel 355 (HD) |
| SaskTel | Channel 65 (SD) |
| VMedia | Channel 277 (HD) |
| Zazeen | Channel 15 (HD) |
Cottage Life is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Blue Ant Media. Operated as a spin-off of the co-owned magazine Cottage Life, the network airs a variety of programming focusing on the cottage and rural lifestyle genre within the core themes of DIY and design, food and entertaining, real estate, and outdoor living.
The network originally launched in 2001 as Country Canada, which primarily focused on programming of interest to rural Canadians, including news and lifestyle programming. After the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation bought out Corus Entertainment's stake in Country Canada, the network began to transition towards marketing itself as a companion to CBC Television, reduced the amount of rural-themed programming it aired in favour of entertainment programs and CBC Sports overflow, and eventually re-branded itself as Bold in 2008. In the midst of budget cuts at the CBC, Bold was sold to its current owners, Blue Ant Media, in April 2012; on September 4, 2013, Bold was re-launched by Blue Ant Media as Cottage Life.
In November 2000, a joint venture between Corus Entertainment (70%) and the CBC (30%) was granted a television broadcasting licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a channel called Land and Sea, presumably the name taken from the CBC original series Land and Sea. The newly licensed channel was described as "a national English-language Category 1 specialty television service for rural Canadian families, with a focus on adults 25-54. The service will provide information, interaction and entertainment from a rural perspective."
The channel was launched on September 4, 2001 as Country Canada; based on the CBC Television series Country Canada. The channel held true to its CRTC-mandated nature of service by focusing on rural news, information, lifestyle, and entertainment programming suitable for the whole family. Such programs that were broadcast on the channel included CountryLine, a call-in talk show discussing various topics of interest to rural Canadians; CBC News: CountryWide, a national news program with both a morning and evening edition focusing on national news stories; Northern Exposure; All Creatures Great and Small; and the television rendition of Harrowsmith Country Life.
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