Family (TV channel)
| Family Channel | |
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Third and current Family Channel logo used since 2011.
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| Launched | September 1, 1988 |
| Owned by | DHX Media |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (2011–present) 480i (SDTV) (1988–present) |
| Slogan |
Canada's #1 Family Network (1988–99) Never a Dull Moment (1999–2011) Only on Family (2011–13) All Time (2013-16) The Spirit of Families (2016-present) |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide (also available in Jamaica and The Bahamas) |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Sister channel(s) |
Family Jr. Télémagino Family Chrgd |
| Timeshift service | Family Channel East Family Channel West |
| Website | Family |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | 556 (east; SD) 557 (west; SD) 1642 (east; HD) |
| Shaw Direct |
Classic lineup: 540 (east; SD) 541 (west; SD) 69 (east; HD) Advanced lineup: 170 (east; SD) 171 (west; SD) 569 (east; HD) |
| Cable | |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant Fibe | 258 (east; SD) 503 (east; HD) |
| Bell Fibe TV | 556 (east; SD) 557 (west; SD) 1556 (east; HD) |
| MTS | 153 (east; SD) 154 (west; SD) 1153 (east; HD) |
| Optik TV | 605 (west; SD) 9604 (east; SD) 604 (east; HD) |
| SaskTel | 130 (east; SD) 430 (east; HD) |
| VMedia | 57 (east; HD) |
Family Channel (often known as simply Family) is a Canadian English-language Category A cable and satellite television channel that is owned by DHX Media. Family's programming is aimed towards the tween and teenage demographics, broadcasting domestic and imported children's television series, teen dramas, off-network sitcoms, and theatrically released and made-for-television movies targeted towards the demographics. Historically, much of Family's programming was heavily sourced from the American cable network Disney Channel during the 2000s; these rights were later acquired by Corus Entertainment in September 2015.
Although it was formerly licensed as a premium television service, the channel is carried on the basic tiers of most Canadian subscription television providers, and is also carried by Flow Cable in Jamaica. and on Cable Bahamas in The Bahamas. Family is headquartered in the Brookfield Place office complex, near the Financial District of Downtown Toronto. It has transmitted from Corus Quay since at least 2014.
As of March 2013, Family Channel is available to approximately six million pay television households in Canada; it also has the highest total viewership among Canada's children's television channels. It transmits three feeds: Eastern Time Zone feeds in both standard definition and high definition, and a Pacific Time Zone feed solely in standard definition.
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