Game TV
| GameTV | |
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GameTV logo
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| Launched | November 2005 |
| Owned by | Anthem Sports & Entertainment |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | Playful When You Are |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Formerly called | Casino & Gaming Television (2005-2007) |
| Website | GameTV |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 274 |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 405 |
| Cable | |
| Available on many Canadian cable systems | Check local listings |
| IPTV | |
| MTS | Channel 33 |
| Optik TV | Channel 372 |
| SaskTel | Channel 45 |
| VMedia | Channel 73 |
GameTV is a Canadian English language Category B television channel that broadcasts primarily game and competition-based programming such as game shows, reality television, and sports-related programming.
GameTV's licensee is the GameTV Corporation which is owned by Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
In September 2001, Stuart Media Group was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch The Gaming Channel, described as "a national, English-language Category 2 specialty television service, providing live-event interactive programming about gaming or involving gaming. The service will offer programming including shorts and Canadian original programs about gaming that will be knowledge-based and entertaining, with a focus on providing unique insights into daily events of the gaming world and its participants. The service will also allow viewers to play along with Bingo Games, and will provide experimental, interactive and informational programming on gaming odds, lotteries, and the gaming experience in general."
In December 2004, Stuart Media Group announced that it had reached an agreement with Casino and Gaming Television, Inc., owners of the Casino and Gaming Television (CGTV) brand, which would see Stuart Media Group launch The Gaming Channel as a Canadian version of the yet-to-be-launched American television channel of the same name. The agreement would see the Canadian channel launch in May 2005 on Bell ExpressVu and act as, what the companies called, a "test bed" for the American channel which would also launch later in 2005.
The channel would later launch in November 2005 as Casino and Gaming Television (CGTV) Canada on Rogers Cable instead of initially on Bell ExpressVu. Programming on the channel primarily focused on poker, including live and pre-taped tournaments; however, programming on other casino games and casino-related programming did occur.
Upon the launch of the channel in 2005, CGTV Canada was owned by Stuart Media Group, who in turn was owned by a variety of investors, although was ultimately majority owned by what is now called Kilmer Group. The channel was however operated by Insight Sports, of which Kilmer Group was an investor in as well. The channel would go through several corporate reorganizations throughout its history; however, always majority owned by Kilmer Group until it would sell its interest in the channel in 2016.
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