HGTV Canada
| HGTV | |
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| Launched | October 17, 1997 |
| Owned by |
Corus Entertainment (80.24%, managing partner) (HGTV Canada, Inc.) Scripps Networks Interactive (19.76%) |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | Real Estate. Real Drama. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Website | HGTV Canada |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 600 (SD) Channel 1600 (HD) |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 564 (SD) Channel 254 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Available on most Canadian cable systems | Consult your local cable provider for channel availability |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant Fibe TV | Channel 271 (SD) Channel 427 (HD) |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 600 (SD) Channel 1600 (HD) |
| MTS | Channel 134 (SD) Channel 1134 (HD) |
| Optik TV | Channel 9306 (SD) Channel 306 (HD) |
| SaskTel | Channel 102 (SD) Channel 402 (HD) |
| VMedia | Channel 46 (HD) |
| Zazeen | Channel 112 (HD) |
HGTV (Home & Garden Television) is a Canadian English language Category A cable and satellite specialty channel that is owned as a joint venture between Corus Entertainment (which serves as managing partner and owns 80.24% majority control through licensee HGTV Canada, Inc.) and Scripps Networks Interactive (which owns the remaining 19.76%). HGTV broadcasts programs regarding real estate, home and garden design, and renovations.
HGTV broadcasts both original Canadian productions and licensed content from other broadcasters. The majority of licensed content is sourced from the flagship HGTV cable channel in the United States (which is wholly owned by the Canadian service's part-owner, Scripps Networks Interactive); however, it also carries programming from other sources such as DIY Network and the BBC.
In September 1996, Your Channel Television Inc., a company majority owned by Atlantis Communications with minority partner E. W. Scripps Company, was granted a television broadcasting licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a channel called HGTV-TV Canada, described at the time as broadcasting "programming that presents practical, hands-on advice and instruction about homes and gardens. The programming will revolve around five key themes: building and remodelling, decorating and interior design, gardening and landscaping, crafts and hobbies and special interests."
The channel was launched as HGTV on October 17, 1997. In June 1998, Atlantis Communications announced that it planned to merge with Alliance Communications, another fellow television and film producer and broadcaster, owners of History Television and Showcase at the time, to form a new company called Alliance Atlantis Communications. The CRTC approved the merger in May 1999.
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