Independent Film Channel (Canada)
| IFC | |
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IFC logo
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| Launched | August 15, 2001 |
| Owned by |
Corus Entertainment (name licensed from AMC Networks) |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (2016–present) 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | Where all the cool movies go. |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 330 |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 614 / 213 |
| Cable | |
| Available on many Canadian cable systems | Check local listings for channels |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant Fibe TV | Channel 341 |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 330 |
| Bell MTS | Channel 262 |
| Optik TV | Channel 9451 (SD) Channel 451 (HD) |
| SaskTel | Channel 144 |
| VMedia | Channel 84 |
| Zazeen | Channel 163 |
IFC is a Canadian English language Category A specialty digital cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Corus Entertainment. The channel broadcasts independent films, documentaries, and television series. Its name is licensed from the American company AMC Networks, the owner of IFC.
In November 2000, a joint venture between Salter Street Films (95%) and Triptych Media Inc. (5%) were awarded a broadcasting licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a channel called The Independent Film Channel Canada, intended to emulate the American IFC service, the channel was described as "a national English-language Category 1 specialty television service consisting of dramatic and non-fiction short and feature-length independent films, and programs focusing on the independent film-making process, film makers and film festivals."
On February 9, 2001, the CRTC approved a proposed corporate restructuring that would allow Salter Street Films acquire Triptych Media's 5% in the service. Three days later, on February 12, Alliance Atlantis announced that it would be purchasing Salter Street Films, acquiring the licence for the Independent Film Channel Canada in the process.
The channel was launched on August 15, 2001 as Independent Film Channel or IFC, under the sole ownership of Salter Street Films, with its name licensed from its American counterpart, IFC. In December 2001, the CRTC approved the purchase Salter Street Films by Alliance Atlantis.
On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners known as CW Media, acquired control of IFC through its purchase of Alliance Atlantis' broadcasting assets, which were placed in a trust in August 2007. On October 27, 2010, ownership changed again as Shaw Communications gained control of IFC as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media.
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