World Fishing Network (Canada)
| World Fishing Network | |
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World Fishing Network logo
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| Launched | December 2, 2005 |
| Owned by | Keywest Marketing (80.1%) Altitude Sports and Entertainment (19.9%) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Slogan | We Share Your Passion |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Website | World Fishing Network |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 419 (SD) |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 127 / 458 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Available on several Canadian cable systems | Check local listings, channels may vary |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 419 (SD) Channel 1419 (HD) |
| MTS | Channel 183 (SD) Channel 1183 (HD) |
| Optik TV | Channel 9361 (SD) Channel 361 (HD) |
| SaskTel | Channel 161 (SD) Channel 461 (HD) |
| VMedia | Channel 426 (SD) |
World Fishing Network is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Keywest Marketing Ltd. and Altitude Sports and Entertainment. World Fishing Network broadcasts fishing-related programming, including recreational and sport fishing and lifestyle programming.
In April 2005, Insight Sports, through its subsidiary Global Fishing Network Ltd., was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a channel called Global Fishing network, described as "a national English-language Category 2 specialty programming undertaking devoted to fishing and fishing enthusiasts."
The channel was launched on December 2, 2005 as World Fishing Network in standard definition on Rogers Cable.
On January 19, 2017, the CRTC approved the sale of Insight Sports' interest in the channel to Keywest Marketing Ltd., a company with assets in both publishing and television productions relating to hunting and fishing, among others.
WFN reached its first international distribution agreement in November 2007 with Verizon FiOS in the United States. A few months later, in May 2008, WFN launched a high definition (HD) channel on the American satellite television service Dish Network, called "World Fishing Network HD", a channel with a separate schedule from its standard definition counterpart. The HD channel was added to Verizon FiOS that year. Since WFN's launch on Verizon and Dish Network, it has been added to several other U.S. television providers such as Charter Communications, and television providers in the Caribbean, including Flow Cable in Jamaica.
An HD feed, simulcasting the Canadian standard-definition feed, was launched on September 2, 2010.Rogers Cable was the first to carry the HD feed at launch.
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