BBC Canada
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| BBC Canada | |
|---|---|
| Image:BBC Canada.png | |
| Launched | September 7, 2001 |
| Owned by | Alliance Atlantis (80% & managing partner)BBC (20%) |
| Slogan | The Best And Boldest Of British Television |
| Country | Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Image:Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario |
| Website | bbccanada.com |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Bell ExpressVu | Channel 635 |
| Star Choice | Channel 534 |
| Cable | |
| Rogers Cable | Channel 275 |
| Shaw Cable | Channel 106 |
| Vidéotron | Channel 130 |
| EastLink | Channel 138 |
| Cogeco | Channel 131 |
| Available on many other Canadian cable systems | Check local listings |
| IPTV over ADSL | |
| MTS | Channel 304 |
| SaskTel | Channel 145 |
| Telus TV | Channel 181 |
| Aliant TV | Channel 266 |
BBC Canada is a Canadian English language category 2 digital cable specialty channel. It presents programming from the BBC. Along with BBC Kids, it is a joint venture between Alliance Atlantis and BBC Worldwide.
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[edit] Programming
As BBC Canada is effectively a Canadian channel which merely happens to be partly British-owned, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's broadcasting regulations require it carry a quota of Canadian content. In addition to BBC programs, therefore, it also broadcasts Canadian series such as Real Renos, Debbie Travis' Facelift, Holmes on Homes and more. BBC Canada is also prohibited from airing newscasts, as BBC World is available in Canada, and CBC Newsworld airs the BBC World newscast each evening.
BBC Canada is also the only channel in Canada that puts its TV rating on the top-right side of the screen, the opposite of the standard top-left side, as the channel's identifying digital on-screen graphic (DOG) occupies the top-left side, in line with those of several British television channels.
[edit] Noted series
- Life on Mars
- Footballers' Wives
- Hotel Babylon
- The Office
- Coupling
- Little Britain
- The Kumars
- How Not to Decorate
- What Not To Wear
- The Thick of It
- The Smoking Room
- Trinny & Susannah Undress
- Top Gear
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
BBC Television | |
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| UK channels | BBC One (in Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales) · BBC Two (in Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales) · BBC Three · BBC Four · BBC News 24 · BBC Parliament · CBBC Channel · CBeebies · BBC HD · Gaelic Digital Service |
| International channels | BBC America · BBC Canada · BBC Food · BBC Kids · BBC Prime · BBC Entertainment · BBC World · BBC Knowledge · BBC Lifestyle · BBC Arabic Television |
| Joint ventures | Animal Planet · People+Arts · UKTV (UK and Ireland) · UK.TV (Australia and New Zealand) |
| Defunct channels | |
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