Canadian Analog Cable Television Networks - Ytv, Cablepulse 24, the Weather Network, Meteomedia, Rogers Sportsnet, the Score Television Network (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 60. Chapters: YTV, CablePulse 24, The Weather Network, MeteoMedia, Rogers Sportsnet, The Score Television Network, Family, MTV, A Atlantic, Teletoon, Fairchild TV, Reseau des sports, Teletoon, CPAC, MuchMore, Showcase, CTV News Channel, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Rogers TV, Discovery Channel, Telelatino, Reseau de l'information, Business News Network, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, VisionTV, Series+, Vrak.TV, Treehouse TV, CMT, The Comedy Network, EastLink TV, Saskatchewan Communications Network, History Television, TVtropolis, Slice, TV5 Quebec Canada, E , ARTV, W Network, The Shopping Channel, HGTV, Ztele, Historia, Evasion, Talentvision, Le Canal Nouvelles, Canal Vie, Odyssey, ShopTV Canada, Canal D, PersonaTV, TATV, ATN Channel, Shopping TVA, Canadian Press Cable Service, TV Rogers. Excerpt: YTV is a Canadian English-language cable television specialty channel aimed at youth, available nationwide through cable and satellite television. Presently it is wholly owned by Corus Entertainment. The "YTV" name is thought by some viewers to be an abbreviation for "Youth Television," however the channel's website denies this. The channel operates two time-shifted feeds, East (Eastern Time) and West (Pacific Time). Launched on September 1, 1988, YTV was the successor to two prior special programming services operated by various Ontario cable companies beginning in the late 1970s. The two largest shareholders in YTV were two cable companies, Rogers Cable and a company known as CUC Broadcasting, which would later be acquired by Shaw Communications. By 1995, through various acquisitions and trades, Shaw had secured full control of YTV; it was spun off as part of Corus Entertainment in 1999. YTV logo (1994-2007)After Corus took control of the channel in 1999, YTV began to use a Nickelodeon-style "gross-out" factor in its branding, ...