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Canada
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Canada is a country in the northern half of North America. Canadas border with the United States is the worlds longest binational land border, the majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its territory being dominated by forest and tundra. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, One third of the population lives in the three largest cities, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Its capital is Ottawa, and other urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg. Various aboriginal peoples had inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1,1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick and this began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada. With the Constitution Act 1982, Canada took over authority, removing the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state. The country is officially bilingual at the federal level and it is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. Its advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources, Canadas long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture. Canada is a country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, Canada is an influential nation in the world, primarily due to its inclusive values, years of prosperity and stability, stable economy, and efficient military. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the origins of Canada. In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the village of Stadacona, from the 16th to the early 18th century Canada referred to the part of New France that lay along the St. Lawrence River. In 1791, the area became two British colonies called Upper Canada and Lower Canada collectively named The Canadas, until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the name for the new country at the London Conference. The transition away from the use of Dominion was formally reflected in 1982 with the passage of the Canada Act, later that year, the name of national holiday was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day
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Ottawa
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Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It stands on the bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, the two form the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area and the National Capital Region. The 2016 census reported a population of 934,243, making it the fourth-largest city in Canada, the City of Ottawa reported that the city had an estimated population of 960,754 as of December 2015. Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as Ottawa in 1855, the city name Ottawa was chosen in reference to the Ottawa River nearby, the name of which is derived from the Algonquin Odawa, meaning to trade. The city is the most educated in Canada, and is home to a number of post-secondary, research, and cultural institutions, including the National Arts Centre, Ottawa also has the highest standard of living in the nation and low unemployment. It ranked second out of 150 worldwide in the Numbeo quality of life index 2014–2015, with the draining of the Champlain Sea around ten thousand years ago the Ottawa Valley became habitable. The area was used for wild harvesting, hunting, fishing, trade, travel. The Ottawa river valley has archaeological sites with arrow heads, pottery, the area has three major rivers that meet, making it an important trade and travel area for thousands of years. The Algonquins called the Ottawa River Kichi Sibi or Kichissippi meaning Great River or Grand River, Étienne Brûlé, the first European to travel up the Ottawa River, passed by Ottawa in 1610 on his way to the Great Lakes. Three years later, Samuel de Champlain wrote about the waterfalls of the area and about his encounters with the Algonquins, the early explorers and traders were later followed by many missionaries. The first maps of the area used the word Ottawa to name the river, philemon Wright, a New Englander, created the first settlement in the area on 7 March 1800 on the north side of the river, across from Ottawa in Hull. He, with five other families and twenty-five labourers, set about to create a community called Wrightsville. Wright pioneered the Ottawa Valley timber trade by transporting timber by river from the Ottawa Valley to Quebec City, the following year, the town would soon be named after British military engineer Colonel John By who was responsible for the entire Rideau Waterway construction project. Colonel By set up military barracks on the site of todays Parliament Hill and he also laid out the streets of the town and created two distinct neighbourhoods named Upper Town west of the canal and Lower Town east of the canal. Similar to its Upper Canada and Lower Canada namesakes, historically Upper Town was predominantly English speaking and Protestant whereas Lower Town was predominantly French, Irish, bytowns population grew to 1,000 as the Rideau Canal was being completed in 1832. In 1855 Bytown was renamed Ottawa and incorporated as a city, William Pittman Lett was installed as the first city clerk guiding it through 36 years of development. On New Years Eve 1857, Queen Victoria, as a symbolic, in reality, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald had assigned this selection process to the Executive Branch of the Government, as previous attempts to arrive at a consensus had ended in deadlock
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Ontario
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Ontario, one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada, is located in east-central Canada. It is Canadas most populous province by a margin, accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians. Ontario is fourth-largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and it is home to the nations capital city, Ottawa, and the nations most populous city, Toronto. There is only about 1 km of land made up of portages including Height of Land Portage on the Minnesota border. Ontario is sometimes divided into two regions, Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario. The great majority of Ontarios population and arable land is located in the south, in contrast, the larger, northern part of Ontario is sparsely populated with cold winters and is heavily forested. The province is named after Lake Ontario, a thought to be derived from Ontarí, io, a Huron word meaning great lake, or possibly skanadario. Ontario has about 250,000 freshwater lakes, the province consists of three main geographical regions, The thinly populated Canadian Shield in the northwestern and central portions, which comprises over half the land area of Ontario. Although this area mostly does not support agriculture, it is rich in minerals and in part covered by the Central and Midwestern Canadian Shield forests, studded with lakes, Northern Ontario is subdivided into two sub-regions, Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario. The virtually unpopulated Hudson Bay Lowlands in the north and northeast, mainly swampy. Southern Ontario which is further sub-divided into four regions, Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Golden Horseshoe, the highest point is Ishpatina Ridge at 693 metres above sea level located in Temagami, Northeastern Ontario. In the south, elevations of over 500 m are surpassed near Collingwood, above the Blue Mountains in the Dundalk Highlands, the Carolinian forest zone covers most of the southwestern region of the province. A well-known geographic feature is Niagara Falls, part of the Niagara Escarpment, the Saint Lawrence Seaway allows navigation to and from the Atlantic Ocean as far inland as Thunder Bay in Northwestern Ontario. Northern Ontario occupies roughly 87 percent of the area of the province. Point Pelee is a peninsula of Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario that is the southernmost extent of Canadas mainland, Pelee Island and Middle Island in Lake Erie extend slightly farther. All are south of 42°N – slightly farther south than the border of California. The climate of Ontario varies by season and location, the effects of these major air masses on temperature and precipitation depend mainly on latitude, proximity to major bodies of water and to a small extent, terrain relief. In general, most of Ontarios climate is classified as humid continental, Ontario has three main climatic regions
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Penthouse TV
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Penthouse TV is an American premium adult entertainment television channel consisting of explicit adult material, primarily hardcore pornographic films. The channels name is licensed from the mens magazine Penthouse, the channel is owned by Penthouse Media and distributed by New Frontier Medias The Erotic Network. Launched in December 2007, it was available only as a pay-per-view channel and video on demand service. The channel has also announced plans to launch high definition and 3DTV feeds
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Exxxtasy TV
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Exxxtasy TV is a Canadian English language exempt Category B specialty channel. It is a pay television adult entertainment television channel consisting of adult material, primarily pornographic films. The channel is owned by Ten Broadcasting, a company owned by Stuart Duncan, in December 2000, TEN Broadcasting Inc. This will range from entertainment material to educational and analytical material on sexuality, in June 2003, TEN reached a deal with Larry Flynt Publications to brand the channel under the Hustler name. It was subsequently launched in July 2003 as Hustler TV, initially on StarChoice and it was Canadas first 24-hour subscription specialty service devoted to explicit adult content. Since that time, several other channels have been launched including Red Hot TV, which is also owned by Ten Broadcasting. Before its launch, Playboy TV was readily available across Canada, on August 30,2013, the CRTC approved Ten Broadcastings request to convert Hustler TV from a licensed Category B specialty service to an exempted Cat. In mid 2014, Huster TV terminated its deal with Ten Broadcasting over a business dispute. The channel rebranded soon afterwards as Exxxtasy TV
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Bell TV
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Bell TV, is the division of BCE Inc. that provides satellite television service across Canada. It launched on September 10,1997 and as of 2004 it has been providing Bell TV for Condos, Bell TV provides over 500 digital video and 100 HD and audio channels to, as of May 2010, over 1.8 million subscribers. Bell TV services are also repackaged and resold by Telus as Telus Satellite TV, high technology development costs and delays placed Tee-Comm in a severe financial position, prompting the remaining partners to pull out in 1996. Instead, U. S. satellite-TV provider Echostar Dish Network was chosen to provide the receivers, the Hughes DirecTV system had already been optioned to Power Broadcasting, in Canada, it has since been withdrawn. ExpressVu launched service in September 1997, initially as Dish Network Canada, followed by ExpressVu Dish Network, Bell took over full ownership of ExpressVu by 2000. The ExpressVu name was retired in August 2008 along with the Today Just Got Better advertising campaign, Bells television services as a whole are now simply called Bell TV. When disambiguation is required, the service is called Bell Satellite TV. Plans have been shelved for any additional ExpressVu satellite expenditures assuming pending CRTC, as a result of this, SES has announced that they will not be replacing the ill-fated AMC-14 now that Dish Network has cut this deal with Telesat & BCE for Nimiq 5 usage. In 2009, Telus reached a deal to resell a re-packaged version of the Bell TV service in parts of Alberta, the Telus-branded service co-exists with the Bell-branded version of Bell TV, which is still offered in the markets that Telus Satellite TV is offered. In 2012, Bell changed satellite plans in Ontario and they are now sold in packages called Good, Better and Best similarly to its competitor Rogers Cable in that region. Channels in the Best tier can still be purchased in theme packages and this also does not affect other regions such as Quebec, where there are different types of plans. Along with these changes, Bell discontinued sales and rentals of its final standard-definition television receiver, customers who still have an older SDTV with an AV input can use an HD receiver, but the quality will be limited to 480i due to technical limitations. Bell TV broadcasts from two satellites, Nimiq 4 and 6. Nimiq 4 was launched on September 19,2008, and Nimiq 6 was launched on May 17,2012, both satellites follow an equatorial path, giving coverage to most of Canada. Nimiq is an Inuktitut word for that which unifies and was chosen from a naming contest in 1998. The two satellites are owned and operated by Telesat Canada, Bells uplink site is located in North York, Toronto, Ontario. Nimiq 4, located at 82° W primarily serves Bell’s high-definition television content, Nimiq 6, located at 91. 1° W primarily serves Bell’s standard-definition television and radio content. Each satellite has 32 Ku-band transponders, a transponder usually has enough bandwidth to broadcast approximately 10 channels
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Shaw Direct
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Shaw Direct is a direct broadcast satellite television distributor in Canada. Known for their direct broadcasting by satellite distribution, it is majority-owned by cable TV operator Shaw Communications Inc, as of 2010, Shaw Direct had over 900,000 subscribers. The company was known as Star Choice until April 15,2009. A full list of channels carried by these three satellites is available from satellite-related sites such as Lyngsat, Anik F1 carries most mainstream English-language programming, Anik F2 programming includes French-language and HDTV broadcasts. A third planned satellite, Anik G1, was launched on April 15,2013 and this new satellite provides Shaw Direct customers with access to over 210 HD channels, beating out rival competitor Bell TV as having the most HD channels in Canada. Shaw Direct began in Lincoln, New Brunswick, but is now based in Calgary and its broadcast centre is in Mississauga, Ontario, and has call centres in Victoria, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Montreal. March 1997, Opened first customer care centre, march 1997, Activated their first customer, Archie Gray, who purchased a receiver for $999 with 100 digital channels when he purchased $400 worth of programming. September 1997, Added Shaw PPV to their lineup, September 1999, Added 60 new channels to their lineup. January 2000, Launched HDTV programming with the broadcast of Super Bowl XXXIV, August 2000, Privatized by Shaw Communications Inc. through its acquisition of Cancom. April 2001, Activated both Anik F1 and Anik E2 satellites, becoming the first Canadian provider to broadcast services from two satellites simultaneously, march 2002, Moved its head office from Lincoln, New Brunswick to Calgary, Alberta. May 2002, Sold its one millionth receiver, August 2003, Launched its first fully integrated High Definition receiver, the Motorola DSR500 HD. September 2003, WTSN was dropped from lineup because of the channels demise, february 2004, Added 16 additional standard-definition channels to their lineup, which is also including 2 high-definition ones. July 2004, Announced the expansion of new channels as a result of the launch of the Anik F2 satellite, may 2005, Launched the dual tuner High Definition Digital Video Recorder. November 2005, TCM is introduced to the Canadian market for the first time, September 1,2006, AMC and Teletoon are introduced to the Canadian market for the first time. October 2006, A&E HD, Discovery HD and SRC HD launch on October 12,2006, Super Écran HD launches October 30,2006, bringing the total amount of free HD channels to 15. December 2006, Showcase HD and National Geographic Channel HD launch on December 19,2006 bringing the amount of free HD channels to 17. January 2007, Launched the DSR317 receiver, featuring a faster processor than previous Standard Definition receivers, Super station WGN was swapped for the local Chicago feed on January 17,2007. February 2007, Launched the DSR207 receiver, featuring a faster processor than previous Standard Definition receivers, march 2007, Star Choice announces the addition of GOL-TV, WFN, WGN HD and HD Net
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Eastlink (company)
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Eastlink is a Canadian cable television and telecommunications company. The privately held company was founded by the Bragg family, through the amalgamation of several companies in 1969. It was founded in Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1971, when it was issued one of the first cable licences granted by the CRTC, as of 2010, it was the largest privately owned cable company in Canada, with 457,075 subscribers in nine provinces. It remains privately held by the Bragg family of Oxford, Nova Scotia, in 2008, Eastlink purchased ISN, Prince Edward Islands only internet service provider. Given the Excellence in Human Resources Award by the Human Resources Associations of Atlantic Canada in 2006, in 2015, Eastlink came under fire for introducing data caps of 15 GB/month for broadband customers. Critics argued that the amount of data was considered low for residential internet. Eastlink delivers digital video/television and cable-network-based Internet services with speeds up to 940 megabits per second and it was one of the first companies in North America to bundle digital cable and broadband Internet services with home phone service. Eastlinks 100 and 940 megabit service has unlimited usage and its mid-tier 150 and 300 megabit services have usage based billing except if you get a bundle. Eastlink also produces community channels branded as Eastlink TV to serve the companys cable customers, Eastlink offers video on demand, digital video recorders and high definition television services in many communities across Canada. Eastlink spent $25 million during the 2008 Advanced Wireless Services auction for 19 licenses in Ontario and Atlantic Canada as well as Grande Prairie, the company announced in 2011 that it would introduce wireless services, beginning with announced for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. In February 2013, Eastlink launched its wireless service with HSPA+, in May 2016, Eastlink announced that it would launch wireless service in the cities of Timmins and Sudbury in northern Ontario. Eastlink activated its LTE network, including Voice over LTE, in Timmins on June 1,2016 with the LTE network in Sudbury activated on June 9,2016. Eastlink was the first major Canadian cable company to offer local telephone service in its territory in 1999 over a fibre optic network. In 2005 the area code 902 telephone market was the most competitive telephone exchange in North America and this level of coverage is unique in North America and is a particular challenge in a province prone to extreme weather, fog and winds. However, latency to the towers themselves was reliably under 2ms at that time, critics of the Canopy service, notably Bell, argued that it is expensive. The strategy was poorly coordinated with cable networks, most open-systems-minded users considered Canopy an impractical direction compared to expansion of Wi-Fi hotspot services. Its primary competitor, Aliant, by contrast has invested in Wi-Fi, GSM and DSL services, however, as power-lines do not reach 100% of civic addresses they do not address quite the same issues. Fixed-wireless internet is, however is many times faster than dial-up, in particular, users on islands with water access were denied service as of summer 2011
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Rogers Cable
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In 1980, Rogers purchased Premier Cable, which controlled the system in Vancouver, parts of Ontario, and had investments in Irish cable companies in Dublin, Galway and Waterford. In 1986 Rogers sold their shares of Irish companies to the Irish state broadcaster and state telecoms company, these cable companies are now part of the UPC Ireland network. In 1981, Rogers entered the U. S. cable market, obtaining franchises in Orange County, California, Minneapolis, and Portland, Oregon, and purchased the cable system in San Antonio. These assets were acquired by Paragon Cable in 1989 for over US$1 billion, Paragon in turn was acquired by Time Warner Cable several years later. Rogers continued to buy other operators, the largest such acquisition came with Rogers 1994 acquisition of Maclean-Hunter, through its acquisition of Maclean-Hunter, Rogers has also briefly owned cable systems in the United States, which it promptly sold to Comcast in 1994. In March 2000, Rogers agreed to swap systems with Shaw Communications, exchanging its systems in British Columbia for Shaw systems in Quebec, the deals gave Rogers and Shaw more consistent service footprints in Eastern and Western Canada respectively. In 2008, Rogers announced an offer for Aurora Cable. Shaw argued that the agreement violated unfair competition laws, the suit was quickly thrown out by the Ontario Superior Court, arguing that the non-compete agreement limited competition, and that Rogers claims of future harm were speculative in the extreme. The sale would go through. In January 2013, as part of an exchange of assets between the two companies, Shaw pulled out of Hamilton and sold the Mountain Cablevision business to Rogers. In October 2015, Rogers announced that it would begin to offer 4K-compatible set-top boxes, beginning in Toronto, telecasts of 4K sporting events from Sportsnet and TSN began to be carried on these set-top boxes in January 2016. With the Rogers takeover of Aurora Cable Internet, Aurora, Ontario, over the years, and at various times, Rogers has owned all or part of various cable operators serving areas across Canada, including Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, and Northern Ontario. All of the systems in Western Canada were traded to Shaw Communications in late 2000, in exchange for that companys assets in Ontario and New Brunswick, and many of the others were sold to Cogeco. Through Rogers Cable, Rogers is the largest shareholder in CPAC, a public affairs and politics cable channel based in Ottawa. CPACs main programming consists of live and delayed coverage of the House of Commons, Rogers Cable previously operated a chain of video rental stores known as Rogers Plus, it launched as Rogers Video in 1988, after which it grew by acquiring smaller chains. The Rogers Video chain and Rogers Wireless retail stores were merged into a chain known as Rogers Plus in 2007. After 23 years in business, Rogers Plus discontinued movie and game rentals in 2011, in the beginning of 1995, Rogers along with several other cable companies, added a number of new cable channels under a negative option billing plan. Subscribers opting out of paying for the new channels stood to lose much of their existing specialty channel programming, a representative for Rogers said that they were replacing WQLN and WPBS for WTVS, as viewers wanted a feed that has a higher-quality reception
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Shaw Communications
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Shaw Communications Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications company that provides telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services all backed by a fibre optic network. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Shaw provides services mostly in British Columbia and Alberta, with systems in Saskatchewan, Manitoba. Through its subsidiary Freedom Mobile, Shaw provides mobile services in areas of British Columbia, Alberta. The companys chief competitor is Telus Communications, Shaw was founded as Capital Cable Television Company, Ltd. in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1966. The company changed its name to Shaw Cablesystems Ltd. and went public on the TSX in 1983, however, two swaps, in 1994 and 2001, with Rogers Cable have resulted in its assets being restricted to Western Canada and a few areas of Northern Ontario. In 1999, Shaw spun out its media properties into a second publicly-traded company, in February 2003, the Florida systems would be sold to Time Warner Cable, while the Texas systems were sold to Cequel III, as part of its then-Cebridge Connections subsidiary. In 2008, Shaw entered the AWS spectrum auction with the intention of becoming a wireless phone provider. The auction ended July 2008, giving Shaw Communications enough spectrum to build a network in its home provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba. This spectrum ultimately went unused and was sold to Rogers Communications in January 2013, in July 2009, Shaw announced its acquisition of Mountain Cablevision, in September, Rogers sued Shaw to block the sale, citing violations of a non-compete clause. However, the suit was dismissed by the Ontario Superior Court. The purchase was approved by the CRTC on October 22,2009, the acquisition was Shaws first cable property east of Sault Ste. Marie since the 2001 swaps with Rogers and Cogeco, on April 30,2009, Shaw announced a deal to acquire three television stations — CHWI-TV in Windsor, Ontario, CKNX-TV in Wingham, Ontario and CKX-TV in Brandon, Manitoba — from CTVglobemedia. However, it was reported on June 30,2009 that Shaw has backed out of the deal and is declining to complete the purchase. CHWI-TV would remain on the air as is, CKNX-TV would become a repeater of London station CFPL-TV in September 2009, canwests newspapers were not part of the Shaw deal and were sold separately to Postmedia Network. The acquisition was completed on October 27,2010, after CRTC approval for the sale was announced on October 22, the campaign was designed by the Vancouver-based agency Rethink, who were also responsible for Bell Canadas beaver characters Frank and Gordon. In April 2013, Shaw Business Solutions took over Enmaxs Envision subsidiary, the acquisition was completed for $225 Million. In 2014, Shaw partnered with Rogers Communications to launch Shomi,1,600 of Shaws 14,000 employees were affected by the consolidation and cuts. In 2013, Shaw attempted to begin developing an IPTV-based platform for its television services, however, after experiencing issues developing the platform, Shaw took a $55 million write-down in June 2015, and announced that it was licensing Comcasts cloud-based X1 architecture
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IPTV
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Unlike downloaded media, IPTV offers the ability to stream the source media continuously. As a result, a client media player can begin playing the data almost immediately and this is known as streaming media. Although IPTV uses the Internet protocol it is not limited to television media streamed from the Internet, IPTV in the telecommunications arena is notable for its ongoing standardisation process. Historically, many different definitions of IPTV have appeared, including elementary streams over IP networks, transport streams over IP networks and these services may include, for example, Live TV, Video On Demand and Interactive TV. These services are delivered across an access agnostic, packet switched network that employs the IP protocol to transport the audio, video, the term IPTV first appeared in 1995 with the founding of Precept Software by Judith Estrin and Bill Carrico. Precept developed an Internet video product named IP/TV, the software was written primarily by Steve Casner, Karl Auerbach, and Cha Chee Kuan. Precept was acquired by Cisco Systems in 1998, Internet radio company AudioNet started the first continuous live webcasts with content from WFAA-TV in January 1998 and KCTU-LP on January 10,1998. The operator added additional VoD service in October 2001 with Yes TV, kingston was one of the first companies in the world to introduce IPTV and IP VoD over ADSL as a commercial service. The service became the reference for various changes to UK Government regulations, in 2006, the KIT service was discontinued, subscribers having declined from a peak of 10,000 to 4,000. In 1999, NBTel was the first to commercially deploy Internet protocol television over DSL in Canada using the Alcatel 7350 DSLAM, the service was marketed under the brand VibeVision in New Brunswick, and later expanded into Nova Scotia in early 2000 after the formation of Aliant. IMagic TV was later sold to Alcatel, in 2002, Sasktel was the second in Canada to commercially deploy Internet Protocol video over DSL, using the Lucent Stinger DSL platform. In 2005, SureWest Communications was the first North American company to offer high-definition television channels over an IPTV service, in 2005, Bredbandsbolaget launched its IPTV service as the first service provider in Sweden. As of January 2009, they are not the biggest supplier any longer, TeliaSonera, in 2007, TPG became the first internet service provider in Australia to launch IPTV. Complementary to its ADSL2+ package this was, and still is, free of charge to customers on eligible plans and now offers over 45 local free to air channels, by 2010, iiNet and Telstra launched IPTV services in conjunction to internet plans but with extra fees. In 2008, PTCL launched IPTV under the name of PTCL Smart TV in Pakistan. S. Markets with an IPTV service called Prism and this was after successful test marketing in Florida. During the 2014 Winter Olympics Shortest path bridging was used to deliver 36 IPTV HD Olympic channels, in 2016, KCTV introduced the Set-top box called Manbang, claiming to provide video-on-demand services in North Korea via quasi-internet protocol television. According to KCTV, viewers can use the service not only in Pyongyang, stating that the demands for the equipment are particularly high in Sinuiju, with several hundred users in the region
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Bell Fibe TV
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Bell Internet, originally and frequently still called Sympatico, is the residential Internet service provider division of BCE Inc. As of May 3,2012, Bell Internet has over 3 million subscribers in Ontario and Quebec, Bell Fibe Internet is offered at the following speeds, 15/10 Mbit/s, 25/10 Mbit/s, 50/10 Mbit/s, 150/50 Mbit/s, 300/100 Mbit/s, and 1 Gbit/s/100 Mbit/s. Sympatico was launched on November 29,1995, starting in Summer 2003, Sympatico tried to differentiate its service from its competitors by adding value-added services. This meant the launch of Radial Points suite of antivirus, firewall, although a fee was originally required, this is no longer the case, as Bell now provides the service at no extra charge for DSL customers. In 2004, Sympatico added a wireless modem-router hardware upgrade and Microsofts MSN Premium software to its portfolio, in Summer 2007, Sympatico packaged its Security suite and wireless home networking modem together with its high speed offering as Sympatico Total Internet. Bell Sympatico changed its name to Bell Internet on August 8,2008, on January 3,2012, customer advocacy blog Stop The Cap. In May 2012, Bell launched new fiber-to-the-home plans and simplified its slower DSL plans, FTTH regions can now download and upload at symmetric speeds of up to 175 Mbit/s. The previous changes for lower bandwidth caps were reverted for the new Fibe 15/1, the Fibe 5/1 plan replaced the older Essential, Essential Plus, Fibe 6 and Fibe 7 plans. The bandwidth cap for Fibe 5/1, however, was lowered from 25 GB to 15 GB, the Fibe 50/50 FTTH plan was removed from Bells website by February 2013. In its place, a Fibe 50/10 FTTN plan was available for the first time. During that same month, usage caps for the 15/10, 25/10 and 50/10 plans were lowered by 15,25 and 75 GB respectively, February also saw the addition of an unlimited Internet usage add-on for Bell Internet. It costs $30/month and can be added to any residential plan and those who subscribe to telephony and residential television from Bell can obtain a $20/month discount on the unlimited Internet usage add-on. When Bell started its DSL Internet service, then known as Sympatico, it offered one DSL modem. Later, it added more models with routing and wireless LAN capabilities built-in, customers previously had to pay extra for such capabilities. Today, both of these features are standard in both all-in-one devices Bell lends to its customers, standard DSL customers must rent Bells 2Wire 2701HG-G device, which can create 802. 11g wireless access point. VDSL customers consist of any service with more than 1 Mbit/s of upload speed, and they must rent the Cellpipe router 802. 11n-capable device instead, which also bundles a superior DSL modem. The SpeedStream 5200 is a basic, legacy device, distributed during the early 2000s, the SpeedStream 6520 is a wireless-capable, legacy device, distributed during the mid-2000s, The back of the SpeedStream 6520. Four RJ45 ports, one USB port and 802. 11g wireless LAN antenna for connectivity can be seen, the 2Wire 2701HG-G is Bells current device for standard DSL customers, distributed since 2009
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Bell MTS
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Bell MTS is a subsidiary of BCE Inc. that operates telecommunications services in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The companys head office is located in MTS Place on Main Street, in Downtown Winnipeg, MTS is the descendant company of Manitoba Government Telephones, which went into operation in January 1908 after the government of Manitoba bought Bell Canadas Manitoba operations. The Crown corporation became Manitoba Telephone System in 1921, and eventually absorbed all private telephone operations in the province, in 1996, the Provincial government of Premier Gary Filmon decided to sell the Manitoba Telephone System to private shareholders. The decision to privatize was seen as controversial, as it marked a significant departure from the Progressive Conservatives earlier position that MTS should remain provincially owned, on March 17,2017, Bell re-gained control of MTS after closing its $3.9 billion acquisition of the provider. As part of the sale, Bell promised that it would invest $1 billion over the five years into upgrading the MTS infrastructure to support new. For regulatory reasons, Bell will divest approximately a third of MTSs wireless business to Telus, under Bell ownership, Bell MTS will serve as the headquarters of Bells telecom businesses in Western Canada. At midnight on June 21,1959, Winnipeg was the first urban area in North America to implement the 9-9-9 emergency telephone number, also in the late 1950s, MTS located one of its administrative offices on Empress St. near the newly opened Polo Park Shopping Centre complex. In 2001 these employees were moved to 333 Main St. commonly known as MTS Place and this formed part of the Provinces Downtown First strategy. In the Spring of 1979, MTS announced that it would be a pioneer in Telidon-based two-way electronic information services, the trial was called Project IDA and ran from 1980 to 1981. MTS was a pioneer in offering videotex at the commercial level, in 1981, it partnered with Infomart to create the Grassroots service, providing information relevant to farmers on the Canadian prairies. Customers paid $47.50 per month to subscribe to Grassroots, terminal equipment was manufactured by Norpak. In the mid-1980s, MTS started a subsidiary known as MTX, however MTX was forced to shut down after controversy about the company back in Manitoba after MTX lost $27 million on the venture. In the late 1980s MTS launched MTS Mobility providing cellular and paging services in Manitoba, in 1996 in a controversial decision, the Provincial government decided to sell the Manitoba Telephone System to private shareholders. The vote to privatize MTS was held in early December 1996, as part of the deal, Bell Canada gained 20% ownership of MTS. They set up a jointly operated office in Calgary, by the summer of 1999, fibre optic cable had been laid in Edmonton and Calgary, and later extended to Vancouver. In August 1999 MTS completed work on a new trunked radio system known as FleetNet 800, in the Fall of 1999 MTS began to offer DSL high-speed Internet service in Winnipeg and Brandon, which later expanded to other areas of the province. The CRTC met with the various telecommunications providers in Canada and required of them to implement a Service Improvement Plan and this meant that MTS had to improve service to northern remote areas that even by the 21st century had poor quality phone service. Customers in northern Manitoba complained that the system could not handle data communications well
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Telus TV
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Telus TV is a product of Telus that provides IPTV and Satellite TV service in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec. Telus launched IPTV service in November 2005 to customers in select Alberta communities and Satellite TV service in 2009 to customers across British Columbia, as of February 2011, Telus IPTV service is available in various communities throughout British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec. Optik TV provides customers access to over 630 digital channels including more than 100 in HD, as of February 2017, over 1 million customers are subscribed to the Telus TV service. Optik TV is Telus IPTV based television service, Optik TV currently uses the Ericsson Mediaroom middleware platform for its service. In the past, Telus used the iMagic and Minerva middleware platforms, since August 2010 customers with Optik TV can use any Xbox 360 with a hard drive as a secondary set top box for Optik TV. Video, Interactive Programming Guide and Applications are delivered via IPTV from the head-end to the consumers High-Definition PVR or High Definition set-top box, broadcast channels are distributed via IP multicast, allowing a single stream to be sent to any number of recipients. The system is designed for individual unicasts for video on demand, central time shifting, start-over services. The set-top box does not have a conventional tuner, but is an IP multicast client which requests the stream desired, in the IP multicast model, only the streams the customer uses are sent. The customers connection need not have the capacity to carry all available channels simultaneously, in June 2009, Telus began to resell Bell Canadas satellite TV service in parts of Alberta and British Columbia as Telus Satellite TV. The Telus-branded service co-exists with the Bell-branded version of Bell TV, Telus Telus Internet Official Optik TV website Official Telus Satellite TV website Telus Quebec
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SaskTel
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Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation, commonly known as SaskTel, is a full service communications provider in Saskatchewan. In addition, SaskTel International offers software solutions and project consulting in countries around the world, SaskTel and its wholly owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately 4,000 full-time equivalent employees. Wireless Service SaskTel Select Wi-Fi is SaskTels Wi-Fi Services, available for SaskTel Wireless 4G and 4G LTE customers Wireless Internet CDMA network will shut down July 5,2017. Sasktel plans to launch voice over LTE in mid-2017, after it rolls out LTE to 99% of the Saskatchwan population by April 2017, consequently, all voice calls take place via its HSPA+ network. As of July 2016, Sasktels HSPA coverage reaches most of the half of Saskatchewan and its LTE network exists in larger cities. Available for SaskTel maxTV subscribers MySask411 is Saskatchewan’s original online directories and it has the most accurate local information available. MySask411. com and MySask411 App SecurTek is SaskTels Security Monitoring Services for Home, on October 1,1909, the Department expanded its system by purchasing the Bell Telephone Company, the Saskatchewan Telephone Company, and the Wapella-Harris Telephone Company. The newly acquired facilities consisted of 18 telephone exchanges,53 long-distance offices, among the telephone exchanges purchased were those in Estevan, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Prince Albert, and Regina. In 1911, the D expanded further with the purchases of Saltcoats District Telephone Company, the North-Western Telephone Company, on December 1,1912, Yorkton was added to the provincial telephone system with the purchase of the North West Electric Company. SaskTel International, an owned subsidiary of SaskTel, was established in 1986 to market advanced telecommunications technologies, particularly fibre optic systems. SaskTel International has conducted business in over 40 countries, in 1984, SaskTel completed the worlds longest commercial fibre optic system,3,268 kilometres. In 1988, it developed the first fibre/coaxial hybrid network with pick-and-play Video-On-Demand, in 1994, it completed the installation and commissioning of telecommunications and control systems for the English Channel project. In 2002, it was the first to commercially deploy Internet Protocol video over digital subscriber line, in 2010, SaskTel, activated their new UMTS/HSPA+ network, now referred to as 4G. SaskTel’s new Fibre Optic Network capable of speeds of up to 200 Mbit/s. In 2013, SaskTel activated their LTE cellular network in Saskatoon, Regina, Weyburn, Moose Jaw, Estevan, North Battleford, Yorkton and Swift Current, now referred to as 4G LTE. In 2014, SaskTel received its third consecutive J. D. Power Award for Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Canadian Full-Service Wireless Carriers
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Penthouse (magazine)
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Penthouse, an iconic mens magazine founded by Italo-American Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and softcore pornographic pictorials that, in the 1990s, temporarily evolved into hardcore. Penthouse has been owned by Penthouse Global Media Inc. since 2016, although Guccione was American, the magazine was founded in 1965, in the United Kingdom, but beginning in September 1969, was sold in the United States as well. At the height of his success, Guccione, who died in 2010, was considered to be one of the richest men in the United States and he was once listed in the Forbes 400 ranking of wealthiest people. The Penthouse logo is a key which incorporates both the Mars and Venus symbols in its design. The magazines centerfold models are known as Penthouse Pets and customarily wear a distinctive necklace inspired by said logo, Penthouse magazine began publication in 1965, in the UK and in North America in 1969, an attempt to compete with Hugh Hefners Playboy. The magazine was founded on humble beginnings, due to Gucciones lack of resources, he personally photographed most of the models for the magazines early issues. Guccione would sometimes take several days to complete a shoot, as the magazine grew more successful, Guccione openly embraced a life of luxury, his former mansion is said to be the largest private residence in Manhattan at 22,000 square feet. However, in contrast to Hugh Hefner, who threw wild parties at his Playboy Mansions, life at Gucciones mansion was remarkably sedate and he reportedly once had his bodyguards eject a local radio personality who had been hired as a DJ and jumped into the swimming pool naked. Penthouse has also, over the years, featured a number of authorized and unauthorized photos of such as Madonna. In both cases, the photos were taken earlier in their careers and sold to Penthouse only after Madonna, in the late 1990s, the magazine began to show more fetish content such as urination, bondage and facials. On January 15,2016, a press release emanating from then owner FriendFinder Networks announced that Penthouse would shutter its print operations, however, managing director Kelly Holland quickly disavowed the decision and pledged to keep the print version of the magazine alive. In 1982, Guccione was listed in the Forbes 400 ranking of wealthiest people, with a reported $400 million net worth. An April 2002 New York Times article quoted Guccione as saying that Penthouse grossed $3.5 billion to $4 billion over the 30-year life of the company, with a net income of almost $500 million. While these titles were successful, it is reported that the science and health magazines Omni and Longevity cost Penthouse almost $100 million. On August 12,2003, General Media, the parent company of the magazine, immediately upon filing, Cerberus Capital Management entered into a $5 million debtor-in-possession credit line with General Media to provide General Media working capital. In October 2003, it was announced that Penthouse magazine was being put up for sale as part of a deal with its creditors, on November 13,2004, Guccione resigned as Chairman and CEO of Penthouse International, the parent of General Media. Penthouse filed for protection on September 17,2013. The magazines owner FriendFinder’s current common stock was wiped out and was no longer traded on the open market, in August 2013, FriendFinder’s stock was delisted from Nasdaq because it consistently failed to trade for more than $1
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Documentary Channel (Canada)
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Documentary Channel is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the National Film Board of Canada and four other independent producers. Its programming is devoted to featuring primarily documentary films along with television series. On May 11,2006, Corus Entertainment announced that it would sell its 53% majority stake in the service to the CBC, on June 22,2007 the CRTC approved the deal and the transaction was completed. On March 27,2008 at 12,01 a. m, EST, the Documentary Channel changed its name to simply, documentary, along with a new logo and on-air graphics. In October 2013, Neil Tabatznik purchased eOne Televisions interest in the channel, in 2016, the CBC rebranded the channel again, slightly modifying the logo to introduce the word channel, renaming it back to documentary Channel. On April 1,2011 the CBC launched a high definition feed simulcasting the standard definition feed and it is available on Rogers Cable, EastLink, Bell TV and Bell Fibe TV. List of documentary channels Documentary Organization of Canada Official website
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Hollywood Suite
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The four channels are devoted to classic films, with each of the four channels devoted to a specific decade, and broadcasting solely in high definition. Although its channels are separately-licensed services, the four channels are typically bundled together in a single channel package, as well as KISS and The Love Channel, which would both be devoted to romance, love and relationships. Hollywood Suite consists of four channels, all broadcasting solely in high definition, and focusing on films from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s. The service also offers a video channel, as well as TV Everywhere app Hollywood Suite Go. At the time of the rebrand, AXN Investments took a 46. 66% ownership in the two channels, the rebrand occurred on September 4,2012. In September 2015, Hollywood Suite announced that it would re-launch its channels on November 2,2015, dropping the studio-based brands in favour of dedicating each network to a specific decade. Sony subsidiary AXN Investments holds a net 46. 66% interest in a subsidiary which owns the 90s and 00s Movies channels, with the 70s and 80s Movies channels remaining wholly owned by Hollywood Suite
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IFC (Canadian TV channel)
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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 and its name is licensed from the American company AMC Networks, the owner of IFC. In November 2000, a joint venture between Salter Street Films and Triptych Media Inc, on February 9,2001, the CRTC approved a proposed corporate restructuring that would allow Salter Street Films acquire Triptych Medias 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 ownership of Salter Street Films, with its name licensed from its American counterpart. In December 2001, the CRTC approved the purchase Salter Street Films by Alliance Atlantis, 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. On April 1,2016, Shaw Media was sold to Corus Entertainment, like its U. S. namesake, the channel originally focused almost exclusively on smaller independent films. However, it has broadened its programming to more mainstream films from large production studios. It has also de-emphasized the use of the full Independent Film Channel name, instead using the IFC acronym, the channel has also begun to regularly air TV series. These are mostly second-run programs that aired on other Canadian channels. However, none of the American versions original programming airs on this channel and they have instead been picked up by competing Canadian channels. For example, Portlandia premiered on Super Channel and aired in syndication on BiteTV, in December 2013, rival broadcaster Bell Media announced that it has secured an exclusive deal for the American channels original programming, including The Spoils of Babylon and Comedy Bang. Bang. as well as past shows, the HD feed is currently available on Eastlink and Optik TV
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MovieTime
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For the American channel formerly known as Movietime, see E. MovieTime is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. As its name suggests, the channel is a service that primarily broadcasts films. In November 2000, Canwest, through its subsidiary Global Television Network Inc and its program schedule will run the gamut from contemporary popcorn action and adventure films and series, to classical westerns, rodeo and western horse shows. The channel was launched under the name Lonestar on September 7,2001, focusing exclusively on Western and rural-themed programming such as films, television dramas, on August 21,2008, Canwest announced that Lonestar would be rebranded as MovieTime, focusing on contemporary films. The name change took effect on October 6,2008, a high definition simulcast feed of MovieTime was launched on March 12,2010. On October 27,2010, Shaw Communications gained control of MovieTime as a result of its acquisition of Canwest, on April 1,2016, Shaw Media was sold to Corus Entertainment
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Rewind (TV channel)
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For information on the online film service known as Movieola, see Movieola. Rewind is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel majority-owned by Channel Zero Inc, the channel primarily broadcasts feature length films from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, targeted toward the Generation X demographic. The channel was launched on September 7,2001 as Movieola, specializing in film content in various genres such as animation, comedy. However, the deal fell through in April 2002, when due to financial difficulties, the fourth member resigned in April. The four founding members were hired by Stornoway in September 2001 when the agreement was made. The agreement stated that all four members were to remain as Stornoway employees after the transaction closed, due to Stornoways reluctance to rehire the employees, the deal was severed in April and the four founding members decided to run Movieola alone. In June 2007, Movieola signed a deal with Joost, agreeing to short film content to the online TV service. Movieola later signed a deal with the online service, Hulu. However, the deal was abandoned at a date and did not finalize. It was later revealed that Movieolas broadcast licence would be used to launch Rewind, on December 1,2012 Movieola was rebranded as Rewind and the Movieola brand shifted to an online-only service. Rewind continues to broadcast short film content in non-peak viewing hours and its action and adventure programming will “run the gamut” from contemporary “popcorn” action and adventure films and series to classical westerns. In addition, 15% of the channel was sold to a variety of investors through a corporate restructuring, on June 11,2013, Channel Zero launched a high definition channel simulcasting the standard definition feed called Rewind HD on EastLink. The channel has subsequently picked up by other television service providers such as Telus Optik TV
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The Cult Movie Network
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The channel is owned by the Cult Movie Channel Inc. a company owned by Dieter Kohler. The channel is available as an online service and as a linear television service available through television service providers. The channel was launched as a television service in December 2010 when it began being carried by MTS TV in Manitoba. Since that time, the channel has reached agreements with other TV providers around the world for carriage on their systems. On July 21,2015, the CRTC approved The Cult Movie Channel Inc. s request to convert The Cult Movie Network from a licensed Category B specialty service to an exempted Cat. According to the website in early 2011, the channel was scheduled to undergo a rebrand in the summer of 2011 by introducing a new logo, on-air graphics. The channel was expected to focus on higher profile cult films from various genres including comedy, sci-fi, however, the rebrand did not take effect as planned
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ATN Movies
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ATN Movies OK is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network. ATN Movies OK is a Bollywood film channel with a focus on family-oriented films and it airs blockbusters, modern classics and contemporary cinema all sourced from Movies OK as well as locally produced Canadian content. The channel launched on October 19,2005 as ATN Zee Cinema, in 2011, ATN Zee Cinema unveiled a new logo and on-screen graphics to fall in line with its counterpart in India. On July 25,2012, ATN Zee Cinema was re-branded ATN Movies OK due to the loss of programming rights for Zee Cinema, on September 25,2012, ATN Movies OKs broadcasting license to operate as a pay service was revoked at ATNs request. The channel subsequently re-launched as a specialty service on June 17,2012, under the following license
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ATN Sony Aath
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ATN Sony Aath is a Canadian exempt Category B Bengali language specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network. It broadcasts programming from Sony Aath and Canadian content, Sony Aath is a premium Bengali language movie channel from India. It has the largest Bengali film library in India, with over 1000 titles in its lineup and it airs both contemporary films as well as beloved classics and features a new movie premiere every week
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Filmy (Canada)
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Filmy is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel that is owned by SoundView Entertainment Inc. Filmy broadcasts Bollywood films, music programs, and other Bollywood film based programming, in October 2007, SoundView Entertainment Inc. The programming schedule shall only consist of films, made-for-TV movies, actor interviews, documentaries. The channel launched as Filmy on April 29,2009 initially on Rogers Cable
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Melody Aflam
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Melody Aflam is a Canadian exempt Category B Arabic language specialty channel and is owned by Ethnic Channels Group. It broadcasts programming from Melody Aflam as well as local Canadian content, Melody Aflam is a top rated film channel from Egypt. It features a variety of top tier films from the Arab world including classics and current hits. The movies aired cover all genres from Action to comedy to historical films, Melody Aflam Canada Melody Aflam Aflam online
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Zee Cinema (Canada)
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Zee Cinema is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel and is owned by Ethnic Channels Group. Zee Cinema broadcasts programming primarily from the library of Zee Cinema, programming includes classic and contemporary films and film-related television series. ATN Zee Cinema was renamed ATN Movies OK on July 25,2012
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AOV Adult Movie Channel
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AOV Adult Movie Channel or more commonly referred to as AOV TV is a Canadian exempt English language Category B specialty channel. It is a television channel consisting of explicit feature pornographic films. It is owned by Channel Zero Inc. in conjunction with Adults Only Video, AOV programs and operates the service. AOV TV also operates a video on demand service called AOVTV On Demand. This service offers many of the films available on AOV TV. It is currently available on MTS and Rogers Cable in Ontario, XXX Action Clips Channel Maleflixxx Television AOV - The Vision of Adult, Celebrates, Mediacaster Magazine, 08/25/05. Sex Please, Were Canadian, Mediacaster Magazine, 09/01/04, deveau, Scott No sex please, were Canadian, rules CRTC, The Vancouver Sun, 04/04/07
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Hustler TV Canada
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Hustler TV Canada is a Canadian English language Category B adult entertainment television channel that consists of primarily pornographic films aimed at straight men. The channel is owned by Vanessa Media, the channels brand and much of its content is licensed and purchased, respectively, from LFP Broadcasting, owners of the original Hustler TV in the United States. In 2014, LFP Broadcasting sold its interest in the channel to Ten Broadcasting, who in turn rebranded the channel as Exxxtasy TV
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Maleflixxx Television
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Maleflixxx Television is a Canadian exempt English language Category B specialty channel. It is an adult entertainment television channel, with programming consisting of gay male pornography. It is also noted as the first 24-hour channel of its kind in the world, maleflixxx Television also has plans to be distributed internationally in the future, including the United States and Europe. Maleflixx Television is owned by Channel Zero Inc. in conjunction with Sureflix Digital Distribution who program, AOV Adult Movie Channel XXX Action Clips Channel Official website
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Playmen TV
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Playmen TV is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel. It is an adult entertainment television channel aimed at gay men, with programming consisting mainly of adult films. Playmen TVs licensee is 4510810 Canada Inc. which is owned by Fifth Dimension Properties Inc. a company wholly owned by Stuart Duncan. PrideVision was launched in 2001 as Canadas first digital specialty service aimed towards the LGBT community, providers chose to package PrideVision as a standalone, premium adult channel rather than alongside other mainstream specialty channels—which hampered the networks reach. Shaw controversially required viewers to go through a process, including a one-cent fee. The CRTC reprimanded Shaw for its treatment of PrideVision. In 2003, PrideVision was sold to a consortium led by veteran broadcaster William Craig. Later in November, PrideVision re-branded its adult programming block as Hard on PrideVision, Hard on PrideVisions license was approved on March 4,2005. The transaction was finalized later that year, with other investors shares changing to reflect Shavicks new ownership, in November 2006, Hard on PrideVision was renamed HardTV. The transaction closed at a later date, in the spring of 2013 HardTV was rebranded Playmen TV after ownership in the company was transferred to Fifth Dimension Properties Inc. in April 2013
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Vivid TV Canada (English)
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The channel is owned by Sex-Shop Television Inc. a division of IDI. In March 2009, Sex-Shop Television Inc, a French-language version of Vanessa initially launched on October 28,2010, with an English version expected to launch the following year, however it did not launched as planned. However, on March 11,2013 Sex-Shop Television announced that an English language channel was launching on March 13,2013, the channel was revealed to have launched on Vidéotron. A high definition feed is expected to launch in September 2014 on MTS TV, half of the networks programming will come from Vivid, while the remainder will come from Vanessas existing productions
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Vivid TV Canada (French)
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The channel is owned by Sex-Shop Television Inc. a division of IDI. In December 2007, Sex-Shop Television Inc, vanessa launched on October 28,2010 at 10pm in standard definition. The channel was expected to launch a high definition feed in October 2010 and launch an English language counterpart in 2011 under the same name, on November 4,2010, Bell TV added the channel to its lineup, giving the channel national distribution. Despite this, the English version still launched as planned, the channel began broadcasting in high-definition in 2014 when a separate HD feed was launched on Telus Optik TV in Quebec
