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Documentary 
Documentary logo Launched September 7, 2001 Owned by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (82% & managing partner)
NFB (14%)
4 independent producers (1% each)[1]Picture format 480i SDTV 1080i HDTV Country Canada Broadcast area National Headquarters Toronto, Ontario Formerly called Documentary Channel (2001 - 2008) Website documentary Availability Satellite Bell TV Channel 336 (SD) Shaw Direct Channel 513 (SD) Cable Available on most Canadian cable systems Check local listings IPTV Bell Aliant TV Channel 562 (SD) Bell Fibe TV Channel 336 (SD) MTS Channel 264 (SD) Optik TV Channel 205 (SD) SaskTel Channel 86 (SD) Documentary (stylized documentary) is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the National Film Board of Canada and four other independent producers. Its programming is devoted to featuring documentary films along with select television series.
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History
Licensed as The Canadian Documentary Channel on November 24, 2000 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC); it was launched as Documentary Channel on September 7, 2001 under the majority ownership of Corus Entertainment along with the current owners.
On May 11, 2006, Corus Entertainment announced that it would be selling its 53% majority stake in the service to the CBC; bringing the CBC's interest to 82% from its former 29%. Corus decided to sell its interest in the service because it stated documentaries were considered a non-core asset and it wanted to further focus its attention on core assets; youth, women's related programming and films.[2] On June 22, 2007 the CRTC approved the deal and the transaction was completed.
On March 27, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. EST, Documentary Channel changed its name to simply, Documentary, along with a new logo and on-air format.
Documentary HD
On April 1, 2011 CBC launched Documentary HD, a high definition feed simulcasting the standard definition feed. It is currently available on Rogers Cable.
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2001 - 2008 2008 - present References and notes
- ^ The 4 independent producers are: Omni Film Productions Limited, Cinenova Productions Inc., E1 Television and Galafilm Inc.
- ^ CBC buys into doc channel; Playback Magazine; 2006-05-29
See also
- List of documentary channels
- Documentary Organization of Canada
External links
English networks French networks Defunct channels Proposed channels Categories:- Canadian digital cable television networks
- Corus Entertainment
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Television channels and stations established in 2001
- Documentary television channels
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