Country | Canada |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec |
Programming | |
Language(s) | French |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Astral Media (1995-2013) Bell Media (2013-Present) |
Sister channels | Noovo Investigation Canal Vie Z |
History | |
Launched | January 1, 1995 |
Links | |
Website | Canal D (in French) |
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In June 1994, Premier Choix: TVEC Inc. (Astral) was granted approval for a television broadcasting licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a channel called Arts et Divertissement, described as a service modelled after the American service, A&E, at that time. The proposed service was to focus on four main elements: documentaries (for which the service would primarily consist of), films, dramatic series, and arts programming. [1]
The channel was launched on January 1, 1995, as Canal D.
On March 4, 2013, the Competition Bureau approved the takeover of Astral Media by Bell Media. [2] Bell filed a new application for the proposed takeover with the CRTC on March 6, 2013; [3] the CRTC approved the merger on June 27, 2013, [4] effectively turning over control of Canal D to Bell on July 5 of that year.
On October 30, 2006, Astral Media launched "Canal D HD", an HD simulcast of Canal D's standard definition feed. [5]
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