Canal D

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Canal D
Canal D logo
Country Canada
Broadcast areaNationwide
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
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History
LaunchedJanuary 1, 1995
Links
Website Canal D (in French)

Canal D is a Canadian French language discretionary service owned by Bell Media. Canal D focuses on documentary programming primarily in the form of documentary-style television series that focus on a variety of topics such as crime, biographies, nature, and science.

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History

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.

Canal D HD

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On October 30, 2006, Astral Media launched "Canal D HD", an HD simulcast of Canal D's standard definition feed. [5]

International distribution

Original logo; 1995-2009 Canal D Logo.svg
Original logo; 1995-2009

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