Space (Canadian TV channel)

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Space
Space logo 2013.svg
LaunchedOctober 17, 1997;21 years ago (1997-10-17)
Owned by Bell Media
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
SloganIt's all around you
Country Canada
Broadcast areaNational
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario
Sister channel(s) CTV
Bravo
The Comedy Network
Gusto
Z
Website space.ca
Availability
Satellite
Bell TV Channel 627 (SD)
Channel 1746 (HD)
Shaw Direct Channel 528 (SD)
Channel 275 87 (HD)
Cable
Available on most Canadian cable systemsChannel number varies
IPTV
Bell Aliant Fibe TV Channel 209 (SD)
Channel 425 (HD)
Bell Fibe TV Channel 627 (SD)
Channel 1632 (HD)
Bell MTS Channel 122 (SD)
Channel 1122 (HD)
Optik TV Channel 392 (HD)
Channel 9392 (SD)
SaskTel Channel 72 (SD)
Channel 372 (HD)
VMedia Channel 281 (HD)
Zazeen Channel 100 (HD)

Space is a Canadian pay television channel owned by Bell Media dedicated to speculative fiction and related programming. The network's original slogan was The Imagination Station, which is still sometimes used informally by its fans. The channel first launched on October 17, 1997.

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On September 12, 2019, Space will rebrand as CTV Sci-Fi Channel.

CTV is a Canadian English-language terrestrial television network launched in 1961. Since 2000, it is owned by the CTV Inc. subdivision of the Bell Media division of BCE, Inc. It is Canada's largest privately or commercially owned network, and has consistently been placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival Global Television Network in key markets.

History

First logo, featuring (sometimes with slightly different variations) the shape of triangle, used from 1997 to 2005. SPACE TV Former Logo.svg
First logo, featuring (sometimes with slightly different variations) the shape of triangle, used from 1997 to 2005.
Second logo, used from 2005 to 2013. Space TV Logo.svg
Second logo, used from 2005 to 2013.

The channel was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 1996. [1] It debuted on October 17, 1997 at 6:00 p.m. ET, literally launching under the ownership of CHUM Limited, (the owners of the namesake CHUM-AM, since the launch involved the Space Shuttle's footage), airing the film Forbidden Planet , followed by a commentary on that film by author Robert J. Sawyer, followed by the film Mars Attacks! . The Sawyer commentary was the first example of the interstitial materials — mostly produced by Mark Askwith — that have become SPACE's signature: short, snappy, mini-documentaries on science fiction and science topics shown between programs, collectively known as "SPACE Flow". Daily installments include Space News (formerly SPIN, for "Space Information and News"). [2]

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

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CHUM Limited was a Canadian media company based in Toronto, Ontario in operation from 1945 to 2007. It held full or joint control of two Canadian television systems—Citytv and A-Channel —comprising 11 local stations, one CBC Television affiliate, one provincial educational channel, and 20 branded specialty television channels, most notably MuchMusic and its various spinoffs. In addition, CHUM owned 33 radio stations across Canada under its CHUM Radio Network division. At various points in its history, CHUM also owned other radio stations as well as ATV and the Atlantic Satellite Network in Atlantic Canada.

Like Teletoon and MuchMusic (both of which debuted differently, in 1984 and in Teletoon's case, on the same launch date as Space), Space was specifically created to prevent the importation of American specialty channels into Canadian territory, in this case Syfy, but still has to produce and broadcast Canadian original content on a license.

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CTVglobemedia took over Space on June 22, 2007, as a result of a takeover of CHUM Limited. At the same time, the Citytv stations were sold to Rogers later that year. Ownership changed hands once again when on April 1, 2011, BCE Inc. gained 100% control of CTVglobemedia's non-publishing assets that it did not already own, placing Space under the ownership of Bell Media.

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On February 8, 2011, the Reeves-Stevenses submitted a letter to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in support of an application by CTVglobemedia to renew the broadcasting license of Space. [3]

Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens are a New York Times-bestselling husband-and-wife writing/producing team. In June, 2013, at the Constellation Awards ceremony in Toronto, the writing couple were honored with the Constellation Award for "Outstanding Canadian Contribution to Science Fiction Film or Television" for their role in creating the series, Primeval: New World.

On July 6, 2011, a high definition simulcast of Space was launched. [4]

On March 4, 2013, Space introduced a new logo and imaging campaign, "It's all around you", to coincide with the premiere of the channel's new original co-production Orphan Black . The new branding was meant to reflect the channel's increased focus on fantasy and "phenomenal" programs by downplaying sci-fi imagery, in favour of scenes incorporating tangible, real-life imagery depicted in "phenomenal" means. [5] Through Bell Media's acquisition of Astral Media, Space is now co-owned with the French-language science-fiction channel, Ztélé (since renamed Z).

On June 7, 2018 during the CTV upfronts, it was announced that Space would be rebranded as "CTV Sci-Fi", as part of a re-branding of several Bell Media specialty channels under the CTV name. [6] The following year, it was revealed the channel would rebrand as CTV Sci-Fi Channel on September 12, 2019. [7]

Programming

Space's programming includes scripted television series and films primarily focused on the science fiction, fantasy, superhero fiction, horror, and paranormal genres. The channel has produced original series (including the daily newsmagazine Innerspace , and scripted dramas such as Orphan Black ), as well as co-produced and acquired programming primarily from the U.S Syfy cable network.

Current Programming

As of September 2019. [8] [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Decision CRTC 96-605 CRTC 1996-09-04
  2. ↑ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv0sM5UlW4U Space: The Imagination Station launch (incomplete, October 17, 1997
  3. ↑ "Intervention Documents". services.crtc.gc.ca.
  4. ↑ SPACE HD to Launch July 6
  5. ↑ "Bell Media's Space gets a new look". Marketing Magazine. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Magnum P.I. reboot, new Jann Arden comedy on CTV's fall lineup". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  7. ↑ "Bolstered by New Acquisitions, New CTV Suite of Specialty Channels to Be Unveiled Sept. 12". Newswire. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  8. ↑ https://www.space.ca/shows/
  9. ↑ https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/tv/space/
  10. ↑ https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings/stations/space/153
  11. ↑ https://www.space.ca/show/star-trek-picard/
  12. ↑ "Bell Media cancels shows 'Daily Planet' and 'Innerspace,' lays off 17 positions". The London Free Press. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  13. ↑ "SPACECAST.COM". 2004-12-30. Archived from the original on 2004-12-30.Cite uses deprecated parameter |dead-url= (help)CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  14. ↑ "Cosplay Melee – Bell Media". www.bellmedia.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-06-21.Cite uses deprecated parameter |dead-url= (help)
  15. ↑ "Superman Prequel Series Krypton Is Coming To Space In 2018". www.space.ca.

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