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{{short description|Class of Canadian cable TV channel not required to be on all cable systems}} |
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{{about|a former classification system of Canadian cable TV|the modern classification|Discretionary service}} |
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A '''Category B service''' is the former term for a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[discretionary service|discretionary]] [[specialty channel|specialty]] [[television channel]] which, as defined by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]], may be carried by all [[subscription television]] providers. Such services were called Category 2 until September 1, 2011.<ref name=crtc-bpn2008-100>{{cite web|title=Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-100: Regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2008/pb2008-100.htm|publisher=CRTC|accessdate=23 January 2013}}</ref> |
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Unlike [[Category A services]], Category B services are not protected as to format. They are licensed to broadcast within defined formats which are not provided by or overly close to an existing protected channel, but their formats are not protected themselves and need not protect other Category B services. Also unlike Category A services, a Category B service does not have guaranteed cable carriage rights, but must directly negotiate carriage with cable distributors. Category B services encompass both [[pay television]] and [[specialty channels]]. |
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In December 2012, the CRTC exempted from formal licensing services with less than 200,000 subscribers that would otherwise meet the definition of a Category B service, and services which air 90% of their programming in a language other than [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], or languages of [[aboriginal peoples in Canada]].<ref name=crtc-2012-689>{{cite web|title=Broadcasting Order CRTC 2012-689: New exemption order respecting certain programming undertakings that would otherwise be eligible to be operated as Category B services, and amendments to the Exemption order respecting certain third-language television undertakings|url=http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-689.htm|publisher=CRTC|accessdate=23 January 2013}}</ref> |
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Henceforth,{{when|date=June 2018}} most Canadian specialty channels (except for national news and mainstream sports channels, which are classified as [[Category C services]]) will be licensed as Category B services.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-786.htm|title=ARCHIVED - Standard conditions of licence, expectations and encouragements for Category B pay and specialty services|first=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)|last=Government of Canada|date=25 October 2010|website=crtc.gc.ca}}</ref> |
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==Category B specialty services== |
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The following is a list of currently launched and officially licensed Category B services in Canada: |
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===English=== |
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* [[ABC Spark]] |
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* [[Action (Canadian TV channel)|Action]] |
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* [[Animal Planet (Canada)|Animal Planet]] |
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* [[ATN Cricket Plus]] |
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* [[ATN DD Sports]] |
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* [[A.Side TV]] |
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* [[BBC Earth (Canada)|BBC Earth]] |
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* [[Cartoon Network (Canada)|Cartoon Network]] |
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* [[Cooking Channel (Canada)|Cooking Channel]] |
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* [[Commonwealth Broadcasting Network]] |
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* [[Daystar Television Canada]] |
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* [[DejaView]] |
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* [[Discovery Science (Canada)|Discovery Science]] |
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* [[Discovery Velocity]] |
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* [[Disney Channel (Canada)|Disney Channel]] |
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* [[Disney XD (Canada)|Disney XD]] |
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* [[DIY Network (Canada)|DIY Network]] |
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* [[Dorcel TV Canada (English)|Dorcel TV Canada]] |
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* [[ESPN Classic (Canada)|ESPN Classic]] |
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* [[EuroWorld Sport]] |
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* [[Family Chrgd]] |
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* [[Fight Network]] |
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* [[FX (Canada)|FX]] |
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* [[Game+]] |
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* [[GameTV]] |
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* [[Global News: BC 1]] |
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* [[HIFI (TV channel)|HIFI]] |
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* [[Hollywood Suite]] |
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** Hollywood Suite 70s Movies |
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** Hollywood Suite 80s Movies |
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** Hollywood Suite 90s Movies |
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** Hollywood Suite 00s Movies |
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* [[HPItv]] |
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** HPItv Canada |
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** HPItv International |
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** HPItv Odds |
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** HPItv West |
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* [[IDNR-TV]] |
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* [[Investigation Discovery (Canada)|Investigation Discovery]] |
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* [[Leafs Nation Network]] |
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* [[Lifetime (Canada)|Lifetime]] |
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* [[Love Nature]] |
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* [[Makeful]] |
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* [[MovieTime]] |
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* [[Nat Geo Wild (Canada)|Nat Geo Wild]] |
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* [[National Geographic (Canadian TV channel)|National Geographic]] |
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* [[NBA TV Canada]] |
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* [[Nickelodeon (Canada)|Nickelodeon]] |
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* [[Penthouse TV (Canada)|Penthouse TV]] |
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* [[Playmen TV]] |
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* [[Red Hot TV (Canada)|Red Hot TV]] |
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* [[Rewind (TV channel)|Rewind]] |
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* [[Salt + Light Television]] |
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* [[Silver Screen Classics]] |
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* [[Smithsonian Channel (Canada)|Smithsonian Channel]] |
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* [[Sportsman Channel (Canada)|Sportsman Channel]] |
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* [[Sportsnet World]] |
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* [[Stingray Juicebox]] |
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* [[Stingray Loud]] |
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* [[Stingray Naturescape]] |
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* [[Stingray Retro]] |
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* [[Stingray Vibe]] |
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* [[The Rural Channel]] |
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* [[Water Television Network]] |
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* [[Wild TV]] |
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===French=== |
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* [[Avis de Recherche]] |
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* [[Casa (TV channel)|Casa]] |
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* [[Dorcel TV Canada (French)|Dorcel TV Canada]] |
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* [[Frissons TV]] |
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* [[Ici Explora]] |
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* [[Investigation (TV channel)|Investigation]] |
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* [[MOI ET CIE]] |
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* [[Prise 2]] |
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* [[Télémagino]] |
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* [[Yoopa]] |
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* [[Zeste]] |
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===Multicultural=== |
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* [[Aaj Tak (Canada)|Aaj Tak]] |
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* [[ATN SAB TV]] |
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* [[ATN Times Now]] |
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* [[ATN Zoom]] |
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* [[FPTV]] |
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* [[Filmy (Canada)|Filmy]] |
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* [[Mediaset Italia (Canada)|Mediaset Italia]] |
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* [[Mediaset TGCOM 24 (Canada)|Mediaset TGCOM 24]] |
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* [[New Tang Dynasty Television (Canada)|New Tang Dynasty Television]] |
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* [[Sur Sagar TV|SSTV]] |
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* [[Univision Canada]] |
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* Zee Bollywood |
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* [[Zee Cinema (Canada)|Zee Cinema]] |
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* [[Zee TV Canada]] |
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==Category B pay services== |
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===French=== |
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* [[Cinépop]] |
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==Exempted Category B services<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/BCASTING/catb_e3l.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414051439/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/BCASTING/catb_e3l.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2016|title=List of Exempt Category B and Exempt Third-Language Services|date=14 April 2016}}</ref>== |
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===English=== |
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* [[AOV Adult Movie Channel]] |
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* [[beIN Sports Canada]] |
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* [[Exxxtasy TV]] |
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* [[FEVA TV]] |
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* [[Maleflixxx Television]] |
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* [[REV TV Canada]] |
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* [[Stingray Country]] |
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* [[Stingray Now 4K]] |
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* [[The Cult Movie Network]] |
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* [[Toon-A-Vision]] |
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* [[Vertical TV]] |
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* [[Xite 4K (Canada)|XITE 4K]] |
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* [[XXX Action Clips Channel]] |
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===French=== |
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* [[PalmarèsADISQ par Stingray]] |
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* [[Stingray Hits!]] |
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===Ethnic=== |
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* [[Abu Dhabi TV (Canada)|Abu Dhabi TV]] |
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* [[Al-Nahar TV (Canada)|Al-Nahar TV]] |
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* Al-Nahar Drama |
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* Al Resalah |
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* [[All TV]] |
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* [[All TV K]] |
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* [[ATN Aastha TV]] |
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* [[ATN ARY Digital]] |
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* [[ATN B4U Movies]] |
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* [[ATN B4U Music]] |
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* [[ATN Bangla (Canada)|ATN Bangla]] |
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* ATN Brit Asia TV |
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* ATN Colors Bangla |
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* ATN Colors Marathi |
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* ATN DD Bharati |
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* ATN DD Urdu |
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* [[ATN Food Food]] |
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* [[ATN Gujarati]] |
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* ATN IBC Tamil |
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* [[ATN Jaya TV]] |
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* [[ATN Movies]] |
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* ATN MTV India |
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* ATN News 18 |
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* [[ATN PM One]] |
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* [[ATN Punjabi]] |
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* [[ATN Punjabi 5]] |
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* ATN Punjabi News |
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* [[ATN Punjabi Plus]] |
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* ATN Rishtey |
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* ATN Sikh Channel |
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* [[ATN Sony Aath]] |
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* ATN Sony Max |
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* ATN Sony Mix |
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* [[ATN Sony TV]] |
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* [[ATN SVBC]] |
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* ATN Tamil Plus |
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* [[ATN Urdu]] |
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* [[BBC Arabic]] |
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* [[Big Magic International (Canada)|Big Magic International]] |
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* [[Canada Chinese TV]] |
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* [[Canada National TV]] |
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* [[CCCTV]] |
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* [[Chakde TV]] |
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* [[Channel Punjabi]] |
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* Channel Y |
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* CTC International |
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* [[Dream 2 (Canada)|Dream 2]] |
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* [[ERT World (Canada)|ERT World]] |
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* [[Fairchild TV 2 HD]] |
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* [[Filipino TV|FTV]] |
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* [[Pershyi Natsionalnyi (Canada)|First National]] |
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* Greek Music Channel |
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* [[German Kino Plus]] |
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* [[Halla Bol! Kids TV]] |
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* [[HRT Sat (Canada)|HRT Sat]] |
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* [[Hum TV (Canada)|Hum TV]] |
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* [[Iran TV Network (Canada)|Iran TV Network]] |
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* [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL-TV]] |
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* [[LS Times TV]] |
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* [[MEGA Cosmos (Odyssey Television Network)|MEGA Cosmos]] |
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* [[Melody Aflam (Canada)|Melody Aflam]] |
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* [[Melody Drama (Canada)|Melody Drama]] |
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* [[Melody Hits (Canada)|Melody Hits]] |
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* [[Momo Kids]] |
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* [[Montreal Greek TV]] |
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* [[New Greek TV (Canada)|NGTV]] |
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* [[Nova World (Canada)|Nova World]] |
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* [[OSN Yahala|OSN Ya Hala International]] |
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* [[Prime Asia TV]] |
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* [[ProSiebenSat.1 Welt (Canada)|ProSiebenSat.1 Welt]] |
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* [[PTC Punjabi (Canada)|PTC Punjabi]] |
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* [[Rawal TV]] |
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* [[RBTI Canada]] |
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* Rotana Aflam |
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* Rotana Cinema |
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* Rotana Classic |
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* Rotana Clip |
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* Rotana Drama |
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* Rotana Khalijiah |
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* Rotana Mousica |
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* RTL Living |
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* [[RTS Sat (Canada)|RTS Sat]] |
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* [[RTVi (Canada)|RTVi]] |
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* [[SBTN (Canada)|SBTN]] |
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* Schlager TV |
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* [[Tamil Entertainment Television|TET]] |
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* [[Tamil One]] |
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* [[Tamil Vision International|Tamil Vision]] |
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* [[Telebimbi]] |
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* [[TeleNiños]] |
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* [[The Israeli Network (Canada)|The Israeli Network]] |
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* [[Travelxp (Canada)|Travelxp]] |
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* TVCentr International |
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* [[TVP Info (Canada)|TVP Info]] |
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* TV Rain |
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* [[Vanakkam TV]] |
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* [[Win HD Caribbean]] |
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* [[WOWtv]] |
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* Zee 24 Taas |
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* Zee Bangla |
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* Zee Marathi |
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* Zee Punjabi |
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* Zee Salaam |
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* Zee Talkies |
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* Zee Tamil |
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* [[Zing (Canada)|Zing]] |
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==Defunct Category B services== |
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* [[Action (Canadian TV channel)|Action]] |
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* [[ATN NDTV 24x7]] |
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* [[BBC Canada]] |
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* [[BBC Kids]] |
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* [[Bloomberg TV Canada]] |
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* [[bpm:tv]] |
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* [[Bollywood Times]] |
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* [[CityNews Channel]] |
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* [[Comedy Gold (TV channel)|Comedy Gold]] |
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* [[CoolTV]] |
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* [[Cosmopolitan TV (Canada)|Cosmopolitan TV]] |
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* [[Discovery Kids (Canada)|Discovery Kids]] |
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* [[Dusk (TV channel)|Dusk]] |
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* [[The Ecology Channel]] |
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* [[Edge TV]] |
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* [[Fine Living (Canada)|Fine Living]] |
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* [[Fox Sports World Canada]] |
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* [[Global Reality Channel]] |
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* [[GolTV (Canada)|GolTV]] |
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* [[Gusto (TV channel)|Gusto TV]] (Knight Enterprises)<ref group=note>Gusto's intellectual property was sold to [[Bell Media]] in 2016. The original channel ceased operations on September 1, 2016, and was concurrently replaced by a version operating under a Category A license formerly used by [[M3 (Canadian TV channel)|M3]].</ref> |
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* [[HSTN]] |
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* [[Leonardo World (Canada)|Leonardo World]] |
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* [[MEGA Cosmos (Ethnic Channels Group)|MEGA Cosmos]] (Ethnic Channels Group)<ref group=note>After acquiring rights to its programming, [[Odyssey Television Network]] launched a [[MEGA Cosmos (Odyssey Television Network)|separate channel]] under the same name)</ref> |
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* [[Mehndi TV]] |
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* [[MSNBC Canada]] |
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* [[Niagara News TV]] |
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* [[Nuevo Mundo Television]] |
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* [[Persian Vision]] |
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* [[The Pet Network]] |
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* [[RTVi+ (Canada)|RTVi+]] |
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* [[Sundance Channel (Canada)|Sundance Channel]] |
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* [[Talentvision 2 HD]] |
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* [[Teletoon Retro]] |
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* [[Télétoon Rétro]] |
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* [[Tonis (Canada)|Tonis]] |
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* [[TVOne Canada]] |
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* [[UTV Movies (Canada)|UTV Movies]] |
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* [[Video Italia (Canada)|Video Italia]] |
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* [[X-Treme Sports]] |
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==References== |
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<References/> |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of television stations in Canada by call sign]] |
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* [[List of Canadian television networks (table)]] |
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* [[List of Canadian television channels]] |
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* [[List of Canadian specialty channels]] |
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* [[Category A services]] |
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* [[Category C services]] |
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* [[List of foreign television channels available in Canada]] |
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* [[List of United States stations available in Canada]] |
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* [[Digital television in Canada]] |
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* [[Multichannel television in Canada]] |
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* [[List of Canadian stations available in the United States]] |
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* [[List of television stations in North America by media market]] |
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{{Inc-video}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Category B Specialty Channel}} |
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[[Category:Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] |
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[[Category:Digital cable television networks in Canada|*B]] |
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