Bravo!

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Bravo!

Type	Cable television specialty channel
Country	Canada
Availability	National
Owner	CHUM Limited
Launch date	January 1, 1995
Website	bravo.ca

Bravo! is a Canadian cable television specialty channel owned by CHUM Limited. It was launched on January 1, 1995. It concentrates on the arts, including; music, ballet, literature, drama, visual arts, modern dance, opera, architecture.

The "Bravo" name is used under licence from NBC Universal, which owns the U.S.-based service Bravo (without the exclamation mark); however, the types of programming carried by the two services generally differs. It also features well-known American series such as NYPD Blue, Law & Order and Sex and the City, which it broadcasts during prime time.

1 History
2 Original programs
3 CRTC license-related external links
4 External link

[edit] History

In the 1980s, C Channel, a Canadian cultural pay-TV (non-commercial) channel, operated from February 1, 1983 till June 30, 1983. It was licensed as a national service. It went into bankruptcy however, when it did not attract enough cable subscribers willing to pay $16/month for the service.

Several years had passed before there would be another Canadian performing arts network on television, until Bravo! was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

Among the first programs broadcast on Bravo! were La La La Human Steps, and TV is King, a BBC program about the development of television, from a British-perspective.