Category 1 specialty channel
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A Category 1 specialty channel is a Canadian specialty television channel which, as defined by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, must be carried by all digital cable and direct broadcast satellite providers that have the capability to do so. Canadian content levels on Category 1 channels are required to be at a minimum of 50 percent.
Like older specialty television services licensed prior to digital channel capacity expansion, Category 1 channels are protected as to format. They have been licensed to broadcast within defined formats which are not provided by or overly close to existing protected channels, and Category 1 formats are protected themselves from close direct competition from Category 2 channels, the junior category of digital channels which was introduced at the same time.
It is expected that, henceforth, most or all new Canadian specialty channels will be licensed as Category 2 channels.
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[edit] Category 1 channels
- ARGENT
- The Biography Channel
- bold
- BookTelevision
- Discovery Health
- documentary
- FashionTelevisionChannel
- G4techTV Canada
- ichannel
- IFC
- mentv
- Mystère
- Mystery TV
- One: the Body, Mind & Spirit channel
- OUTtv
- Razer
- RIS
- travel + escape
[edit] Defunct Category 1 channels
- WTSN, one of the original Category 1 licensees, ceased broadcasting on September 23, 2003 for financial reasons.
[edit] Category 1 channels that were never launched
- Perfecto, La Chaîne - was the licence for a French language digital channel with programming related to fashion and design. It was owned by Astral Media and CHUM Limited with each company owning 50%.
- Télé Ha! Ha! - as the licence for a French language digital channel with programming related to comedy and humour. It was owned by Groupe TVA (60.2%), Les Films Rozon (19.9%) and BCE Média (19.9%).
