| Documentary | |
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| Documentary logo | |
| Launched | September 7, 2001 |
| Owned by | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (82% & managing partner) NFB (14%) 4 independent producers (1% each)[1] |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV 1080i HDTV |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Formerly called | Documentary Channel (2001 - 2008) |
| Website | documentary |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 336 (SD) |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 513 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Available on most Canadian cable systems | Check local listings |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant TV | Channel 562 (SD) |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 336 (SD) |
| MTS | Channel 264 (SD) |
| Optik TV | Channel 205 (SD) |
| SaskTel | Channel 86 (SD) |
Documentary (stylized documentary) is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the National Film Board of Canada and four other independent producers. Its programming is devoted to featuring documentary films along with select television series.
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Licensed as The Canadian Documentary Channel on November 24, 2000 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC); it was launched as Documentary Channel on September 7, 2001 under the majority ownership of Corus Entertainment along with the current owners.
On May 11, 2006, Corus Entertainment announced that it would be selling its 53% majority stake in the service to the CBC; bringing the CBC's interest to 82% from its former 29%. Corus decided to sell its interest in the service because it stated documentaries were considered a non-core asset and it wanted to further focus its attention on core assets; youth, women's related programming and films.[2] On June 22, 2007 the CRTC approved the deal and the transaction was completed.
On March 27, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. EST, Documentary Channel changed its name to simply, Documentary, along with a new logo and on-air format.
On April 1, 2011 CBC launched Documentary HD, a high definition feed simulcasting the standard definition feed. It is currently available on Rogers Cable and EastLink.
| 2001 - 2008 | 2008 - present |
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