| FashionTelevisionChannel | |
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| FashionTelevisionChannel logo | |
| Launched | September 7, 2001 |
| Owned by | Bell Media |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Website | FashionTelevisionChannel |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 605 |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 571 |
| Cable | |
| Available on many Canadian cable systems | Check local listings |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant TV | Channel 280 |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 605 |
| MTS | Channel 293 |
| Optik TV | Channel 145 |
| SaskTel | Channel 107 |
FashionTelevisionChannel is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. The channel broadcasts programming related to fashion, modelling, photography, art, architecture and design. The channel is fashioned after the CTV original program, FashionTelevision.
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In November 24, 2000, CHUM Limited was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch Fashion Television: The Channel, described as "a national English-language specialty television service dedicated to fashion, beauty, style, art, architecture, photography and design."[1]
The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as FashionTelevisionChannel.[2]
In July 2006, Bell Globemedia (later called CTVglobemedia) announced that it would purchase CHUM for an estimated $1.7 billion CAD.[3] The sale was subject to CRTC approval and was approved in June 2007,[4] with the transaction completed on June 22, 2007.
On September 10, 2010, BCE (a minority shareholder in CTVglobemedia) announced that it planned to acquire 100% interest in CTVglobemedia for a total debt and equity transaction cost of $3.2 billion CAD.[5] The deal which required CRTC approval, was approved on March 7, 2011[6] and closed on April 1 of that year, on which CTVglobemedia was rebranded Bell Media.[7]
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