Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2022-180

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Ottawa, 4 July 2022

Various licensees
Across Canada

Various large English-language and French-language television ownership groups – Administrative renewals

  1. The Commission renews the broadcasting licences for the large English-language and French-language television ownership groups set out in the appendix to this decision from 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2024, subject to the terms and conditions in effect under the current licences.
  2. This decision does not dispose of any issues that may arise with respect to the renewal of these licences, including any non-compliance issues.

Secretary General

This decision is to be appended to each licence.

Appendix to Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2022-180

Programming services of large English-language and French-language ownership groups for which broadcasting licences are administratively renewed until 31 August 2024

Corus group

Corus Television Limited Partnership is the licensee, unless otherwise specified.

English-language and bilingual services
Conventional television stations
Province / Territory Call sign and location
British Columbia CHAN-DT Vancouver and its transmitters:

CHKL-DT Kelowna
CHKL-DT-1 Penticton
CHKL-DT-2 Vernon
CHAN-DT-1 Chilliwack
CHAN-TV-2 Bowen Island
CHAN-DT-4 Courtenay
CHKM-DT Kamloops
CIFG-DT Prince George
CHBC-DT Kelowna and its transmitters:

CHBC-DT-1 Penticton
CHBC-DT-2 Vernon
Alberta CICT-DT Calgary
CISA-DT Lethbridge
CITV-DT Edmonton and its transmitter:

CITV-DT-1 Red Deer
Saskatchewan CFRE-DT Regina
CFSK-DT Saskatoon
Manitoba CKND-DT Winnipeg and its transmitter:

CKND-DT-2 Minnedosa
Ontario CIII-DT-41 Toronto and its transmitters:

CFGC-DT Sudbury
CFGC-DT-2 North Bay
CIII-DT Paris
CIII-DT-2 Bancroft
CIII-DT-4 Owen Sound
CIII-DT-6 Ottawa
CIII-DT-7 Midland
CIII-DT-12 Sault Ste. Marie
CIII-DT-13 Timmins
CIII-DT-22 Stevenson
CIII-DT-27 Peterborough
CIII-DT-29 Oil Springs
CIII-TV-55 Fort Erie
CHEX-DT Peterborough (Licensee: 591987 B.C. Ltd.)
CHEX-TV-2 Oshawa (Licensee: 591987 B.C. Ltd.)
CKWS-DT Kingston and its transmitter:

CKWS-DT-2 Prescott (Licensee: 591987 B.C. Ltd.)
CKWS-DT-1 Brighton (Licensee: 591987 B.C. Ltd.)
Quebec CKMI-DT-1 Montréal and its transmitters:

CKMI-DT Québec
CKMI-DT-2 Sherbrooke
New Brunswick CHNB-DT Saint John and its transmitters:

CIHF-DT-1 Fredericton
CIHF-DT-3 Moncton
CIHF-DT-14 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia CIHF-DT Halifax and its transmitters:

CIHF-DT-5 Wolfville
CIHF-DT-7 Sydney
Discretionary services
Licensee Name of Service
3294181 Canada Inc. ABC Spark
Showcase Television Inc. Adult swim (formerly Action)
Corus Television G.P. Inc. (the general partner) and Corus Media Global Inc. (the limited partner), carrying on business as Corus Television Limited Partnership BC News 1
TELETOON Canada Inc. Cartoon Network
Country Music Television Ltd. CMT
7202377 Canada Inc. Cooking Channel Canada
Corus Television G.P. Inc. (the general partner) and Corus Media Global Inc. (the limited partner), carrying on business as Corus Television Limited Partnership, and Corus Media Global Inc., partners in a general partnership carrying on business as Mystery Partnership Crime + Investigation
HGTV Canada Inc. Magnolia Network (previously D.I.Y.)
Corus Television G.P. Inc. (the general partner) and Corus Media Global Inc. (the limited partner), carrying on business as Corus Television Limited Partnership DejaView
9329994 Canada Inc. Disney Channel
Disney Junior
Disney XD
Corus Television G.P. Inc. (the general partner) and Corus Media Global Inc. (the limited partner), carrying on business as Corus Television Limited Partnership, and Corus Media Global Inc., partners in a general partnership carrying on business as TVtropolis General Partnership DTOUR
Food Network Canada Inc. Food Network Canada
Corus Television G.P. Inc. (the general partner) and Corus Media Global Inc. (the limited partner), carrying on business as Corus Television Limited Partnership, and Corus Media Global Inc., partners in Men TV General Partnership H2
HGTV Canada Inc. HGTV
History Television Inc. History
Showcase Television Inc. Lifetime
Corus Television G.P. Inc. (the general partner) and Corus Media Global Inc. (the limited partner), carrying on business as Corus Television Limited Partnership MovieTime
NGC Channel Inc. National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Wild
4537459 Canada Inc. Nickelodeon
OWN Inc. OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network
Showcase Television Inc. Showcase
Life Network Inc.  Slice
TELETOON Canada Inc. TELETOON/TÉLÉTOON
YTV Canada, Inc. Treehouse TV
W Network Inc. W Network
YTV Canada, Inc. YTV
French-language services
Discretionary services
Licensee Name of service
TELETOON Canada Inc. Disney la Chaîne
8504644 Canada Inc. Historia
850644 Canada Inc. Séries Plus

Bell group

Bell Media Inc. is the licensee, unless otherwise specified.

English-language
Conventional television stations
Province / Territory Call sign and location
British Columbia CIVT‐DT Vancouver
CIVI‐DT Victoria and its transmitter:

CIVI-DT-2 Vancouver
CFTK-TV Terrace and its transmitters:

CFTK-TV-1 Prince Rupert
CFTK-TV-2 Smithers
CJDC-TV Dawson Creek and its transmitters:

CJDC-TV-1 Fort St. John
CJDC-TV-2 Bullhead Mountain
Alberta CFCN‐DT‐5 Lethbridge and its transmitter:

CFCN-TV-8 Medicine Hat
CFCN‐DT Calgary and its transmitters:

CFCN-TV-2 Banff
CFCN-DT-13 Pigeon Mountain
CFCN-DT-14 Harvie Heights
CFRN-DT Edmonton and its transmitter:

CFRN-TV-1 Grand Prairie
CFRN-TV-6 Red Deer
Saskatchewan CKCK‐DT Regina
CFQC‐DT Saskatoon
CICC‐TV Yorkton
CIPA‐TV Prince Albert
Manitoba CKY‐DT Winnipeg and its transmitter:

CKYB-TV Brandon
Ontario CFPL‐DT London
CFTO‐DT Toronto and its transmitters:

CFTO‐DT-54 Peterborough
CFTO-TV-21 Orillia
CHBX‐TV Sault Ste. Marie
CHRO‐TV Pembroke
CHRO‐DT‐43 Ottawa
CJOH-DT Ottawa
CHWI-DT Wheatley and its transmitter:

CHWI-DT-60 Windsor
CICI‐TV Sudbury
CITO‐TV Timmins and its transmitter:

CITO-TV-1 Kapuskasing
CKCO‐DT Kitchener
CKNY‐TV North Bay
CKVR‐DT Barrie and its transmitters:

CKVP-DT Welland
CHCJ-DT Burlington
Quebec CFCF‐DT Montréal
New Brunswick CKCW‐DT Moncton and its transmitter:

CKCW-DT-1 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

CKLT‐DT Saint John and its transmitter:

CKLT‐TV-1 Florenceville
Nova Scotia CJCB‐TV Sydney and its transmitters:

CJCB‐TV-2 Antigonish
CJCB‐TV-6 Port Hawkesbury
CJCH-DT Halifax and its transmitters:

CJCH-TV-1 Canning
CJCH-TV-5 Sheet Harbour
CJCH-TV-6 Caledonia
CJCH-TV-7 Yarmouth
Satellite-to-cable programming service
Province Call sign and location
Maritimes CTV 2 Atlantic
Alberta CTV 2 Alberta
Discretionary services
Licensee Name of service
Bell Media Inc. BNN Bloomberg
Animal Planet Canada Company Animal Planet
Bell Media Inc. CablePulse24
Bell Media Inc. Crave
Bell Media Inc. CTV Comedy Channel
Bell Media Inc. CTV Drama Channel
Bell Media Inc. CTV Life Channel
The Sports Network Inc. CTV News Channel
Bell Media Inc. CTV Sci-Fi Channel
2953285 Canada Inc. Discovery Channel
Discovery Science Canada Company Discovery Science
2953285 Canada Inc. Discovery Velocity
Bell Media Inc. E!
The Sports Network Inc. ESPN Classic
Bell Media Inc. Investigation Discovery
Bell Media Inc. MTV (Canada)
Bell Media Inc. MTV2
Bell Media Inc. Much
Bell Media Inc. STARZ
The Sports Network Inc. The Sports Network (TSN)
On-demand services
Licensee Name of service
Bell ExpressVu Inc. (the general partner) and Bell Canada (the limited partner), carrying on business as Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership Bell TV On Demand (video-on-demand service)
Bell TV On Demand (terrestrial pay-per-view service)
Bell TV On Demand (direct-to-home pay-per-view service)
Northwestel Inc. On Demand
French-language services
Conventional television stations
Province / Territory Call sign and location
Quebec CFAP-DT Québec
CFJP-DT Montréal
CFKM-DT Trois-Rivières
CFKS-DT Sherbrooke
CFRS-DT Saguenay
Network – Television
Licensee Name of service
Bell Media Inc. Noovo
Discretionary services
Licensee Name of service
Bell Media Inc. Canal D
Bell Media Inc. Canal Vie
Bell Media Inc. Cinépop
Bell Media Inc. Investigation
Le Réseau des sports (RDS) inc. Le Réseau des Sports (RDS)
Le Réseau des sports (RDS) inc. RDS Info
Bell Media Inc. Super Écran
Bell Media Inc. VRAK
Bell Media Inc. Z

TVA Group

TVA Group Inc. is the licensee, unless otherwise specified.

Conventional television stations
Province Call sign and location
Quebec CFCM-DT Québec
CFER-DT Rimouski
CFTM-DT Montréal
CHEM-DT Trois-Rivières
CHLT-DT Sherbrooke
CJPM-DT Saguenay
Network – Television
Licensee Name of service
TVA Group Inc. TVA
Discretionary services
Licensee Name of service
TVA Group Inc. Addik TV
CASA
Évasion
LCN
Moi&cie
Prise 2
TVA Sports
YOOPA
Zeste
On-demand service
Licensee Name of service
Videotron Ltd. Illico sur demande

Rogers group

Rogers Media Inc. is the licensee, unless otherwise specified.

Conventional television stations
Province / Territory Call sign and location
British Columbia CKVU-DT Vancouver and its transmitters:

CKVU-DT-2 Victoria
CKVU-TV-1 Courtenay
Alberta CKAL-DT Calgary and its transmitter:

CKAL-DT-1 Lethbridge
CKEM-DT Edmonton and its transmitter:

CKEM-DT-1 Red Deer
Manitoba CHMI-DT Portage La Prairie/Winnipeg
Ontario CITY-DT Toronto and its transmitters:

CITY-DT-2 Woodstock
CITY-DT-3 Ottawa
Quebec CJNT-DT Montréal
Network – Television
Licensee Name of service
Rogers Media Inc. Hockey Night in Canada
Discretionary services
Licensee Name of service
8064750 Canada Inc. FX
8834776 Canada Inc. FXX (Canada)
Rogers Media Inc. Outdoor Life Network
Rogers Media Inc. Sportsnet
Rogers Media Inc. Sportsnet 360
Rogers Media Inc. Sportsnet One
On-demand service
Licensee Name of service
Rogers Communications Canada Inc. Rogers on Demand
Satellite-to-cable educational television service
Name of service Location
City Saskatchewan Saskatchewan

Other service

Licensee Name of service
Shaw Cablesystems LimitedFootnote 1 Shaw on Demand
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