Country | Canada |
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Broadcast area | Canada |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Corus Entertainment (80%, managing partner) BBC Studios (20%) (Jasper Broadcasting Inc.) |
History | |
Launched | 7 September 2001 |
Closed | 31 December 2020 |
Replaced by | BBC First (Canadian TV channel) |
BBC Canada was a Canadian English language specialty channel that mostly broadcast television series originally produced by the BBC, the public-service broadcaster of the United Kingdom. The channel was owned by Corus Entertainment (80% & managing partner) and BBC Studios (20%).