Country | Canada |
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Broadcast area | National |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
Programming | |
Picture format | 480i SDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Rogers Media (33.34%) Shaw Communications (33.33%) NBCUniversal (33.33%) |
History | |
Launched | September 7, 2001 |
Closed | December 1, 2004 |
Replaced by | MSNBC |
MSNBC Canada was a Canadian short-lived English language category 2 digital cable specialty channel owned and operated by Rogers Media in partnership with Shaw Communications and MSNBC.
MSNBC Canada was a national news television service that consisted of programs featuring news headlines, breaking news coverage, analysis, and information; news magazines, and documentaries. The channel shared its branding and the majority of its programming with its American counterpart, MSNBC. In addition to MSNBC programs such as Hardball, MSNBC Investigates, and Imus in the Morning,[1] the channel consisted of repeated programs from the CBC and CPAC, as its way to fulfill its Canadian content requirements. The channel also occasionally aired informercials.