Documentary Channel
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| Type | Digital cable specialty channel |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (82% & managing partner) NFB (14%) 4 independent producers (1% each)[1] |
| Launch date | September 4, 2001 |
| Website | http://www.documentarychannel.ca/ |
Documentary Channel is a Canadian category 1 digital cable television channel owned by the CBC, the National Film Board of Canada and four other independent producers. Its programming is devoted to featuring documentary films with select feature length films as well. It went on the air for the first time on September 4, 2001.
On May 11, 2006, it was annouced that the CBC will buy Corus Entertainment's majority stake in the channel. Robert Rabinovitch, CBC president and chief executive, said the public broadcaster will use its majority stake to enhance its presence in documentary programming: "Documentary programming is a core part of our mandate as a public broadcaster, and this agreement provides CBC/Radio-Canada with an opportunity to further enhance the profile and access to documentary programming in Canada at a time when audience interest in the genre is growing exponentially," he said in a statement. [2]. The transfer of ownership has yet to take place as of yet.
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- ^ The 4 independent producers are: Omni Film Productions Inc., Cinenova Productions Inc., Barna-Alper Productions Inc. and 3366341 Canada Inc.
- ^ "CBC buys Documentary Channel", cbc.ca, May 11, 2006.
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| CBC Television | ||
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| English networks: CBC Television | CBC North | Documentary Channel | CBC Newsworld | CBC Country Canada | ||
| French networks: Télévision de Radio-Canada | Réseau de l'information | ARTV | ||
| Digital-only channels: Galaxie | ||
| Defunct channels: Newsworld International | CBC Parliamentary Television Network | ||
Proposed channels: CBC-2 | Télé-2
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