MSNBC Canada was a

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short-lived

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category 2 digital cable specialty channel owned and operated by Rogers Media in partnership with Shaw Communications and

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. MSNBC Canada was a national news television service that consisted of programs featuring news headlines, breaking news coverage, analysis, and information;

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, 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 ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', the channel consisted of repeated programs from the CBC and CPAC, as its way to fulfill its

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requirements. The channel also occasionally aired informercials.

History

In November 2000, Rogers Broadcasting Limited (on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated) (later incorporated as

Canada Corp. in partnership with Shaw and MSNBC) was granted approval for a television broadcasting licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) called ''MSNBC Canada'', described as ''"a national English-language Category 2 specialty television service consisting of an innovative hybrid of Canadian and US breaking-news coverage, in-depth news analysis and long-form actuality programming."'' The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as MSNBC Canada. However, after over two years on the air, the channel's owners announced its decision to shutter the service citing difficulties in operating a 24-hour breaking news service, which relied primarily on MSNBC programs, with then-current CRTC mandated

requirements, calling them ''"disruptive to subscribers and have proven to be financially burdensome beyond expectation"''.Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2003-67
CRTC 2002-12-18 MSNBC Canada owners wished to shutter the service and replace it with the American feed instead, a process that would require CRTC approval. On December 18, 2003, a Rogers and Shaw application requesting MSNBC to be allowed to broadcast in Canada was made public and was approved on September 16, 2004.
CRTC 2004-09-16 On December 1, 2004, MSNBC Canada was discontinued and replaced by the direct American feed, MSNBC. The MSNBC Canada licence was revoked at the request of its owners by the CRTC on December 2, 2005.
CRTC 2005-12-05

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Msnbc Canada Defunct Canadian television channels MSNBC 24-hour television news channels in Canada Television channels and stations established in 2001 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2004 NBCUniversal networks