One (often referred to as ONE: Get Fit or ONETV) is a

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and

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owned by

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. It offers lifestyle and entertainment programming devoted to programming on yoga and meditation, weight loss and fitness, sex and relationships, natural health and nutrition, and alternative medicine. Additionally, it provides general entertainment programming during primetime.

History

On November 24, 2000, a consortium consisting of Vision TV Digital (a subsidiary of

S-VOX S-VOX Foundation was a Canadian non-profit media organization dedicated to producing content on spirituality. The organization is the successor to the non-profit entity that operated VisionTV, and later other related Canadian speciality channel ...

), Radio Nord Communications and Wisdom Media Group, were granted approval for a Category 1 television licence by the

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(CRTC). The channel was tentatively known as Wisdom: Canada's Body, Mind & Spirit Channel. Prior to the channel's launch, its ownership was restructured giving

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and Renewal Partners Company a minority stake in the channel, while Wisdom Media Group's stake was sold. The channel was launched as One: the Body, Mind & Spirit channel on September 7, 2001. On January 18, 2008, a

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between

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and

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, known as CW Media, bought

and gained its minority interest in One. In June 2009, S-VOX announced it would sell its broadcasting assets, including One, to

, a company controlled by

Moses Znaimer Moses Znaimer (; born 1942) is a Canadian media executive. He is the co-founder and former head of Citytv, the first independent television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the current head of ZoomerMedia. Early life and education Znai ...

. The sale was approved by the CRTC on March 30, 2010. ZoomerMedia assumed control of S-VOX's broadcasting assets on June 30, 2010. On October 27, 2010,

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completed its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media, giving it control of CW Media's 37.77% interest in One. However, in March 2011, Shaw and the other minority stake holders sold their shares in the channel to ZoomerMedia, giving it 100% ownership. On April 26, 2011, ZoomerMedia announced that it would rebrand the channel as The Brand New ONE: Body, Mind, Spirit, Love Channel on May 1, 2011. In addition to a new name, the rebrand introduced a new logo, on-air presentation, and programming, through a licensing agreement with the U.S.-based

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. Although the channel introduced new programming, the channel focuses largely on the same genre of programming as it previously did with the addition of programs related to romantic relationships, as indicated by the addition of "Love" to its moniker. On October 29, 2015, via a Facebook post, the channel announced that it was rebranding as One which will coincide with a national free preview of the channel on November 2, 2015. The rebrand will introduce new on-screen graphics, a website, logo, and programming; however, the channel will focus largely on the same programming genre. In the fall of 2021, the channel dropped the "Get Fit" from its logo and name, instead replacing it with "TV" and marketing itself as an exercise and entertainment channel, airing general entertainment programming in primetime.

International expansion

In the spring of 2021, ONE TV launched as a fitness channel in the United States as ONE TV USTV & Film News – Telefilm responds to funding petition from diverse language producers
Broadcast Dialoguw, 06-03-21 on the online streaming service, Distro TV, marking the first time it has launched in a country other than Canada.

One HD

On March 23, 2017, ZoomerMedia launched One HD, a

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simulcast of the

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feed. The HD feed is currently available on

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, and

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References

External links

* {{ZoomerMedia Specialty television channels in Canada Television channels and stations established in 2001 English-language television stations in Canada ZoomerMedia