Shaw Multicultural Channel

Cable television channel in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Television channel
Shaw Multicultural Channel
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaGreater Vancouver
Calgary Region
HeadquartersVancouver, British Columbia
Calgary, Alberta
Ownership
OwnerShaw Communications
Rogers Communications
History
Launched1979
Former namesRogers Multicultural Channel (1979–2000)
Links
Websitehttps://www.multicultural.shaw.ca/

Shaw Multicultural Channel (or simply Shaw Multicultural) is a Canadian ethnic cable television community channel, offering programming in 20 different languages. It is owned and operated by Shaw Communications, and is available on cable systems in Vancouver and Calgary regional markets. The channel operates on cable channel 4 in the Greater Vancouver region, on cable channel 10 in the Calgary Region and on Shaw BlueCurve TV channel 901 in those regions.

The channel was launched in 1979 as Rogers Multicultural Channel,[1] under the ownership of Rogers Communications, and was available only in the Vancouver market on Rogers Cable. Shaw took over ownership and renamed the channel in 2000 following an asset swap with Rogers, which also saw Shaw become the primary cable television service provider in British Columbia.[2] Service was subsequently extended to the Calgary market.

Former logo

Despite the sale of Shaw Media and the Global Television Network to Corus Entertainment in 2016, the channel remains owned by Shaw. The channel supports the work of local ethnic television producers and also covers and promotes cultural events in both Metro Vancouver and Calgary.

Programming Languages

  • Bengali
  • Cantonese
  • Croatian
  • English
  • Fiji-Hindi
  • German
  • Hindi
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
  • Korean
  • Mandarin
  • Persian
  • Punjabi
  • Tagalog
  • Taiwanese
  • Tamil
  • Thai
  • Urdu

References

  1. ^ "TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION: PUBLIC HEARING ON THIRD LANGUAGE AND ETHNIC PROGRAMMING". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. February 1, 1999. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  2. ^ "Rogers, Shaw swap and merge assets". Playback Magazine. April 3, 2000. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

External links

  • Official site
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Vancouver
Victoria
KamloopsKelowna
Prince GeorgeOther areas
Dawson Creek
Terrace
Cable-only
  • 1 CHBC and CHKL carry separate evening newscasts (local and provincial respectively), but identical programming otherwise.
  • 2 Available on over the air retransmitters in certain towns.
See also
List of television stations in British Columbia
Northwest Washington
Seattle TV
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Calgary DTV
Edmonton DTV
Other areas
Cardston
High Prairie
Lethbridge DTV
Lloydminster DTV
Maskwacis
Medicine Hat
Red Deer
Cable-only
Defunct stations
Calgary
Edmonton
Red Deer
1Over the air transmissions ceased on August 31, 2011; available on cable and satellite only
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The following channels offer at least some programming in Chinese
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Corporate directors
Assets
Other affiliated companies
Defunct/historical
brands and predecessors
  • 1The voting shares of both Shaw and Corus are controlled by the Shaw family.
  • 2Joint venture with several other cable companies.
  • 3Community channels owned by Shaw Cablesystems.
  • 4Joint venture with partners including Rogers Communications.

Many of the assets listed above are only partially owned by Shaw. Refer to full asset list for detailed information.


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