Shaw Multicultural Channel
{{Short description|Cable television channel in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Shaw Multicultural Channel
| logo = Shaw Multicultural Channel 2014.png
| logo_alt =
| logo_size = 200px
| launch_date = 1979
| closed_date = {{End date|2024|9|15}}
| picture_format =
| network =
| owner = Shaw Communications; Rogers Communications
| country = Canada
| area = Greater Vancouver; Calgary Region
| headquarters = Vancouver, British Columbia; Calgary, Alberta
| former_names = Rogers Multicultural Channel (1979–2000)
| replaced =
| replaced_by = Omni Television
| sister_channels =
| timeshift_service =
| website = https://www.multicultural.shaw.ca/
}}
Shaw Multicultural Channel (or simply Shaw Multicultural) was a Canadian multicultural community channel operated by Shaw Communications. It was carried on Shaw's cable systems in the Vancouver and Calgary markets, and broadcast various programs reflecting different cultural groups, including imported programs from international broadcasters, and locally-produced programs (such as coverage of cultural events).
History
The channel was launched in 1979 as Rogers Multicultural Channel,{{cite web |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/transcripts/1999/tb0201c.htm |title=TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION: PUBLIC HEARING ON THIRD LANGUAGE AND ETHNIC PROGRAMMING |date=February 1, 1999 |publisher=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission |accessdate=July 24, 2012}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://playbackonline.ca/2000/04/03/28661-20000403/ |title=Rogers, Shaw swap and merge assets |date=April 3, 2000 |publisher=Playback Magazine |accessdate=July 24, 2012}} Service was subsequently extended to the Calgary market.File:Shaw Multicultural Channel.png
In 2023, control of the channel returned to Rogers with its acquisition of Shaw.{{Cite news |last=Evans |first=Pete |date=March 31, 2023 |title=Rogers takeover of Shaw approved, with conditions |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-shaw-approval-1.6797175 |access-date=April 3, 2023 |work=CBC}}{{cite web |date=April 3, 2023 |title=Rogers closes its historic $20B acquisition of Shaw |url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/rogers-closes-its-historic-20b-acquisition-of-shaw-1.1903892 |access-date=April 3, 2023 |work=BNNBloomberg.ca}} In September 2024, Rogers announced that Shaw Multicultural would close on September 15, 2024, with its programming moved to its Omni Television network (served locally by CJCO-DT Calgary and CHNM-DT Vancouver).{{cite web |title=Shaw Multicultural Channel - Home|url=https://www.multicultural.shaw.ca/ |access-date=20 September 2024 |website=Shaw Multicultural Channel|date=7 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907065842/https://www.multicultural.shaw.ca/ |archive-date=7 September 2024}}
Programming
At closing time, it broadcast local programmes catering individual communities, as well as news programmes from New Tang Dynasty Television and the Big Bad Boo series 16 Hudson and 1001 Nights.{{cite web |title=Shaw Multicultural Channel - Shows|url=https://www.multicultural.shaw.ca/shows.html |access-date=20 September 2024 |website=Shaw Multicultural Channel|date=4 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904180949/https://www.multicultural.shaw.ca/shows.html |archive-date=4 September 2024}} The channel aired content in eighteen languages:
| * Bengali
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In the past, the channel also aired programmes in Serbian, Romanian, Polish, Russian, Kurdish, Dari, Pashto, Japanese and Slovak, with more programmes sourced from other broadcasters. In 2007, the channel carried NHK News 7, KBS News 9, CTI News (Midday and Primetime), TV Patrol World and Wiadomości, South Asian feature films (in Hindi and Punjabi), the Korean show Music Bank and a pre-packaged programme assembled by Markíza, featuring highlights of its entertainment productions, Najlepšie z Markízy.{{cite web |title=smc_schedule|url=https://www.multicultural.shaw.ca/shows.html |access-date=20 September 2024 |website=Shaw Multicultural Channel|date=22 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022172631/http://vancouver.shawtv.com/smc/smc_schedule.htm |archive-date=22 October 2007}} From 2012 to 2016, the channel partnered with Global News to produce a Chinese-language newscast, Global National Mandarin.{{Cite web |date=6 December 2011 |title=Global News and Shaw Multicultural Channel Launch Global National Mandarin Newscast |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/890821/global-news-and-shaw-multicultural-channel-launch-global-national-mandarin-newscast |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218000515/http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/890821/global-news-and-shaw-multicultural-channel-launch-global-national-mandarin-newscast |archive-date=18 February 2012 |accessdate=9 July 2014 |work=Global Television / Shaw Media press release}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.multicultural.shaw.ca/ Official site]
{{British Columbia TV}}
{{Alberta TV}}
{{Chinese language television in North America}}
{{Shaw Communications}}
Category:Multicultural and ethnic television in Canada
Category:Canadian community channels
Category:Television stations in Vancouver
Category:Television stations in Calgary
Category:Defunct television stations in Canada
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1979
Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2024
Category:Multilingual broadcasters
Category:1979 establishments in British Columbia
Category:2024 disestablishments in British Columbia
Category:2024 disestablishments in Alberta
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