Radio / Television News

14 new digi-nets granted licenses


OTTAWA-GATINEAU –Teletoon Retro, D.I.Y. and Nostalgie are just three of the 14 new category two digital specialty channels approved by the CRTC Friday.

A few of the new licenses will sound familiar (D.I.Y., Teletoon Retro, Humour) because their owners had held similar digital licenses when they were granted in 2000, but let them lapse as they decided not to launch right away.

One would think that reviving the licenses would mean the channels will launch soon, too.

The full list and links are below:

Teletoon Retro (English) 

Teletoon Retro (French)

Vista The Virtual Window

D.I.Y. Television (Alliance Atlantis)

The Cricket Channel (MediaNet Canada)

The Private Channel (an adult channel from Entertainment Without Limits Inc.)

Pure Play Clips (an adult channel from Entertainment Without Limits Inc.)

Girls TV (Alliance Atlantis)

ZTV (Alliance Atlantis)

Discovery HD Theatre (Bell Globemedia)

Humour (TVA Group)

Télé-Services (TVA Group)

Nostalgie (TVA Group)

Star Système (TVA Group)