OTTAWA – Shaw Media wants to take a crack at sports broadcasting, while Astral hopes to add two new French-language services to its roster, according to 19 new broadcasting applications made public by the CRTC on Friday.
Shaw Media Sports will be an English-language category two channel airing competitive mainstream sports specialty programming, reads the application. Astral has asked for a channel called Investigation that will be devoted to exploring justice and forensic science, legal and police investigations, fraud and swindling, espionage, major trials and forensic pathology. It has also filed an application for a channel called Tendances which promises programming on fashion, beauty care, trends, and design.
Other applications of interest include one from Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for Live Music Channel and one from Wild TV for a French hunting and fishing channel called Faune TV, while Knowledge-West Communications has applied to buy BBC Kids from Jasper Junior Broadcasting Inc.
The non-appearing hearing to consider these applications will be held on April 1, and interventions are due by February 28, 2011.
