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UPDATE: Canwest dropping Fine Living for DIY

BANFF – Canwest Global will be shutting down its Fine Living Canada specialty TV channel and replacing it on the dial with a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) TV service. “We have never grown as much as we’d like with Fine Living, so we won’t be going forward with it,” said Emily Morgan, vice-president of content at the Food Network, Fine Living and Discovery Health. Instead, she said Canwest would be launching a DIY channel, which is “appropriate given the economy.” Both brands are Scripps Networks cable channels Stateside and DIY would likely fit in better with Canwest’s investment in home improvement star...