Canadian Multichannel Networks

Describe Canadian Multichannel Networks here.

Well, they are the channels found on Canadian TV; they include:

• SPACE, the Canadian version of the Syfy (minus the Network Decay). In French, its equivalent is Ztélé.
• The Weather Network, Exactly What It Says on the Tin. Its French equivalent is Météo Média.
• The Comedy Network, the Canadian version of Comedy Central, which airs some of their shows. If you live in the United States, please visit their website, I dare you.
• Family, the de facto Disney Channel Canada (though they have also aired Nickelodeon shows in the past), and the only channel on this list that is commercial-free. Formerly known as the Family Channel (no relation to what was the American Family Channel formerly owned by Pat Robertson that is now ABC Family). Its French equivalent in Quebec is VRAK.TV (formerly Le Canal Famille), which, unlike Family, airs commericals, but also carries some French dubs of shows aired on YTV.
• Teletoon & Teletoon at Night, the Canadian version of Cartoon Network & Adult Swim, repsectively. Like its American cousin, it has flirted with Network Decay, as best it can within the bounds of its broadcast license (which specifies that 90% of its programming must be animated). There will even be a Canadian Cartoon Network in summer 2012, which, like the relations between Nickelodeon Canada & YTV, is owned by Teletoon's same owners!
  • Also, Teletoon Retro is the Canadian equivalent of Boomerang.
  • Teletoon and Teletoon Retro (and its French equivalents in Quebec) are currently owned in a 50-50 split between Astral Media, also the owner of Family, and Corus Entertainment, the owners of YTV. However, Bell Media (the owners of CTV) is currently in the process of acquiring Astral Media, sale pending.
• YTV, the Canadian version of Nickelodeon, only with more of a focus on teenagers. There is actually a Nickelodeon Canada, and coincidentally, it's owned by the same company (Corus Entertainment, whose parent company is Shaw)!
• Treehouse TV, the Canadian version of Nick Jr., only with more variety. As with YTV, Treehouse TV is owned by Corus Entertainment.
• CMT, Country Music Television
• Food Network Canada. Produces a surprisingly large number of original series, some of which have made it onto the American channel (though more frequently the Fine Living Network/Cooking Channel). Many of its personalities have appeared on Iron Chef America (most notably floor reporter Kevin Brauch).
• Discovery Channel. Its relative French equivalent in Quebec is Canal D.
• MuchMusic, the Canadian version of MTV (minus the network decay). It has suffered from less Network Decay than its American counterpart due to its broadcast license requiring that it play music videos. Has a spinoff network, MuchMore. It formerly had an American spinoff, MuchUSA, which would later become Fuse TV after CHUM Limited (the owners of MuchMusic) sold their share of the network. Both MuchMusic and MuchMore were formerly sister channels to their respective French language equivalents, MusiquePlus and MusiMax, which were both sold in 2007 to current owner Astral Media.
• MTV Canada. Exactly What It Says on the Tin, right down to the Network Decay. In fact, its broadcast license specifically bars it from airing music videos in order to protect MuchMusic from foreign competition. The previous MTV Canada (now MTV 2 Canada) did play music videos, however..
• TSN, Canada's take on ESPN... which is partially owned by the Worldwide Leader, even to the point where both channels have similar logos. Its French equivalent is Le Réseau des sports (RDS). There is also a TSN2 and a Canadian version of ESPN Classic.
• The Score, which is formatted similarly to ESPNews, but isn't owned by ESPN or TSN.
• Rogers Sportsnet, a heavily-regionalized family of sports channels.
• CBC News Network and CTV News Channel, 24-hour news services (similar to CNN) run by the two major broadcast networks.
• Sun News Network, a Canadian Expy of Fox News Channel owned by Sun Media, the owners of the Toronto Sun newspaper (very similar to The Sun in London with its tabloid format and conservative editorial stances) and sister Sun newspapers in Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton (strangely, The Vancouver Sun newspaper is not owned by Sun Media and is completely unrelated).

There are many more.