CTV Life Channel
Canadian specialty television channel
CTV Life Channel is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. through its Bell Media subsidiary. The channel primarily broadcasts factual and reality programming on lifestyle topics such as cooking, home improvement and real estate, along with scripted drama series.
The channel was established in 1998 as MuchMoreMusic, a spin-off of the youth-oriented MuchMusic, by its owner CHUM Limited, the owner of Citytv, targeting an older demographic with adult contemporary and classic music videos, along with music news programs, concert specials, and pop culture programming (usually sourced from the U.S. network VH1, which shared a similar positioning). Under Bell ownership, and following the lead of its parent network, the channel adopted a general entertainment format and began to heavily downplay music programming outside non-peak hours (similar to Much at the time). On September 1, 2016, M3 was relaunched as the new version of Gusto, acquired from Knight Enterprises.
As part of a rebranding of several Bell Media-owned specialty channels, the channel rebranded as CTV Life Channel on September 12, 2019.
Like all analogue channels prior to 2001, CTV Life Channel was required to be carried on the basic service of all digital cable providers across Canada. Due to its former status of a Category A service, this channel was, and still is, typically offered optionally at the discretion of providers.
History
As MuchMoreMusic
In June 1993, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) began accepting licence applications for new Canadian specialty channels for the first time since 1987.
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