BBC Canada
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BBC Canada is a general entertainment Canadian category 2 digital cable television channel. Along with BBC Kids, it is a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Canadian broadcaster Alliance Atlantis and was launched on September 7, 2001.
As BBC Canada is effectively a Canadian channel which merely happens to be partly British-owned, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's broadcasting regulations require it carry a quota of Canadian content. In addition to BBC programmes, therefore, it also broadcasts Canadian series such as House & Home, Debbie Travis' Facelift, Holmes on Homes and more. BBC Canada is also the only channel in Canada that puts its TV rating on the top-right side of the screen, the opposite of the standard top-left side, as the channel's identifying digital on-screen graphic (DOG) occupies the top-left side.
BBC Canada is prohibited from airing newscasts; however BBC World newscasts are made available through the channel itself (also available on digital cable and satellite), CBC Newsworld, and some PBS stations carried in Canada.
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UK analogue and digital channels BBC One | BBC Two BBC Two variants: BBC Two Northern Ireland |
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UK digital-only channels General Entertainment: BBC Three | BBC Four News and current affairs: BBC News 24 | BBC Parliament Children's television: CBBC Channel | CBeebies BBC Two Nations: BBC 2W | BBC Two NI Interactive Television: BBCi High Definition: BBC HD |
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International television BBC World | BBC America | BBC Prime BBC Kids | BBC Food | BBC Canada |
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Joint Ventures Animal Planet | People+Arts | UKTV (UK and Ireland) | UK.TV (Australia and New Zealand) |
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Defunct channels BBC Knowledge | BBC Choice | BBC World Service Television | BBC TV Europe | BBC Japan |
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