Launched September 7, 2001 Founded 2001 | Country Canada Headquarters Toronto | |
Owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
(Toronto Maple Leafs Network Ltd.) Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV) Slogan Official Station, Leafs Nation Broadcast area Ontario; excluding the Ottawa Valley Motto Official Station, Leafs Nation |
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Leafs TV is a Canadian English language Category B regional specialty channel owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. Leafs TV broadcasts programming related to the Toronto Maple Leafs National Hockey League club and its American Hockey League affiliate, the Toronto Marlies.
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Leafs TV is only available within the Maple Leafs' "home market" of Ontario, excluding the Ottawa Valley (which is in the home market of the Ottawa Senators).
History
In November 2000, MLSE (Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment), was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called Maple Leaf Channel, described as "a regional English-language Category 2 specialty television service devoted to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Programming was to include historical events, profiles of players, panel and call-in shows, classic Maple Leaf hockey games, interviews with Maple Leaf players, coaches and management, statistics, insights and analysis of the current hockey scene from a Maple Leaf perspective, and information as to the purchase of merchandise, tickets and collectibles. There was also to be a small amount of programming related to general hockey matters, including minor hockey league hockey and hockey instruction." The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as Leafs TV. The channel was valued at $19 million on behalf of the CRTC in 2012.
Programming
Programming on Leafs TV includes re-airings of recent and past games (both in entirety, and edited), pre- and post-game shows, biographies of players and other personalities and other related programming.
Prior to the 2014-15 season, the Leafs retained a small number of regional telecasts for broadcast on Leafs TV, typically around 12 games per season. As of the 2014–15 NHL season, Leafs TV no longer air any Leafs games live; all regional games not part of Rogers' national package now air regionally on either Sportsnet Ontario or TSN4.
The channel broadcast the 2014 Calder Cup Finals Texas Stars (Dallas Stars AHL team) vs St. John's Ice Caps (Winnipeg Jets AHL team) which the simulcast aired in the U.S. on the NHL Network.
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Leafs TV HD
In November 2006 Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. launched an HD simulcast of Leafs TV. Originally, the channel was only available during live Maple Leafs' games that broadcast in HD; however, in June 2011, the channel began broadcasting on a full-time basis. Despite being a full-time feed, Leafs TV's pregames, post-games and live Leafs are only carried on satellite providers such as Bell TV and Shaw Direct.