Launched October 23, 2007 Language Spanish | Country Canada Broadcast area National | |
Owned by Telelatino Network Inc.
Corus Entertainment (50.5%)
Italo Rosati (16.5%)
Romeo Di Battista (16.5%)
Joseph Vitale (16.5%)
(branding licensed from Univision Communications) Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV) | ||
Univision Canada is a Canadian Category B Spanish language specialty channel owned by Telelatino Network Inc, a consortium primarily owned by Corus Entertainment, in partnership with Univision Communications, the leading Spanish language media company in the United States. Univision Canada broadcasts a variety of programming, ranging from news, dramas, talk shows, sports, and more.
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History
In September 2006, Telelatino Network was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called Spanish Entertainment TV 1, described as "a national, ethnic Category 2 specialty programming service devoted to the Spanish-speaking community with a particular emphasis on programming of interest to female and youth audiences."
The channel launched on October 23, 2007 as TLN en Español.
On January 28, 2014, Corus announced that they would rebrand the network Univision Canada after reaching a brand licensing agreement with their long term partner, Univision Communications, which, outside of fringe reception of Seattle Univision affiliate KUNS-TV into the Vancouver market and Cleveland, Ohio owned and operated station WQHS-DT into parts of the London, Ontario market, has no presence of their main American network into Canada. The channel officially switched over to Univision Canada on May 5, 2014.
On May 31, 2016, Univision Canada launched on Cogeco.
Programming
Univision Canada airs programming from Univision, the most popular Spanish-language television network in the United States. It also airs programming from UniMás and Univision Deportes Network. Unlike Univision in the United States, Univision Canada does not air programming from Televisa. Televisa competes with Univision Canada with its own cable channel, Las Estrellas.
The service also produces and airs select documentary films and live entertainment specials created specifically for the Spanish-language community in Canada, as well as the community newsmagazine series Nash.