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CBC Country Canada
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| CBC Country Canada | |
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| Type | Digital cable specialty channel |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Launch date | September 4, 2001 |
| Past names | Country Canada |
| Website | cbccountrycanada.ca |
CBC Country Canada is a Canadian category 1 digital cable specialty channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Licensed as "Land and Sea" on November 24, 2000 by the CRTC as a joint venture between Corus Entertainment (70%) and the CBC (30%); it was intended as a service dedicated to programs of interest to rural Canadians and the lifestyle. The channel launched on September 4, 2001 as Country Canada; based on the CBC Television series Country Canada. In 2002 Corus sold its interest in Country Canada to the CBC and thus changed its name to CBC Country Canada thereafter. After the sale the service began a shift in its programming and continuously promoted itself and its programs as a channel dedicated to celebrating Canada, its land, people, regions and passions with less emphasis on rural programming. This shift included an increase in dramatic television series from Canada and Britain that had little relation to the rural lifestyle along with amature sports coverage including alpine skiing, curling, snowboarding and more. In continuation with this shift, today CBC Country Canada no longer promotes itself as a rural lifestyle service, rather a "new home for exclusive dramas and world championship sports".
- 72 Hours: True Crime
- The Associates
- Country Canada
- Coronation Street
- Dangerfield
- Eleventh Hour
- Getting Along Famously
- Land and Sea
- North of 60
- This is Wonderland
- Traders
- Vincent
| CBC Television |
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| English networks: CBC Television | CBC North | CBC Newsworld | CBC Country Canada | Documentary Channel |
| French networks: Télévision de Radio-Canada | Réseau de l'information | ARTV |
| Digital-only channels: Galaxie |
| Defunct channels: Newsworld International | CBC Parliamentary Television Network |
| Proposed channels: CBC-2 | Télé-2 |