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Fashion Television (TV channel) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with FashionTV. Fashion Television

Launched	September 7, 2001 Owned by	Bell Media Picture format	480i (SDTV) Country	Canada Broadcast area	National Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario Formerly called	FashionTelevisionChannel (2001 - 2012) Website	Fashion Television Availability Satellite Bell TV	Channel 605 Shaw Direct	Channel 571 Cable Available on many Canadian cable systems	Check local listings IPTV Bell Aliant TV	Channel 280 Bell Fibe TV	Channel 605 MTS	Channel 293 Optik TV	Channel 145 SaskTel	Channel 107 Fashion Television is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. The channel broadcasts programming related to fashion, modelling, photography, art, architecture and design. The channel is fashioned after the CHUM Television original program, FashionTelevision. It started off as a simple 15 minute segment on CityTV back in 1985 hosted by Jeanne Beker taking viewers behind the scenes of high end fashion shows while giving a voice to new designers as well. [edit]History

In November 24, 2000, CHUM Limited was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch Fashion Television: The Channel, described as "a national English-language specialty television service dedicated to fashion, beauty, style, art, architecture, photography and design."[1] The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as FashionTelevisionChannel.[2] In July 2006, Bell Globemedia (later called CTVglobemedia) announced that it would purchase CHUM for an estimated $1.7 billion CAD.[3] The sale was approved by the CRTC in June 2007,[4] and the transaction was completed on June 22, 2007 with the Citytv stations were being sold to Rogers Media on October 31, 2007. BCE (a minority shareholder in CTVglobemedia) announced on September 10, 2010, that it planned to re-acquire 100% interest in CTVglobemedia for a total debt and equity transaction cost of $3.2 billion CAD.[5] The deal which required CRTC approval, was approved on March 7, 2011[6] and closed on April 1 of that year, at which time CTVglobemedia was renamed Bell Media.[7] In the 2011-2012 television season, Bell Media phased out the FashionTelevisionChannel name, and replaced it with Fashion Television in early 2012.

Over time, many fashion labels started to create their own videos and television shows causing ratings for FashionTelevision to go down drastically. After 27 years of interviewing designers and models, the show came to an end on April 11 2012 as CTV cut the plug. Globe and Mail's, Simon Houpt suggested that due to bloggers and fashion houses producing their own branded content ultimately lead to FashionTelevision's demise. Many designers were shocked at the show's cancellation as they expressed their gratitude to the show and the fame it was able to bring them. David Dixon was reported thanking both Jeanne Beker and FashionTelevision for giving him his first public appearance back in the late 1990s which changed his career drastically.

[edit]References

^ Decision CRTC 2000-452 CRTC 2000-12-14 ^ The history of CHUM Globe and Mail article 2006-06-12 ^ Bell Globemedia acquires CHUM; Fasken Martineau; 2006-07-12 ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-165; CRTC; 2007-06-08 ^ Bell Canada (2010-09-10). "Bell to acquire 100% of Canada's No.1 media company CTV". CNW Group. Retrieved 2010-09-10. ^ CRTC approves BCE's purchase of CTVglobemedia ^ Bell completes acquisition of CTV, launches Bell Media business unit CNW 2011-04-01 [edit]External links http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/fashionistas-mourn-cancellation-fashion-television220432515.html

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