{{lowercase title|title=ichannel}} {{Infobox television channel | name = ichannel | logo = Ichannel.svg | logo_caption = '''ichannel logo''' | logo_size = 150px | launch_date = September 7, 2001 | closed_date = August 15, 2016 | picture_format = 480i (SDTV) | network = | owner = Stornoway Communications | country = Canada | area = National | headquarters = Toronto, Ontario | former_names = | replaced = | sister_channels = | website = | sat_serv_1 = | sat_chan_1 = | sat_serv_2 = | sat_chan_2 = | cable_serv_1 = | cable_chan_1 = | iptv_serv_1 = | iptv_chan_1 = | iptv_serv_2 = | iptv_chan_2 = | iptv_serv_3 = | iptv_chan_3 = | iptv_serv_4 = | iptv_chan_4 = | iptv_serv_5 = | iptv_chan_5 = | iptv_serv_6 = | iptv_chan_6 = | iptv_serv_7 = | iptv_chan_7 = }} '''ichannel''' was a Canadian English-language Category A specialty channel owned by Stornoway Communications. Its programs focused on public, social, and current affairs. Its programming included films, documentaries, and talk shows.
==History== left|thumb|Original logo used from 2001 - 2004 In November 2000, a partnership between Stornoway Communications and Cogeco was granted a category 1 television broadcasting licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) called ''The Issues Channel'', described as "a national English-language specialty television service dedicated to public affairs programming, that will examine matters of public interest and concern in an engaging format."<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-463.htm Decision CRTC 2000-463] CRTC 2000-12-14</ref>
The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as '''ichannel'''.<ref>[http://www.newtechmagazine.com/issues/printer.aspx?aid=1000013950 Stornoway acquires Movieola] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422180950/http://www.newtechmagazine.com/issues/printer.aspx?aid=1000013950 |date=2012-04-22 }} New Technology Magazine 2001-10-03</ref>
In January 2004, the CRTC approved an application for Stornoway to acquire Cogeco's interest in the service.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2004/db2004-2.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-2] CRTC 2004-01-07</ref>
On August 15, 2016, iChannel ceased broadcasting, after Stornoway requested that the CRTC revoke its license “due to the inability to secure sustainable packaging by Canadian BDUs [Beoadcasting Distribution Undertakings].” The station's ad revenues had fallen from $405,966 in 2012 to $78,798 in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reid |first1=Regan |title=Stornoway shutters iChannel |url=https://mediaincanada.com/2016/08/17/stornoway-shutters-ichannel/ |work=Media in Canada |date=August 17, 2016}}</ref>
==See also== * CPAC
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Category:Defunct specialty television channels in Canada Category:Television channels and stations established in 2001 Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2016 Category:English-language television stations in Canada Category:2001 establishments in Canada Category:2016 disestablishments in Canada
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