Shaw Multicultural Channel

Shaw Multicultural Channel

Launched	1979
Owned by	Shaw Communications
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	Metro Vancouver Calgary Region
Headquarters	Vancouver, British Columbia
Formerly called	Rogers Multicultural Channel (1979-2000)
Website	Shaw Multicultural Channel
Availability
Cable
Shaw Exo TV	Channel 116 (Vancouver) Channel 89 (Calgary)
Delta Cable	Channel 51

Shaw Multicultural Channel (or simply SMC) is a multicultural cable television community channel in Canada, offering programming in 25 different languages. It is owned by Shaw Communications, and is available on cable systems in the Vancouver and Calgary markets. The channel operates on digital cable channel 116 in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, except Delta, where it is seen on analog cable channel 51; and on cable channel 89 in the Calgary Region.

The channel was launched in 1979 as Rogers Multicultural Channel,^[1] under the ownership of Rogers Communications, and was available only in the Vancouver market on Rogers Cable. Shaw took over ownership and renamed the channel in 2000 following an asset swap with Rogers, which also saw Shaw become the primary cable television service provider in British Columbia.^[2] Service was subsequently extended to the Calgary market.

Former logo

Following Shaw's acquisition of the Global Television Network, Global News launched a Mandarin version of Global National on January 23, 2012, seen weeknights on Shaw Multicultural Channel in Vancouver and Calgary.^[3]

Programming languages

Cantonese
English
Fiji-Hindi
German
Hindi
Hungarian
Italian

Korean
Kurmanci
Mandarin
Persian
Polish
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak

Sornai
Spanish
Tagalog
Taiwanese
Tamil
Thai
Urdu

References

↑ "TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION: PUBLIC HEARING ON THIRD LANGUAGE AND ETHNIC PROGRAMMING". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. February 1, 1999. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
↑ "Rogers, Shaw swap and merge assets". Playback Magazine. April 3, 2000. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
↑ "Global News and Shaw Multicultural Channel Launch Global National Mandarin Newscast". Global Television / Shaw Media press release. December 6, 2011.

External links

Official site

Broadcast television in British Columbia

Vancouver _DTV

CBUT (2.1 CBC)
CHAN (8.1 Global)
CKVU (10.1 City)
CIVI-DT-2 (17.1 CTV Two)
CFEG 19 (Ind)^Analog
CBUFT (26.1 Ici Radio-Canada)
CIVT (32.1 CTV)
CHNM (42.1 Omni)
CHNU (66.1 Ind)

Victoria _DTV

CHEK (6.1 Ind)
CHNU-DT-1 (21.1 Ind)
CIVI (23.1 CTV Two)
CKVU-DT-2 (27.1 City)
CHNM-DT-1 (29.1 Omni)

Kamloops _DTV

CFJC 4 (City)^Analog
CHKM (6.1 Global)

Kelowna _DTV

CHBC¹ (2.1 Global)
CHKL¹ (5.1 Global)

Prince George _DTV

CKPG 2 (City)^Analog
CIFG (12.1 Global)

Other areas

Chetwynd	CHET 55 (Ind)

Dawson Creek	CJDC 5 (CTV Two)

Terrace	CFTK 3 (CTV Two)

Valemount	CHVC 7 (Ind)

Cable-only

US stations serving BC

Bellingham, WA _DTV	KVOS (12.1 MeTV, 12.2 Movies!) KBCB (24.1 Sonlife, 24.2 Jewelry TV) K24IC-D (28.1 PBS, 28.2 Worldview, 28.3 TVW)

See also: List of television stations in British Columbia, Northwest Washington and Seattle TV

¹ CHBC and CHKL carry separate evening newscasts (local and provincial respectively), but identical programming otherwise.

² Available on over the air retransmitters in certain towns.

Broadcast television in Alberta

Calgary _DTV

CICT (2.1 Global)
CFCN (4.1 CTV)
CKAL (5.1 City)
CBRT (9.1 CBC)
CKCS (32.1 Yes TV)
CJCO (38.1 Omni)

Edmonton _DTV

CFRN (3.1 CTV)
CBXT (5.1 CBC)
CBXFT (11.1 Ici Radio-Canada)
CITV (13.1 Global)
CKEM (17.1 City)
CKES (30.1 Yes TV)
CJEO (56.1 Omni)

Other areas

Cardston	CFSO 32 (Ind)

High Prairie	CIRE 12 (Ind)

Lethbridge _DTV	CISA (7.1 Global) CFCN-DT-5 (12.1 CTV) CJIL (17.1 Religious Ind) CKAL-DT-1 (42.1 City)

Lloydminster _DTV	CKSA (2.1 CBC) CITL (4.1 CTV)

Maskwacis	CHOB 43 (Ind)

Medicine Hat	CHAT 6 (City)

Red Deer	CFRN-TV-6 8 (CTV) CBXT-13 22 (CBC) CITV-DT-1 (10.1 Global)_DTV CKEM-TV-1 4 (City)

Cable-only

Defunct stations

Calgary	CIAN 13 (Edu. Ind / CTV Two)¹ CBRFT 16 (Ici Radio-Canada)

Edmonton	CJAL 9 (Edu. Ind / CTV Two)¹

Red Deer	CHCA 6 (CBC / CH / E!)

¹Over the air transmissions ceased on August 31, 2011; available on cable and satellite only

Chinese-language television in North America

The following channels offer at least some programming in Chinese

Canada	Fairchild TV Fairchild TV 2 HD ICI (Montreal) LS Times TV NTD Television Canada Omni.2 (Toronto) Omni BC (Vancouver) Omni Calgary (Calgary) Omni Edmonton (Edmonton) Shaw Multicultural Channel (Vancouver) Talentvision Talentvision 2 HD

United States	Channel V Taiwan KBTV-CD (Sacramento) KCNS (San Francisco) KIKU (Honolulu) KJLA (Los Angeles) KMTP-TV (San Francisco) KRCA (Los Angeles) KSCI/KUAN-LP (Los Angeles / San Diego) KTSF (San Francisco) KVMD (Los Angeles) KXLA (Los Angeles) NTDTV (New York / Los Angeles) Phoenix North America Chinese Channel SinoVision (New York) STAR Chinese Channel STAR Legend Movies Tai Seng Sat TV Tai Seng Entertainment TVB Jadeworld (USA) [WCETV] Sky Link TV (USA)

Shaw Communications

Corporate directors	Jim Dinning Ron Joyce Charles Keating Don Mazankowski Jim Shaw JR Shaw

Assets	CJBN-TV Kenora Corus Entertainment (37%)¹ Shaw Broadcast Services Shaw Direct Shomi³ Shaw Multicultural Channel² Shaw PPV Shaw TV² Wind Mobile

Defunct/historical brands and predecessors	Moffat Communications MSNBC Canada Videon Cablesystems Western International Communications Shaw Media

¹Non-voting interest; additionally the voting shares of both Shaw and Corus are controlled by the Shaw family. • ²Community channels owned by Shaw Cablesystems. • ³Joint venture with Rogers Communications. Many of the assets listed above are only partially owned by Shaw. Refer to full asset list for detailed information.

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