W Network
W Network logo
Launched	January 1, 1995
Owned by	Corus Entertainment
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario
Formerly called	WTN
Sister channel(s)	Cosmopolitan TV VIVA W Movies (2010)
Website	W Network
Availability
Satellite
Bell TV	Channel 602
Shaw Direct	Channel 567 (East) Channel 568 (West)
Cable
Available on most Canadian cable systems	Check local listings, channels may vary

W Network (often referred to only as W) is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel based in Toronto, Ontario aimed at women. It is currently owned by Corus Entertainment.

The channel is available in two time shifted feeds, East (Eastern Time) and West (Pacific Time).

[edit] History

Women's Television Network Logo

When it was launched on January 1, 1995, the service was controlled by Moffat Communications and was known as WTN (Women's Television Network). Like Moffat's cable television operations and its local CTV affiliate CKY-TV, it was based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and broadcast a variety of programmes ranging from dramas and decorating shows to current affairs and occasionally even sports.

Shaw Communications purchased Moffat Communications in early 2001. However, having no interest in re-entering the specialty television service business, Shaw sold WTN to Corus Entertainment. Subsequently, Corus relaunched the network as "W" on April 15, 2002 with a more entertainment-oriented mix of recent dramas and movies. Whereas WTN seemed to focus on the feminist, W would henceforth focus on a more post-feminist woman.

In 2009, Corus Entertainment acquired SexTV: The Channel, with tentative plans to rebrand the channel as W Movies, a film-focused sister channel of W Network.^[1]

[edit] Programming

W Network airs a mix of lifestyle and entertainment television series including films, comedies, dramas, reality TV, cooking, makeover series and more.

[edit] Noted series

• The Atwood Stories
• Coleen's Real Women
• Colour Confidential
• Divine Design
• Friends
• He Said, She Said with Ken and Mary Jo
• How Clean Is Your House?
• How to Look Good Naked
• Kim's Rude Awakenings
• Save Us from Our House
• The Shields Stories
• The Shopping Bags
• The Smart Woman Survival Guide
• Take This House and Sell it
• Will and Grace

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• W Network
• W Network media