Editing Flavour Network (section)

==History==
The U.S. [[Food Network]] was available in Canada since 1997 and became one of the more popular foreign cable channels available in Canada. This prompted the creation of a Canadian version which would then be able to access ad revenue through commercials under [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) regulations. [[Corus Entertainment]] and [[Alliance Atlantis]] launched the channel on October 9, 2000 at 6:00&nbsp;a.m. EST.

[[Image:Food Network Canada Old Logo.svg|left|150px|thumb|Food Network's logo used from 2000 to 2005. After that it was changed to match the 2003 Food Network USA logo.]]

The licence for Food Network Canada was approved by the CRTC in early 2000. The channel was launched in October of that year; on the day of the launch, the U.S. service was removed from the list of foreign channels eligible to be broadcast in Canada.

On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between [[Canwest Global Communications|Canwest]] and [[Goldman Sachs Capital Partners]] known as CW Media bought Alliance Atlantis and gained AAC's interest in Food Network.

[[File:Food Network Canada logo.svg|150px|thumb|Food Network logo from 2014 to 2024]]
On October 27, 2010, ownership changed again as [[Shaw Communications]] gained control of Food Network as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therecord.com/news-story/2559262-shaw-communications-closes-purchase-of-canwest-tv-assets-rebrands-as-shaw-media/ |title=Shaw Communications closes purchase of Canwest TV assets, rebrands as Shaw Media |date=October 27, 2010 |publisher=Therecord.com |access-date=2013-12-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2010/r101022.htm |title=CRTC approves Shaw's purchase of the Canwest Global television properties |publisher=Crtc.gc.ca |date=2010-10-22 |access-date=2013-12-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220233335/http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2010/r101022.htm |archive-date=2013-12-20 }}</ref> A [[High-definition television|high definition]] simulcast launched on October 5, 2011.<ref>[http://shawmediatv.ca/press/read/?1571 Food Network Canada looking better than ever] Shaw Media press release 2011-10-05</ref> On March 4, 2013, Corus Entertainment (also controlled by the Shaw family) announced the sale of its 22.58% ownership interest in Food Network to [[Shaw Media]], in exchange for Shaw's 49% stake in [[ABC Spark]].<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/bce-to-sell-assets-to-corus-as-part-of-astral-deal/article9272784/ BCE to sell assets to Corus as part of Astral deal], ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' (via [[Reuters]] and The Canadian Press), March 4, 2013.</ref> The sale closed in April 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.corusent.com/home/Corporate/PressReleases/tabid/1697/Default.aspx?Id=2602 |title=Press Release - Corus Entertainment Receives CRTC Approval on TELETOON Canada Inc., Historia and Séries+ Acquisitions |publisher=Corusent.com |access-date=2013-12-22 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210749/http://www.corusent.com/home/Corporate/PressReleases/tabid/1697/Default.aspx?Id=2602 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On April 1, 2016, Shaw Media was subsumed into Corus as part of a corporate reorganization, which reunited Food Network with the active Corus channels.<ref name=gandm-shawcorus>{{cite news|title=Corus Entertainment acquires Shaw Media for $2.65-billion|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/corus-acquires-shaw-media-for-265-billion/article28140989/|access-date=13 January 2016|work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corusent.com/news/corus-entertainment-completes-acquisition-shaw-media/|title=Corus Entertainment Completes Acquisition of Shaw Media|access-date=April 2, 2016|archive-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610040835/http://www.corusent.com/news/corus-entertainment-completes-acquisition-shaw-media/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On December 12, 2016, sister brand [[Cooking Channel (Canadian TV channel)|Cooking Channel]] was launched by Corus, using the W Movies license.<ref name="realscreen-cooking">{{cite web |title=Corus feeds the food genre with new channel |url=http://realscreen.com/2016/10/19/corus-feeds-the-food-genre-with-new-channel/ |access-date=19 October 2016 |website=Realscreen}}</ref>

=== Relaunch as Flavour Network ===
{{see also|2024 Canadian specialty television realignment}}
On June 7, 2024, Corus announced it had been informed by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) that the latter would be ending its trademark licensing and program output agreements for some WBD-branded channels at the end of 2024.<ref name="corus-wbd-loss-pr">{{cite press release|url=https://www.corusent.com/media-centre/press-releases/corus-provides-update-on-programming-and-trademark-output-arrangements/|title=CORUS PROVIDES UPDATE ON PROGRAMMING AND TRADEMARK OUTPUT ARRANGEMENTS|author=[[Corus Entertainment]]|date=June 7, 2024|access-date=June 10, 2024}}</ref> Three days later, [[Rogers Sports & Media]] announced it had reached an agreement with WBD for Canadian rights to lifestyle brands including Food Network beginning in January 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/rogers-scoops-warner-bros-discovery-rights-from-corus/|title=Rogers scoops Warner Bros. Discovery rights from Corus and Bell|first=Connie|last=Thiessen|work=Broadcast Dialogue|date=June 10, 2024|access-date=June 10, 2024}}</ref> Rogers subsequently announced that it would launch [[Food Network (Canadian TV channel)|its own Food Network linear channel]] on January 1, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rogers deal to shift Discovery Science, OWN, Animal Planet channels to streaming, on demand |url=https://www.cochraneeagle.ca/lifestyle/rogers-deal-to-shift-discovery-science-own-animal-planet-channels-to-streaming-on-demand-9446381 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Cochrane Eagle|date=August 28, 2024 }}</ref>

Corus stated that it intended to continue operating most of the affected networks under new brands, maintaining their existing original programming while making new content acquisitions to supplant WBD-owned programs.<ref name="corus-wbd-loss-pr" /> In September, Corus announced that the current Food Network would rebrand as "Flavour Network" on December 30, 2024, with the channel's slate for the 2024–25 season featuring new and renewed original series (including new series featuring [[Andrew Phung]] and [[Pamela Anderson]], and ''[[Top Chef Canada]]'' being renewed for a twelfth season), and new acquisitions (including ''[[Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars]]'' and ''[[Kitchen Nightmares]]'' among others). Some repeats of Food Network U.S. programming will continue airing into 2025, while the network's launch lineup also includes a program licensed from WBD-owned [[Max (streaming service)|Max]] (''Chasing Flavor with [[Carla Hall]]'').<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/technology/article-corus-announces-two-new-lifestyle-networks-after-rogers-scoops-up-food/|title=Corus announces two new lifestyle networks after Rogers scoops up Food Network and HGTV|first=Alex|last=Nino Gheciu|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=September 18, 2024|access-date=September 18, 2024}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=2024-09-18 |title=Corus unveils Flavour Network and Home Network |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/corus-unveils-flavour-network-and-home-network/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}}</ref>

At some point after the rebranding, Television Food Network, G.P. divested its stake in the subsidiary that holds Flavour Network's license to Corus Media Holdings, making it sole owner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ownership Chart 32i: Corus Media Holdings - Discretionary Services |url=https://crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/cht032i.pdf |access-date=2025-05-26 |publisher=CRTC |format=PDF}}</ref>