Editing Leafs Nation Network (section)

== History ==
In November 2000, MLSE (Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment), was granted approval by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) to launch a television channel called ''Maple Leaf Channel'', described as "a regional English-language Category 2 specialty television service devoted to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Programming was to include historical events, profiles of players, panel and call-in shows, classic Maple Leaf hockey games, interviews with Maple Leaf players, coaches and management, statistics, insights and analysis of the current hockey scene from a Maple Leaf perspective, and information as to the purchase of merchandise, tickets and collectibles. There was also to be a small amount of programming related to general hockey matters, including minor hockey league hockey and hockey instruction."<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-626.htm Decision CRTC 2000-626] CRTC 2000-12-14</ref>  The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as Leafs TV.<ref>[http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=458683 Leafs TV partners with Rogers, Cogeco to air in September] Toronto Maple Leafs press release 2001-08-21</ref><ref>[http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=555508 Record Audiences Tuning In To Leafs TV] Toronto Maple Leafs press release 2011-03-09</ref>  The channel was valued at $19 million on behalf of the CRTC in 2012.<ref name="crtc-mlse">{{cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-443.htm|title=Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-443|date=2012-08-16|access-date=2015-09-03|publisher=[[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]]}}</ref>

From the channel's launch until the [[2014-15 NHL season|2014–15 season]], the Leafs retained a small number of regional telecasts for broadcast on Leafs TV, typically around 12 games per season. That changed going into the [[2014–15 NHL season]] when regional rights formerly held by the channel went to [[Sportsnet Ontario]] and [[TSN4]].

On October 7, 2017, Leafs TV was renamed as Leafs Nation Network and re-launched as a multi-platform iteration of Leafs TV, with most of its programming shifting to the team's website and mobile apps and the television network slowly becoming an overall afterthought with the shift of content over to streaming and a lack of live games. It continued to carry pre-game and post-game coverage and other documentary programming.

On August 16, 2022, ''[[Toronto Sun]]'''s Lance Hornby reported that MLSE announced that the channel would go off the air on August 31.<ref name="crtc-Toronto Sun">{{cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/leafs-nation-network-going-off-the-airwaves|title=Leafs Nation Network going off the airwaves|date=2022-08-16|access-date=2022-08-16|publisher=[[Toronto Sun]]}}</ref> At MLSE's request, the CRTC formally revoked Leafs Nation Network's license on September 1.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlse.com/legal/crtc-filings | title=CRTC Filings }}</ref> Immediately after that, the channel space created in 2001 by Leafs TV ceased to exist.