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Daystar Television Canada

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Daystar Television Canada
Daystar Television Canada logo
Country Canada
Broadcast area National
Headquarters Vancouver , British Columbia
Programming
Picture format 480i ( SDTV )
Ownership
Owner World Impact Ministries
(branding licensed from Word of God Fellowship)
History
Launched October 1, 2005
Former names The Christian Channel (2005-2009)
Grace TV (2009-2013)
Links
Website canada .daystar .com

Daystar Television Canada is a Canadian specialty channel that broadcasts Religious programming dedicated to the Christian faith.

It is owned by World Media Ministries .

Originally known as The Christian Channel from 2005 to 2009, it was re-branded as Grace TV in September 2009. As of June 2013, the majority of its programming became sourced from the U.S. Evangelical Christian network Daystar Television , and the network ultimately took on the Daystar brand in November 2013.

History [ edit ]

Logo used under The Christian Channel brand.

The channel was launched on October 1, 2005 as The Christian Channel by previous owners S-VOX .

On January 26, 2009, S-VOX announced that it had reached an agreement to sell the Christian Channel to World Impact Ministries . The sale was subject to Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approval. [1] It was approved by the CRTC on May 4, 2009. [2] World Impact Ministries took control of the channel on June 1, 2009 and introduced new programming including eNcounter - its flagship program airing daily. [3] The channel was renamed Grace TV on September 16, 2009. [4]

Logo used under the Grace TV brand.

In May 2013, Grace TV entered into a partnership with the U.S. based religious broadcaster Daystar Television , in which the majority of Grace TV's programming would come from Daystar, with the remaining 35% provided by Canadian producers. [5] [6] On November 23, 2013, the network announced that it would drop the Grace TV name in favor of branding as Daystar full-time.

High-definition feed [ edit ]

A high-definition feed will be launched first by Shaw Direct on 4 September 2019.

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ The Christian Channel enters new ownership agreement with World Impact Ministries ; CNW Group; 2009-01-26
  2. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-247 ; CRTC; 2009-05-04
  3. ^ CRTC Approves World Impact Ministries' Purchase of The Christian Channel Archived 2009-05-11 at the Wayback Machine ; WIM; 2009-05-05
  4. ^ Christian Channel Re-brands to Grace TV Archived 2012-07-28 at archive.today ; Broadcaster Magazine; 2009-09-17
  5. ^ Daystar Canada, About , Official Website, Canada, retrieved October 16, 2016
  6. ^ Mark Ward Sr., The Electronic Church in the Digital Age: Cultural Impacts of Evangelical Mass Media , ABC-CLIO, USA, 2015, p. 104, 281

External links [ edit ]


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