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==Programming==
==Programming==
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Super Channel offers many of the same types of films and first-run television series presently found on similar regional premium services The Movie Network and Movie Central. However, The Movie Network and Movie Central have reportedly reached long-term supply deals with [[HBO]], [[Showtime]], and most major studios, leaving Super Channel to focus initially on smaller studios, such as [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]], as well as [[Bollywood]] movies.<ref name="shecter"/><ref name="allarco">[http://www.allarcoentertainment.com/ Allarco website]</ref><ref>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070723.RPAYTV23/TPStory/TPBusiness/Television/ Pay-TV mainstays face new rival], Grant Robertson, ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', July 23, 2007</ref>

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The new Super Channel is expected to compete directly with [[The Movie Network]] and [[Movie Central]], with many of the same types of movies and first-run television series presently found on those services. However, The Movie Network and Movie Central have reportedly reached long-term supply deals with [[HBO]], [[Showtime]], and most major studios, leaving Super Channel to focus initially on smaller studios, such as [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]], as well as [[Bollywood]] movies.<ref name="shecter"/><ref name="allarco">[http://www.allarcoentertainment.com/ Allarco website]</ref><ref>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070723.RPAYTV23/TPStory/TPBusiness/Television/ Pay-TV mainstays face new rival], Grant Robertson, ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', July 23, 2007</ref>


The network has also announced a program supply deal with [[Channel 4]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>[http://www.channelcanada.com/Article2002.html Channel 4 International and Super Channel announce pay TV agreement]</ref>
The network has also announced a program supply deal with [[Channel 4]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>[http://www.channelcanada.com/Article2002.html Channel 4 International and Super Channel announce pay TV agreement]</ref>
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===Channels===
===Channels===
Super Channel consists of a total of six multiplex channels; 4 standard definition and 2 high definition channels.
Initially, Super Channel will have a total of six multiplex channels, as well as a [[video on demand]] component.<ref name="shecter"/> However, contrary to the original application, only two channels will broadcast in HD; of the four standard-definition channels, one will be an SD [[simulcast]] of the main HD channel. For now, the all-Canadian channel will in fact be SD only.


Specifically these channels are:
Specifically these channels are:

Revision as of 19:21, 4 December 2007

Super Channel
Country Canada
HeadquartersEdmonton, Alberta
Ownership
OwnerAllarco Entertainment

Super Channel is an English language Canadian premium television service. It is owned by the Allard family through Allarco Entertainment Inc. The Allards were the founders of an earlier pay service called "Superchannel" (single word), which is now operated by Corus Entertainment as "Movie Central". Allarco acquired the Superchannel trademark from Corus under undisclosed terms.[1]

Unlike the existing English-language premium operators, Movie Central (MC) in western Canada and The Movie Network (TMN) in eastern Canada, Super Channel is authorized to operate across Canada.

Super Channel is available nationally on Bell ExpressVu and is also offered on Access Communications (Regina) and Rogers Cable (Ontario, Maritimes and Newfoundland). According to SuperChannel's website, they expect to be carried by more service providers in the near future.

Programming

Super Channel offers many of the same types of films and first-run television series presently found on similar regional premium services The Movie Network and Movie Central. However, The Movie Network and Movie Central have reportedly reached long-term supply deals with HBO, Showtime, and most major studios, leaving Super Channel to focus initially on smaller studios, such as MGM, as well as Bollywood movies.[1][2][3]

The network has also announced a program supply deal with Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.[4]

Unlike The Movie Network and Movie Central, Allarco Entertainment has pledged to reinvest 100 per cent of its profits in Canadian programming, in addition to 32 per cent of revenues annually, and will be spending $1 million a year on marketing these programs. Their initial application mentioned a plan to broadcast exclusively in high-definition television, and they will include a channel (initially referred to as "HD Canada") that will be dedicated to promoting and airing Canadian programs and films exclusively.[5]

Initial programming will include:[2][6]

Channels

Super Channel consists of a total of six multiplex channels; 4 standard definition and 2 high definition channels.

Specifically these channels are:

History

Allarco was one of four applicants for new pay licences that was considered at a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) public hearing on October 24, 2005. [7] Its competitors were:

  • BOOMTV, to be operated by the Archambault unit of Quebecor Media. While it was expected to compete directly with the existing general-interest services, The Movie Network, Movie Central, and Super Ecran, Archambault indicated that its services would have regularly favoured first-run dramatic series. Archambault was also the only applicant for a French-language service, but indicated that this licence would be worthless without an English counterpart.[8]
  • The Canadian Film Channel, proposed by Channel Zero Inc. It proposed to exhibit 100% Canadian content and be funded entirely by the operators of TMN and MC, in an amount equal to 12.9% of these services' gross revenues, to be required by condition of licence. Neither TMN nor MC indicated approval for such a use of its revenues.[9]
  • Spotlight Television, to be controlled by George Burger, a former executive at Alliance Television, and pro-sports mogul Larry Tanenbaum, chairman of the private investment company Kilmer Van Nostrand, which proposed a premium service much in the same vein as TMN and MC.[10]

The Allarco application was approved on May 18, 2006, while the other three applicants were rejected. [11]

References

  1. ^ a b Is this a new pay-TV service or a rerun?, Barbara Shecter, National Post, July 30, 2007
  2. ^ a b Allarco website
  3. ^ Pay-TV mainstays face new rival, Grant Robertson, The Globe and Mail, July 23, 2007
  4. ^ Channel 4 International and Super Channel announce pay TV agreement
  5. ^ Allarco licence application
  6. ^ Emmy spotlight shines on Calgary, The StarPhoenix, July 23, 2007
  7. ^ Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2005-6 July 21, 2005
  8. ^ BOOMTV licence applications
  9. ^ TCFC licence application
  10. ^ Spotlight licence application
  11. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-193, May 18, 2006
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