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Television channel
Mystery TV
CountryCanada
Ownership
OwnerShaw Media

Mystery TV is a Canadian English-language Category A specialty channel owned by Shaw Media which presents movies and television series of the mystery and suspense genres.

History

Mystery TV was licensed as 13th Street by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on November 24, 2000 to Canwest (45.05%), Groupe TVA (45.05%) and Rogers Communications (9.9%). Before the channel's launch, both Canwest and Groupe TVA acquired Rogers' shares in the service equally.

The channel was launched as Mystery On September 7, 2001. TVA, Canwest and Rogers also owned the same shares of its French counterpart, Mystère, which would become wholly owned by TVA before launch. The channel was rebranded as Mystery TV in 2007, though the channel was still branded on-air as Mystery.

Original logo (2001–2007)

On October 27, 2010, Shaw Communications completed its acquisition of Canwest, giving it control of Canwest's 50% interest in Mystery TV.

On December 22, 2011, Groupe TVA announced its intentions to sell its share of The Cave (now H2) and Mystery TV to Shaw Communications, giving Shaw full control of these two channels. The deal is approved by the CRTC on April 25, 2012.

It was reported in June 2014 that Mystery TV, along with sister network Twist TV, will be rebranded as Canadian versions of the Crime & Investigation Network and FYI, respectively, under a licensing agreement with A+E Networks. They will be the fourth and fifth networks to be rebranded after History Television, Showcase Diva and The Cave were rebranded as Canadian versions of History, Lifetime and H2 respectively in 2012. The rebrand was to take place in December but was rescheduled to November 3rd, 2014.

Future logo upon rebrand as Crime & Investigation Network

Noted series

  • Note: series list is current as of October 2014.

References

External links

Shaw Communications
Corporate directors
Assets
Other affiliated companiesCorus Entertainment
Defunct/historical
brands and predecessors
  • The voting shares of both Shaw and Corus are controlled by the Shaw family.
  • Joint venture with several other cable companies.
  • Community channels owned by Shaw Cablesystems.
  • Joint venture with partners including Rogers Communications.

Many of the assets listed above are only partially owned by Shaw. Refer to full asset list for detailed information.

  1. Shaw Communications closes purchase of Canwest TV assets, rebrands as Shaw Media
  2. TVA selling two specialty channels to Shaw Media; financial terms not disclosed
  3. Decision CRTC 2012-238 CRTC 2012-04-25
  4. Shaw Media announces fall lineup, pushes new dramas on Global
  5. "Shaw Media and A&E to Launch Two New Specialty Channels". Broadcaster Magazine. May 30, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  6. "SHAW MEDIA LAUNCHES TWO DYNAMIC NEW CHANNELS TO CANADA'S LEADING LINEUP OF SPECIALTY BRANDS". June 4, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. "Shaw Media's Mystery TV Rebrands to Crime + Investigation". October 3, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
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