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Cottage Life is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Blue Ant Media. Operated as a spin-off of the co-owned magazine ''Cottage Life'', the network airs a variety of programming focusing on the cottage and rural lifestyle genre within the core themes of DIY and design, food and entertaining, real estate, and outdoor living. The network originally launched in 2001 as Country Canada, which primarily focused on programming of interest to rural Canadians, including news and lifestyle programming. After the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation bought out Corus Entertainment's stake in Country Canada, the network began to transition towards marketing itself as a companion to CBC Television, reduced the amount of rural-themed programming it aired in favour of entertainment programs and CBC Sports overflow, and eventually re-branded itself as Bold in 2008. In the midst of budget cuts at the CBC, Bold was sold to its current owners, Blue Ant Media, in April 2012; on September 4, 2013, Bold was re-launched by Blue Ant Media as Cottage Life. ==History== In November 2000, a joint venture between Corus Entertainment (70%) and the CBC (30%) was granted a television broadcasting licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a channel called ''Land and Sea'', presumably the name taken from the CBC original series Land and Sea. The newly licensed channel was described as "a national English-language Category 1 specialty television service for rural Canadian families, with a focus on adults 25-54. The service will provide information, interaction and entertainment from a rural perspective."〔(Decision CRTC 2000-453 ) CRTC 2000-12-14〕 The channel was launched on September 4, 2001 as Country Canada; based on the CBC Television series ''Country Canada''. The channel held true to its CRTC-mandated nature of service by focusing on rural news, information, lifestyle, and entertainment programming suitable for the whole family. Such programs that were broadcast on the channel included ''CountryLine'', a call-in talk show discussing various topics of interest to rural Canadians; ''CBC News: CountryWide,'' a national news program with both a morning and evening edition focusing on national news stories;'' Northern Exposure''; ''All Creatures Great and Small''; and the television rendition of Harrowsmith Country Life.〔(Country Canada schedule ) Internet Archive retrieved 2013-03-30〕 In July 2002, CBC announced it would purchase Corus' interest in the service,〔(CBC buys 100% of digi-net Country Canada ) Mediacaster Magazine 2002-07-26〕 which was approved by the CRTC on October 24 of that year.〔(Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-336 ) CRTC 2002-10-24〕 The CBC took control of the service on November 1, 2002 and rebranded the service with a new logo and name, CBC Country Canada. After the change in ownership, the CBC initially relied heavily on CBC Television programming to fill the channel's schedule, with a particular focus on news programs. This transition was the first step in the channel moving away from its mandate to focus solely on rural programming, instead, shifting towards a focus on general interest Canadian programming. New programming added to the schedule included all 14 30 minute regional editions of Canada Now, Venture, CBC News: Politics, amateur sports programming from CBC Sports, CBC News: Saturday Report, and Cross Country Checkup.〔(CBC Country Canada schedule ) Internet Archive retrieved 2013-03-30〕 After the initial change in programming after the rebranding, news, although still present on the channel, became less significant as the channel began to air more lifestyle, entertainment, and documentary programming such as Food Chain, an original program discussing various aspects of food; Greatdocs.ca, a series of various Canadian-made documentaries; Johnny Canuck Cinema, a series of various Canadian films; An American in Canada; and London's Burning.〔(CBC Country Canada schedule ) Internet Archive retrieved 2013-03-30〕 Eventually, beginning in 2005, with the change in programming to focus more on general Canadian programming rather than solely rural-programming, the channel began to continuously promoted itself and its programs as a channel, according to its website, dedicated to "celebrating Canada, its land, people, regions and passions".〔(Internet Archive of CBC Country Canada's website ) Dated 2004-06-19 Retrieved 2011-12-04〕 This shift included an increase in dramatic television series from Canada and Britain that had little to no relation to the rural lifestyle, and an increase in amateur sports coverage including alpine skiing, curling, snowboarding, Toronto FC, and Canada national team soccer, among others. In further continuation with this shift, in early 2007, CBC Country Canada began to no longer promote itself as a rural lifestyle service, rather as a secondary general entertainment service to the CBC, touting, according to its website "the new home of exclusive dramas and world championship sports, from home and around the world. From provocative documentaries to a new series of investigative thrillers, CBC Country Canada has something for everyone."〔(Internet Archive of CBC Country Canada's website ) Dated 2007-01-10 Retrieved 2011-12-04〕 Programs at this point in time included such series as Vincent, Sensitive Skin, Monkey Dust, This Is Wonderland, and 72 Hours: True Crime. On March 27, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. EST, CBC Country Canada was rebranded as bold〔(CBC launches two new digital channels ) Media in Canada 2008-03-28〕 to better reflect the programming direction CBC Country Canada was moving in, and to focus its programming on drama, comedy, the arts, and sports rather than an informational and lifestyle service for rural Canadians. In time for its companion coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, a high-definition feed launched on June 3, 2010.〔(CBC Bold going HD for World Cup ), CBC, 2010-06-02〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cottage Life (TV channel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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