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Crime + Investigation is a Canadian English-language Category A specialty channel owned by Shaw Media which presents movies, television series, and documentaries of the crime, mystery and suspense genres. Its name is licensed by A&E Networks, owners of the U.S Crime & Investigation Network. ==History== The channel 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 described as "''a national English-language Category 1 specialty television service devoted to mystery and suspense programming. The service will nurture and encourage short form Canadian mysteries. It will provide a wide assortment of genre-specific programs including movies, television series, short films and documentaries that will focus exclusively on the delivery of entertaining programming on suspense, espionage and classic mysteries.''"〔(Decision CRTC 2000-449 ) CRTC 2000-12-14〕 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 referred to as "Mystery" on-air. On October 27, 2010, Shaw Communications completed its acquisition of Canwest, giving it control of Canwest's 50% interest in Mystery TV.〔(Shaw Communications closes purchase of Canwest TV assets, rebrands as Shaw Media )〕 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.〔(TVA selling two specialty channels to Shaw Media; financial terms not disclosed )〕 The deal was approved by the CRTC on April 25, 2012.〔(Decision CRTC 2012-238 ) CRTC 2012-04-25〕 It was reported in June of 2014 that Mystery TV, along with sister network Twist TV, would be rebranded as Canadian versions of the Crime & Investigation Network and FYI, respectively, under a licensing agreement with A+E Networks.〔(Shaw Media announces fall lineup, pushes new dramas on Global )〕 They are 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 originally set to take place in December, but was rescheduled to November 3, 2014 and was relaunched at 5 Central. 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「Crime & Investigation (Canada)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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