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DTour (corporately styled as "DTOUR") is a Canadian English language Category A cable and satellite television specialty channel that is owned by Shaw Media. The channel primarily focuses on lifestyle and travel-related programming. As the classic television service TVtropolis, it formerly operated two timeshifted feeds that operated on Eastern and Pacific Time Zone schedules until August 24, 2012, when the West feed was discontinued. ==History== The channel was launched as Prime on October 17, 1997 under the ownership of Canwest. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) licensed Prime in 1996〔(Decision CRTC 96-604 ) CRTC 1996-09-04〕 as a specialty television service directed towards men and women 50 years of age and older. However, the channel did not explicitly market itself as a channel for the "baby boomer" generation, preferring instead to position itself as a general entertainment channel. Prime's slogan, on-air and in advertising, was "Canada's Entertainment Network". Prime's schedule featured a mix of general interest television programs, including home improvement and design series, along with classic television series such as ''The Golden Girls'', ''M *A *S *H'', ''All in the Family'', ''The Cosby Show'' and ''Newhart''. It also hosted repeat showings of several series from sister broadcast networks Global and CH, including ''The Apprentice'', ''The Restaurant'', ''The Price Is Right'', ''Entertainment Tonight Canada'' and ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition''. With the launch of the cable channel DejaView (also owned by Canwest) in 2001, showing similar programming to Prime (classic television programs from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s), the channel's focus shifted to shows from the late 1980s and beyond. On June 1, 2006, Prime was renamed TVtropolis,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=MediaInCanada.com )〕 which initially primarily focused on sitcoms and dramas from the 1980s and 1990s (such as ''Seinfeld'' and ''Beverly Hills 90210''), with additional television series focused on television pop culture (such as ''Inside the Box'' and ''FANatical'').〔 Over time, the channel lessened its emphasis on sitcoms and dramas, focusing on other programs such as reality series, game shows and lifestyle series, with little emphasis on theme of television pop culture, rather focusing on general entertainment. 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「DTour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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