Showcase Action
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Action is a Canadian
English language
Category B specialty channel
owned by Shaw Media
. The channel features action-related films and television series.
. The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as Showcase Action, a spin-off of another Alliance Atlantis television channel, Showcase.
On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
known as CW Media, acquired Showcase Action through its purchase of Alliance Atlantis. The channel was re-named "Action" on August 31, 2009.
On October 27, 2010, ownership changed once again as Shaw Communications
gained control of Action as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
Category B specialty channel
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....
owned by Shaw Media
Shaw Media
Shaw Media is the television broadcasting division of Shaw Communications. Shaw Media owns the Global Television Network, which broadcasts via 11 television stations, as well as various specialty channels including HGTV Canada, Showcase, Food Network Canada, and History Television.Despite also...
. The channel features action-related films and television series.
History
Action was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as Action Television in November 2000. The licence was granted to Alliance AtlantisAlliance Atlantis
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. was a Toronto-based media company that operated primarily as a specialty service operator in Canada. Alliance Atlantis also had offices in Halifax, Los Angeles, London, Dublin, Madrid, Barcelona, Shannon and Sydney.Alliance Atlantis was acquired by Canwest...
. The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as Showcase Action, a spin-off of another Alliance Atlantis television channel, Showcase.
On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs, focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments globally....
known as CW Media, acquired Showcase Action through its purchase of Alliance Atlantis. The channel was re-named "Action" on August 31, 2009.
On October 27, 2010, ownership changed once again as Shaw Communications
Shaw Communications
Shaw Communications is Canada's largest telecommunications company that provides telephone, Canada's fastest Internet and television services as well as broadcasting and soon Wifi. Shaw is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta...
gained control of Action as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media.
Originals
- The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time HourThe Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time HourThe Drunk and On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour is a Canadian television comedy series, airing in the 2011 television season on Action.Described by its producers as "Curb Your Enthusiasm after it got smashed in the head with a hammer and force-fed liquor and drugs", the show stars former Trailer Park...
- Kenny Hotz's Triumph of the WillKenny Hotz's Triumph of the WillKenny Hotz's Triumph of the Will is a Canadian television series, which debuted on July 22, 2011 on Action.-Season 1 :-External links:* official show page on Action * on Action ** page on IMDb***...
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