Life Network
Encyclopedia
- Life Network redirects here. For the earlier, now-defunct Canadian television network of similar name, see The Life ChannelThe Life ChannelThe Life Channel was a Canadian premium television service featuring programming on lifestyle and health subjects, existing for almost 14 months in the late 1980s. The programming represented some of the earlier efforts of Canada's premium television industry, considering pay-TV movie channels had...
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Slice (formerly Life Network) is a Canadian
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 A 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...
. Slice is a lifestyle channel directed towards women with programming including talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
s, reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
and more.
History
Launched on January 1, 1995 as Life Network, the channel was owned by Atlantis Communications (prior to its merge with Alliance Communications) and aired daily "themed" blocks devoted to areas such as food, gardening, and home design. As other Alliance Atlantis-owned channels such as Food Network and HGTV came onstream, the channel shifted towards programming about issues relating to everyday life, mostly in the form of non-competitive reality televisionReality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
, talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
s, and more. Many of the programs aired on Life Network were seen on other Alliance Atlantis owned channels, such as Food Network, HGTV and Fine Living.
Slice relaunch
Plans to relaunch the channel as Slice were announced in November 2006 by Alliance Atlantis Communications. The new name and programming reflects Life's shift towards a more entertainment based lifestyle programming. The name was originally revealed in a 2006 Life Network online survey on future programming strategies. The channel officially relaunched on March 5, 2007, although the on-air branding appeared intermittently during a "sneak preview" on March 3 and 4.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 bought Alliance Atlantis and gained AAC's interest in Slice.
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 Slice as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media.
Notable series
- Bulging BridesBulging BridesBulging Brides is a Canadian television series produced by Slice, and shown on Slice and Discovery Health Channel in Canada and the WE: Women's Entertainment network in the US....
- I Do, Let's EatI Do, Let's EatI Do... Let’s Eat! is a Food Network television series featuring the nuptial cuisine of diverse cultures.The main focus of the show is the wedding banquet of couples from different origins. The menu is assembled according to the ethnicity of the bride and groom and their families...
- Intervention CanadaIntervention CanadaIntervention Canada is a Canadian reality TV series based on the A&E show Intervention, and airs on Slice, Fridays at 8 pm....
- Millionaire MatchmakerMillionaire MatchmakerMillionaire Matchmaker is a television series produced by Bravo and presented by Patti Stanger. Stanger founded the Beverly Hills-based "Millionaire's Club" in 2000 to cater to wealthy men looking for partners...
- PrincessPrincess (television show)Princess is a Canadian television series hosted by Gail Vaz-Oxlade that premiered in 2010. The program is similar in format to her earlier endeavor, Til Debt Do Us Part; however, rather than helping couples in financial trouble, Vaz-Oxlade assists women who are considered self-indulgent and spoiled...
- Project RunwayProject RunwayProject Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...
- Rich Bride Poor BrideRich Bride Poor BrideRich Bride Poor Bride is a television series shown on Slice and the WE: Women's Entertainment network. It follows the planning stages of a happy and stressful wedding. Each episode begins with a suggested budget and then follows the bride and groom as they struggle through the highs and lows of the...
- The Glee ProjectThe Glee ProjectThe Glee Project is an American reality television series from Oxygen. It serves as an audition for the FOX TV series Glee. Although originally planned to begin broadcasting in late May 2011, The Glee Project premiered on June 12, 2011...
- The Real Housewives of Orange CountyThe Real Housewives of Orange CountyThe Real Housewives of Orange County is a reality television program on the Bravo network. It is the first and seminal installation in the The Real Housewives of... series...
- The Real Housewives of New York CityThe Real Housewives of New York CityThe Real Housewives of New York City is an American reality television program on the Bravo cable TV network, a spin-off of the Bravo series The Real Housewives of Orange County. New York is the second city featured in The Real Housewives of... franchise...
- The Real Housewives of AtlantaThe Real Housewives of AtlantaThe Real Housewives of Atlanta is an American reality television series on the Bravo cable network that premiered in the fall of 2008. Following the format of its predecessors , in 2009 the Atlanta series was not only the highest rated show of the The Real Housewives of... franchise, it was the...
- The Real Housewives of New JerseyThe Real Housewives of New JerseyThe Real Housewives of New Jersey is a reality television program on the Bravo network which originally followed the lives of five women in and around several upscale communities in Northern New Jersey...
- The Real Housewives of D.C.
- The Real Housewives of Beverly HillsThe Real Housewives of Beverly HillsThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is an American reality series for the Bravo cable network. The sixth installment in the network's The Real Housewives of... franchise, production for the Evolution Media series began in March 2010. The show premiered on October 14, 2010...
- The Real Housewives of MiamiThe Real Housewives of MiamiThe Real Housewives of Miami is a reality series for the Bravo cable network. The seventh and latest installment in the network's The Real Housewives of... franchise officially premiered on February 22, 2011...
- Til Debt Do Us PartTil Debt Do Us PartTil Debt Do Us Part is a Canadian television series produced by Frantic Films for Slice in Canada, Zone Reality in the United Kingdom and AmericanLife TV Network and CNBC in the USA. It is hosted by Gail Vaz-Oxlade, who each week visits a couple who are in debt and having relationship troubles...
- Wedding SOSWedding SOSWedding SOS is a Canadian television series shown on the Slice Network in Canada, the Fine Living network in the US, Sky Real Lives in the UK and The Style Network in Australia....
- Note: series list is current as of September 2010.
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