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Alboma · 2012-03-06, 02:50 AM

This is my first time posting here and hopefully this is the right place. I will also contact my provider Shaw later. It is about Food Network Canada. It's been awhile that they switch the format to mostly competition reality TV, and with very few teaching shows left. Mom feels not happy that she learns nothing from watching those shows. Recipes exist from Food Network web site, but it'll be more enjoyable to watch someone teaching on TV. I feel the same way, so I post my thought on their forum. From there I learn about Cooking Channel, but it's currently not available in Canada. It's like a spinoff of Food Network, but they have more teaching shows. I'm wondering when Canada will have this channel?

classicsat · 2012-03-06, 09:31 AM

Quite some time.

First, the providers have to learn there is such a channel, and there is such a demand for it.

Then they have to seek CRTC approval to include that station in the approved channels list, then the providers have to carry it.

Or one of the media companies (likely Shaw, through their franchise of Scripps channels/content), will apply to make a Cooking channel, and if approvd begin that, and recycle content they already own on it.

Tridus · 2012-03-06, 12:49 PM

A lot of the cooking shows are still around at different times. If you've got access to a PVR, it's worth having it record the shows you want so you can watch them at other times.

timlocke · 2012-03-06, 02:47 PM

It is a shame that they waste a perfectly good prime time house with Iron Chef when they could have some useful shows as Alboma suggests.
the original Japanese Iron Chef was great fun but the current one...not so much.

57 · 2012-03-06, 03:16 PM

I record several cooking shows each week:

Best Recipes Ever - Daily CBC
Jacques Pepin - PBS Saturdays
Lidia - PBS Saturdays
Cooks Country (and its twin on just before or just after) - PBS Saturdays.
Others - PBS Saturdays

The PBS ones may not be on during pledge times, so they may be back in a week or so.

Alboma · 2012-03-06, 03:50 PM

Yeah, I agree that weekday mornings and afternoons are still ok as there are some teaching shows. For evenings it's completely different. There are Iron Chef America, Top Chef Canada, Chopped, etc. which basically cover the time slots. However shows about visiting restaurants and tasting their food are ok to me. I think it's the competition part that got Mom and me slightly annoyed. We do sit down and watch those competition shows sometimes. However we feel we cannot learn how they make the dishes, i.e. no recipe, but to see who are the winners in the end. Good entertainment, but no learning value.

From what I learn it's how it's for Food Network now. Just wish there are more teaching shows like the old days. Let's hope one day Cooking Channel Canada is happening.

kingsford911 · 2012-08-10, 08:03 PM

One more in favour - bring the cooking channel to Canada!

Fry1989 · 2012-08-12, 01:33 PM

^^^I've been in favour of brining the Cooking Channel to Canada the day it launched in the US. I'm tired of Triple D and US Iron Chef marathons of crap.

Plus Cooking Channel airs the Japanese Iron Chef and Julia Child

PG44 · 2012-08-13, 03:55 PM

I would love to see this type of channel too. However, it would just end up like all the others in time. The Food Network used to have instructional programming, HGTV used to have some really good instructional and informative shows (anyone remember Jon Eakes?). Eventually they follow the easy money-making path and show the same reality crap as all the others. Apparently this is what the majority want to see. Quality programming doesn't sell.

Tridus · 2012-08-13, 04:01 PM

Reality shows tend to be cheaper too. Food Network still does have the instructional shows, just not in prime time.

verd · 2012-08-16, 12:17 PM

@Tridus. It is true that Food Network does still have instructional programming, but the number of such programs that they air, and the percentage of each day that they devote to such programming, has been severely cut back. It's been the case for a long time that prime time on the Food Network was mostly competition and other reality cooking programming, but the rest of the day was formerly almost entirely instructional. Today, there is approximately 2 hours per day of instructional cooking shows, and far less variety.

DrSat · 2012-08-17, 02:12 PM

The Cooking Channel is already available in Canada but only on HITS TV at this time.

Regards,

Dr. Sat

BKman74 · 2012-08-17, 09:45 PM

never heards of hits tv. Searched up on google "hits tv" and "hits tv canada". Nothing comes up. Is it only online or is it a real cable/satellite provider?

magnet · 2012-08-18, 01:32 AM

HITS is a method to legally pay for USA channels using a 6 foot tall BUD (Big-Ugly Dish) using C-band. I believe you can find pricing by googling 4DTV pricing.

HDTV101 · 2012-08-18, 05:42 AM

Headend in the Sky (HITS) is a satellite multiplex service that provides cable channels to cable television operations.

There seems to be a loophole in Canadian law, that does not cover this service, as it does with Dish Network a DirectTV.

2012-03-06, 02:50 AM	#1
Alboma Rookie Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3	Cooking Channel? This is my first time posting here and hopefully this is the right place. I will also contact my provider Shaw later. It is about Food Network Canada. It's been awhile that they switch the format to mostly competition reality TV, and with very few teaching shows left. Mom feels not happy that she learns nothing from watching those shows. Recipes exist from Food Network web site, but it'll be more enjoyable to watch someone teaching on TV. I feel the same way, so I post my thought on their forum. From there I learn about Cooking Channel, but it's currently not available in Canada. It's like a spinoff of Food Network, but they have more teaching shows. I'm wondering when Canada will have this channel?

2012-03-06, 03:16 PM	#5
57 Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto, Rogers, 8300HD, eHDD, Panasonic TCP65S1, Denon AVR4310Ci; 8300HD, eHDD & Sony KDL40W3000 Posts: 50,301	I record several cooking shows each week: Best Recipes Ever - Daily CBC Jacques Pepin - PBS Saturdays Lidia - PBS Saturdays Cooks Country (and its twin on just before or just after) - PBS Saturdays. Others - PBS Saturdays The PBS ones may not be on during pledge times, so they may be back in a week or so. __________________ 57's Home Theatre (Latest equipment & photos) 57's Optimization Services (Home Theatre Optimization)

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magnet Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 3,994	HITS is a method to legally pay for USA channels using a 6 foot tall BUD (Big-Ugly Dish) using C-band. I believe you can find pricing by googling 4DTV pricing. __________________ When it comes to humility, I am the greatest!

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2012-03-06, 09:31 AM	#2
classicsat Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kincardine ON. Posts: 3,944	Quite some time. First, the providers have to learn there is such a channel, and there is such a demand for it. Then they have to seek CRTC approval to include that station in the approved channels list, then the providers have to carry it. Or one of the media companies (likely Shaw, through their franchise of Scripps channels/content), will apply to make a Cooking channel, and if approvd begin that, and recycle content they already own on it.

2012-03-06, 12:49 PM	#3
Tridus Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Fredericton, NB Posts: 567	A lot of the cooking shows are still around at different times. If you've got access to a PVR, it's worth having it record the shows you want so you can watch them at other times.

2012-03-06, 02:47 PM	#4
timlocke Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Guelph Posts: 550	It is a shame that they waste a perfectly good prime time house with Iron Chef when they could have some useful shows as Alboma suggests. the original Japanese Iron Chef was great fun but the current one...not so much.

2012-03-06, 03:50 PM	#6
Alboma Rookie Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3	Yeah, I agree that weekday mornings and afternoons are still ok as there are some teaching shows. For evenings it's completely different. There are Iron Chef America, Top Chef Canada, Chopped, etc. which basically cover the time slots. However shows about visiting restaurants and tasting their food are ok to me. I think it's the competition part that got Mom and me slightly annoyed. We do sit down and watch those competition shows sometimes. However we feel we cannot learn how they make the dishes, i.e. no recipe, but to see who are the winners in the end. Good entertainment, but no learning value. From what I learn it's how it's for Food Network now. Just wish there are more teaching shows like the old days. Let's hope one day Cooking Channel Canada is happening.

2012-08-10, 08:03 PM	#7
kingsford911 Rookie Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 8	One more in favour - bring the cooking channel to Canada!

2012-08-12, 01:33 PM	#8
Fry1989 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Orillia, Ontario Posts: 543	^^^I've been in favour of brining the Cooking Channel to Canada the day it launched in the US. I'm tired of Triple D and US Iron Chef marathons of crap. Plus Cooking Channel airs the Japanese Iron Chef and Julia Child

2012-08-13, 03:55 PM	#9
PG44 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Guelph, Ontario Posts: 246	I would love to see this type of channel too. However, it would just end up like all the others in time. The Food Network used to have instructional programming, HGTV used to have some really good instructional and informative shows (anyone remember Jon Eakes?). Eventually they follow the easy money-making path and show the same reality crap as all the others. Apparently this is what the majority want to see. Quality programming doesn't sell.

2012-08-13, 04:01 PM	#10
Tridus Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Fredericton, NB Posts: 567	Reality shows tend to be cheaper too. Food Network still does have the instructional shows, just not in prime time.

2012-08-16, 12:17 PM	#11
verd Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 149	@Tridus. It is true that Food Network does still have instructional programming, but the number of such programs that they air, and the percentage of each day that they devote to such programming, has been severely cut back. It's been the case for a long time that prime time on the Food Network was mostly competition and other reality cooking programming, but the rest of the day was formerly almost entirely instructional. Today, there is approximately 2 hours per day of instructional cooking shows, and far less variety.

2012-08-17, 09:45 PM	#13
BKman74 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Vancouver, BC - CIS 430-500 Posts: 142	never heards of hits tv. Searched up on google "hits tv" and "hits tv canada". Nothing comes up. Is it only online or is it a real cable/satellite provider?

2012-08-18, 05:42 AM	#15
HDTV101 Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,000	Headend in the Sky (HITS) is a satellite multiplex service that provides cable channels to cable television operations. There seems to be a loophole in Canadian law, that does not cover this service, as it does with Dish Network a DirectTV.