World View Multicultural
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World View Multicultural was a Canadian regional premium television service based in British Columbia licensed by the CRTC in 1982.[1]
World View Multicultural was launched on February 1, 1983 like the rest of the Canadian pay-TV channels.[2]
In August 1985, World View Multicultural was acquired by Cathay International Television and subsequently the channels license was amended to provide 96% of programming in Chinese and 4% in English.[3]
Ownership
[edit | edit source]90% was owned by a company controlled by Frank Zimmer and George Spracklin.[4]
They held $15.8 million in equity at the time of license.
They promised to spend $46.3 million on Canadian content over 5 years (1983–88), and would make a $6.4 million profit by 1988.
Management
[edit | edit source]- Justine Bizzocchi, programming director[citation needed]
Programming
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Besides movies, programming on AIM/World View included Italian soccer, sumo wrestling, and the Asian Games in New Delhi.
It broadcast a total of 90 hours per week in several languages: English, French, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Icelandic, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu.
Pricing
[edit | edit source]The wholesale price would be $7/month.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Decision CRTC 82-240
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