Slice (TV channel)

Slice
	Logo used since 2017
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario
Programming
Picture format	1080i (HDTV); (2013–present); 480i (SDTV); (1995–present)
Ownership
Owner	Alliance Atlantis (1995–2008); CW Media; (2008–2010); Shaw Media; (2010–2016); Corus Entertainment; (2016–present); (Life Network Inc.)
Sister channels	W Network; YTV; Showcase; ABC Spark
History
Launched	January 1, 1995
Former names	Life Network (1995–2007)
Links
Website	Slice
Availability
Streaming media
StackTV	Internet Protocol television

Slice is a Canadian English language discretionary service channel owned by Corus Entertainment. The channel primarily broadcasts reality shows targeting young adult women, typically dealing in subjects such as fashion and lifestyles. In addition to original programming, Slice is better-known for airing shows acquired from the U.S. cable network, Bravo.

It was launched on January 1, 1995, as Life Network under the ownership of Atlantis Communications. Atlantis was acquired by Alliance Communications in 1998 and Life Network was relaunched as Slice on March 5, 2007. In 2008, Canwest and Goldman Sachs acquired Alliance Atlantis, and the channel's ownership was later sold to Shaw Media in 2010, and ultimately, Corus in April 2016.

History

As Life Network

In June 1994, Your Channel Television Inc., a company majority owned by Atlantis Television Ventures Inc. (Atlantis Communications), was granted a television broadcasting licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a channel called YOU: Your Channel, described at the time as broadcasting "programming consisting of documentaries and information programming." The channel was grouped into five themes, "Habitat" stressing programming for the home and environment; "Bodyworks" covering fitness, health and nutrition; "Food Plus" including programs related to cooking and food; "Explorations" dealing with travel, adventure and nature; and "Relationships" focusing on parenting, child care, careers and personal relationships."^[1]

The channel was launched on January 1, 1995, as Life Network.^[2] The channel broadcast programs in themes focusing on such areas as food, gardening, and home design.

In June 1998, Atlantis Communications announced that it planned to merge with Alliance Communications,^[3] another fellow television and film producer and broadcaster, owners of History Television and Showcase at the time,^[4] to form a new company called Alliance Atlantis Communications. The CRTC approved the merger in May 1999.^[4]

As Slice

Plans to relaunch the channel as Slice were announced in November 2, 2006 by Alliance Atlantis Communications.^[5] The new name and programming reflects Life's shift towards a more entertainment based schedule with what Alliance Atlantis called "addictive" programming. The name was revealed in a 2006 Life Network online survey on future programming strategies. The channel was 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,^[6] a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners known as CW Media,^[7] acquired control of Slice through its purchase of Alliance Atlantis' broadcasting assets, which were placed in a trust in August 2007.^[8] On October 27, 2010, ownership changed again as Shaw Communications gained control of Slice as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media.^[9]^[10]

On June 10, 2024, rival broadcaster Rogers Sports & Media announced an agreement with NBCUniversal to relaunch the Bravo brand in Canada in September 2024.^[11]