Casa (TV channel)

Casa
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec
Programming
Picture format	480i (SDTV); 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Groupe TVA
History
Launched	February 19, 2008
Former names	Télé-Services (2005-2008; pre-launch); Les idées de ma maison télé (2008-2010)
Links
Website	casatv.ca (in French)

Casa (stylized CASA) is a Canadian French language discretionary service channel that is dedicated to the home including home and garden renovations and design, cooking, and real estate. It is owned by Groupe TVA, a division of Quebecor Media, and airs a mix of original productions and dubbed versions of series produced by the American and Canadian versions of HGTV.

History edit

On October 21, 2005 Groupe TVA was granted a broadcasting licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a channel called Télé-Services, described as "a national, French-language Category 2 specialty programming undertaking offering programming devoted to manual labour such as construction, renovations, repairs, gardening, landscaping, decorating, interior design, mechanics and hobbies."^[1]

The channel was launched on February 19, 2008 as Les idées de ma maison télé, branded as a spin-off of the Quebecor-owned magazine Les idées de ma maison.^[2]

On October 18, 2010, Les idées de ma maison was renamed "Casa",^[3] the Spanish word for "house", while still focusing on the same genre of programming.

Casa HD edit

Casa's Facebook page announced that the channel would launch a high definition feed on December 14, 2011.^[4] The channel was launched on December 14.