MSNBC Canada

MSNBC Canada

MSNBC Canada logo
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario
Programming
Picture format	480i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Rogers Media (33.34%) Shaw Communications (33.33%) NBCUniversal (33.33%)
History
Launched	September 7, 2001
Closed	December 1, 2004
Replaced by	MSNBC

MSNBC Canada was a Canadian short-lived English language category 2 digital cable specialty channel owned and operated by Rogers Media in partnership with Shaw Communications and MSNBC.

MSNBC Canada was a national news television service that consisted of programs featuring news headlines, breaking news coverage, analysis, and information; news magazines, and documentaries. The channel shared its branding and the majority of its programming with its American counterpart, MSNBC. In addition to MSNBC programs such as Hardball, MSNBC Investigates, and Imus in the Morning,^[1] the channel consisted of repeated programs from the CBC and CPAC, as its way to fulfill its Canadian content requirements. The channel also occasionally aired informercials.