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Family Channel (commonly known as Family) is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by WildBrain. The network primarily airs children's television series, teen dramas, as well as other programming targeting a family audience. Family Channel is headquartered in the Brookfield Place office complex, near the Financial District of Downtown Toronto. It has transmitted from Corus Quay since at least 2014.Launched on September 1, 1988, it was originally a joint venture between the owners of the ρrémíùm television services First Choice and Superchannel; via subsequent acquisitions, the network became a joint venture between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment. Astral later acquired full ownership of the network; after the acquisition of Astral by Bell Media, the network and its sister channels were divested to DHX Media (now WildBrain) in 2013.
Family was originally licensed as a ρrémíùm specialty service, which necessitated that it operate under a commercial-free format, but allowed it to operate multiplex feeds. Nevertheless, television providers typically distributed Family as a conventional specialty channel. In 2016, Family was relieved of this mandate after the CRTC transitioned ρrémíùm specialty services to the standardized discretionary service license.
From its launch, Family Channel sourced most of its programming from the American cable network Disney Channel, while also using this partnership to launch Canadian versions of Disney Junior and Disney XD. This partnership ended in 2015, when Disney entered into a new licensing agreement with Corus and launched a Canadian version of Disney Channel. Since then, Family Channel has acquired programming from other sources.
As of March 2013, Family Channel is available to approximately six million pay television households in Canada. It broadcasts Eastern Time Zone feeds in both standard definition and high definition, and a Pacific Time Zone feed solely in standard definition.

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