Cottage Life (TV channel)
Cottage Life is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by Blue Ant Media. Operated as a brand extension spin-off of the magazine of the same name, the network originally aired a variety of programming focusing on the cottage and rural lifestyle genre within the core themes of DIY and design, food and entertaining, real estate, and outdoor living. It now primarily airs a limited slate of reality and engineering-focused programming.
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | National Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Corus Entertainment (2001–2002) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (2001–2012) Blue Ant Media (2012–present) |
| Sister channels | BBC Earth BBC First Love Nature Makeful Smithsonian Channel T+E |
| History | |
| Launched | September 4, 2001 |
| Former names | Country Canada (2001-2002) CBC Country Canada (2002–2008) Bold (2008-2013) |
| Links | |
| Website | Cottage Life |
The network originally launched in 2001 as Country Canada, which primarily focused on programming of interest to rural Canadians, including news and lifestyle programming. After the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation bought out Corus Entertainment's stake in Country Canada, the network began to transition towards marketing itself as a companion to CBC Television, reduced the amount of rural-themed programming it aired in favour of entertainment programs and CBC Sports overflow, and eventually re-branded itself as Bold in 2008. In the midst of budget cuts at the CBC, Bold was sold to its current owners, Blue Ant Media, in April 2012; on September 4, 2013, Bold was re-launched by Blue Ant Media as Cottage Life.