CPAC (TV channel)
The Cable Public Affairs Channel (French: La Chaîne d'affaires publiques par câble), better known by its acronym CPAC (/ˈsiːpæk/ SEE-pak), is a Canadian specialty television channel owned by a consortium consisting of Rogers Communications, Vidéotron, Cogeco, Eastlink, and Access Communications. The channel is devoted to coverage of public and government affairs, including carrying a full, uninterrupted feed of proceedings of the House of Commons of Canada, with three audio channels, one untreated feed and, with the assistance of interpreters, one in each of the official languages.
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English, French |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Rogers Communications (66.75%) Vidéotron (21.81%) Cogeco (6.73%) Eastlink (3.77%) Access Communications (0.92%) Vecima Networks (0.02%) |
| History | |
| Launched | October 1992 |
| Replaced | CBC Parliamentary Television Network |
| Former names | Canadian Parliamentary Channel (CPaC) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
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