Country | Canada |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (2013–present) 480i (SDTV) (1995–present) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Atlantis Communications (1995–1998) Alliance Atlantis (1998–2008) CW Media (2008–2010) Shaw Media (2010–2016) Corus Entertainment (2016–present) (Life Network Inc.) |
Sister channels | W Network Showcase ABC Spark |
History | |
Launched | January 1, 1995, 30 years ago |
Former names | Life Network (1995–2007) |
Links | |
Website | Slice |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
StackTV | Internet Protocol television |
Slice is a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. The channel primarily broadcasts programming targeting young adult women, including comedy, reality, lifestyle, and true crime programming.
It was launched on January 1, 1995, as Life Network under the ownership of Atlantis Communications. Atlantis was acquired by Alliance Communications in 1998 and Life Network was relaunched as Slice on March 5, 2007. In 2008, Canwest and Goldman Sachs acquired Alliance Atlantis, and the channel's ownership was later sold to Shaw Media in 2010, and ultimately, Corus in April 2016.