Programming
While BBC Canada is part-owned by the BBC, not all BBC programs air on BBC Canada, particularly in the cases of popular, well-known series like Doctor Who, the current run of which airs in Canada on Space, or documentaries produced or co-produced by the BBC such as Frozen Planet (which airs on Discovery Channel Canada). Moreover, many of the British series that do air on this channel are not from the BBC, with some having originally been produced by or aired on the privately-owned ITV, the independent public-service broadcaster Channel 4, or other British channels.
Since BBC Canada is licensed as a Canadian channel, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) broadcasting regulations require that it carry a quota of Canadian content. In addition to British programs, it also broadcasts a number of Canadian series. The channel occasionally also airs American series featuring British personalities, such as the American version of the Gordon Ramsay program Kitchen Nightmares (it has also in the past carried the British Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares).
Many of the channel's programs, both British and Canadian, are shared with other Shaw Media channels such as Showcase, HGTV and Food Network.
BBC Canada does not ordinarily carry BBC News programming, as the BBC World News channel is also widely available in Canada, and BBC News also has a long-standing content-sharing agreement with the CBC. On the rare occasions that BBC Canada does carry news coverage, such as that of the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, coverage has been produced by Shaw-owned Global News, not the BBC.
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