The Weather Network (TWN) is the English language component of the Canadian Category A weather news and information specialty channel owned by Pelmorex.
TWN is based in Oakville, Ontario and is owned by Pelmorex, which is itself principally owned by Pierre L. Morrissette in partnership with the similar American service, The Weather Channel (itself controlled by NBCUniversal).
Pelmorex holds a single licence to broadcast in both English and French; the French-language component of the service (a separate 24-hour feed) is branded MétéoMédia. TWN has a separate feed for the Greater Toronto Area, much like MétéoMédia's separate feed for Metropolitan Montreal, Quebec. An audio-only simulcast of the channel is also broadcast on Sirius Canada channel 138.
Pelmorex employs its own meteorologists to make forecasts and graphical weather products. Pelmorex meteorologists use an in-house technology called Pelmorex Forecast Engine or PFE. Pelmorex also uses a localization technology known as PMX, a proprietary system that is able to deliver separate forecasts for over 1200 locations across Canada.
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