Minimax (Canadian TV channel)

Minimax is a Canadian English language specialty channel based on. The channel is a joint-venture between and.

History
In early 2001, Media+, a Canadian division of, proposed the creation of a Canadian version of Minimax, which would be able to follow Canadian Content requirements and access ad revenue through commercials under Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regulations. Media+ and Canal+ had planned to petition for the European English-language feed (broadcast from ) to become a non-Canadian programming service authorized for distribution in Canada, but ultimately decided against it owing to time zone differences.

The license for Minimax Canada was approved by the CRTC in March 2001. The channel was launched in July of that year. In 2003, Mediatech Media, who bought the European Minimax channels the same year, acquired a 19.8% stake in Minimax Canada.

In 2007, bought Media+ from Canal+ and gained ownership of Minimax Canada and ZigZap Canada, around the same time the European Minimax was bought from Mediatech by, who subsequently acquired Mediatech's stake in the Canadian Minimax and ZigZap channels.

On October 27, 2010, Shaw Communications gained control of Canwest Media's stake in Minimax and ZigZap as a result of its acquisition of Canwest's broadcasting assets.

On April 1, 2016, Shaw Media was subsumed into Corus as part of a corporate reorganization, which made Minimax and sister channel Megamax part of Corus' family. As part of the reorganization, Minimax Canada's headquarters remained in Montreal alongside Corus' Francophone TV channels.

Announcers

 * (2001-present)