Maple (streaming service)

Maple is a Canadian subscription video on-demand (SVOD) service created by the and, serving , the  and. It is focused on Canadian TV series and films, mainly featuring current and past series and films supplied from the major Canadian over-the-air and cable  networks.

Maple's launch in the United States was announced in October 2018, with it launching on March 15, 2019. It launched in the service's native Canada on March 25, 2019, and in the United Kingdom on July 2, 2020.

Maple provides new episodes to Canadian series within hours of their Canadian broadcast via Maple's "Ahead" feature to US & UK users, but also offers extensive archives of older programming on the service, said to be the biggest collection of CanCon series & films in the world.

In 2020, Maple reported a subscriber base of 1 million for the North American platform.

History
In mid-2018, CBC and CTV announced plans to create a Netflix-style "niche" streaming service for Canadian films and television series. Maple was officially announced in October 2018. By then, the CBC had reached a deal with for Global, Showcase,, Teletoon, YTV and Treehouse content and also reached deals with  for Citytv and  content and  for portions of their library.

Maple launched in the US on March 15, 2019. In June, the CBC reached a deal with for 's original programming library.