owned by blue ant media picture format 480i sdtv 1080i hdtv slogan your adventure starts here . country canada broadcast area national headquarters toronto ontario formerly called ctv travel 2001 2006 website travel escape availability satellite bell tv channel 527 sd shaw direct channel 572 sd cable available on many canadian cable systems check local listings iptv bell aliant channel 275 sd channel 470 hd bell fibe tv channel 527 sd channel 1527 hd mts channel 302 sd channel 1302 hd optik tv channel 9717 sd channel 717 hd sasktel channel 104 sd hurontel digital tv channel 371 hd vmedia channel 267 sd zazeen channel 136 sd travel escape is a canadian english language category a specialty channel owned by blue ant media . the channel is devoted to travel and adventure programming . contents 1 history 2 travel escape hd 3 logos 4 references 5 external links history edit on november 24 2000 a general partnership consisting of bce media inc. groupe tva inc. owning 51 % and ctv television inc. owning 49 % were granted approval by the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc to launch travel tv a category 1 specialty licence devoted to travel and travel related programming . 1 the channel was launched on september 7 2001 as ctv travel under the sole ownership of ctv television inc. parent company later became ctvglobemedia now known today as bell media . on october 30 2006 ctv travel was renamed travel escape stylized as travel escape until october 5 2011 to give the channel described by its owner a new edgier look and feel to fit its new shift in programming towards more character driven and experienced based series rather than the typical travelogue programs . 2 on june 8 2010 it was announced that ctvglobemedia would be selling travel escape to glassbox television . 3 the sale was approved by the crtc on october 26 4 and closed shortly thereafter . on october 5 2011 glassbox television announced that travel escape would undergo a major overhaul on november 1 2011 . the overhaul included a new logo on air presentation and a slate of new programming . 5 travel escape hd edit on december 15 2011 travel escape launched travel escape hd a high definition simulcast of the standard definition feed . it is available on eastlink and rogers cable . logos edit 2001 2006 2006 2011 current logo references edit decision crtc 2000 458 crtc 2000 11 24 ctv travel re branding pushes escapist entertainment mediaincanada.com 2006 10 27 glassbox to acquire specialty channel travel escape from ctv june 8 2010 broadcasting decision crtc 2010 792 glassbox re launches travel escape channel with new look new website and over 300 hours of fresh programming glassbox television press release 2011 10 05 external links edit official website v t e blue ant media specialty channels aux cottage life hifi love nature makeful radx smithsonian channel travel escape magazines canadian home workshop cottage cottage life outdoor canada international choice tv new zealand hgtv new zealand this article about television in canada is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title travel % 2b escape & oldid 729375040 categories canadian digital cable television networkstelevision channels and stations established in 2001travel televisionenglish language television stations in canadacanadian television stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 11 july 2016 at 19 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view