network . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message visiontv launched september 1 1988 owned by zoomermedia picture format 480i sdtv slogan zoomer tv country canada broadcast area national headquarters toronto ontario website visiontv availability satellite bell tv channel 261 shaw direct channel 394 cable available on most canadian cable systems check local listings channels may vary iptv bell aliant channel 996 bell fibe tv channel 261 mts channel 26 optik tv channel 871 sasktel channel 23 vmedia channel 60 zazeen channel 131 visiontv is a canadian english language category a specialty channel that broadcasts multi faith multicultural and general entertainment programming aimed at the 45 and over demographic . visiontv is currently owned by zoomermedia a company controlled by moses znaimer . visiontv s funding comes from cable subscription fees viewer donations advertising revenues and the sale of airtime to faith groups . contents 1 history and viewership 2 programming 2.1 mosaic 2.2 cornerstone 3 references 4 external links history and viewership edit licensed in december 1987 by the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc the channel was launched in 1988 under the ownership of a nonprofit organization that eventually evolved into s vox . it was initially one of canada s more popular cable channels . however with the proliferation of new cable channels it has been moved up the dial by carriers and become less available to audiences causing a drop in its viewership . visiontv lacked clout with cable carriers due to it being at the time a one channel operation owned by a not for profit organization rather than a large commercial entity operating many channels . notably rogers cable was criticized in 1997 for moving vision to channel 59 on its toronto system rendering it inaccessible to many apartment residents because 59 is the channel most commonly overridden by the lobby camera service in apartment buildings . after vision protested rogers offered to put vision on channel 78 as well but vision turned that down because many of its viewers sets can t reach that far . 1 network vice president rita deverell who hosted interstitial segments between programs was the network s most prominent on air personality from its launch until she left in 2002 to work for aptn . some evangelical christian denominations who view the station as liberal in orientation and thus prefer more evangelically oriented operations such as the crossroads television system cts . citation needed in june 2009 s vox announced it would sell its broadcasting assets to zoomermedia a company controlled by moses znaimer . 2 the sale was approved by the crtc on march 30 2010 . 3 zoomermedia assumed control of s vox s broadcasting assets on june 30 2010 . 4 in december 2010 zoomermedia introduced a new logo and on air identity for the channel with the tagline zoomer television zoomer being a word coined by znaimer meaning boomers with zip emphasizing its focus on more general entertainment programming for the 45 and older demographic . in august 2013 the canadian radio television telecommunications commission crtc denied vision s application to continue mandatory carriage which had required all canadian cable systems to carry the channel . 5 programming edit original visiontv logo 1988 2010 visiontv s programming consists of two programming streams ; mosaic and cornerstone . mosaic edit its mosaic block consists of faith related programming representing 75 faith groups within various religious denominations including catholics protestants muslims sikhs and hindus . while the station sells time to several television evangelists most of its christian programming tends to originate from more mainstream denominations such as the united church of canada and the catholic church although united church of canada stopped producing its weekly program in 2008 due to a poor time slot high costs of airtime and lack of viewership . cornerstone edit visiontv s cornerstone programs include music feature films dramas comedies documentaries and programming on social issues that explore spirituality morality and cultural diversity as well as other general entertainment programming . the network also sponsors an annual canadian drama competition which solicits television series proposals revolving around faith and cultural diversity and then funds a pilot episode for the winning proposal . two noted canadian series lord have mercy and da kink in my hair have been developed from pilots commissioned by visiontv . references edit lorna dueck me tv bumps god up the dial crossroads christian communications october 1997 . visiontv board agrees to zoomermedia purchase of television properties visiontv press release june 15 2009 http www.crtc.gc.ca eng archive 2010 2010 193 . htm zoomermedia limited completes acquisitions and financing crtc rejects sun news network s request to be carried on basic cable . hamilton spectator . august 8 2013 . retrieved august 9 2013 . external links edit official website broadcaster with vision profile from for a change magazine v t e zoomermedia corporate directors moses znaimer broadcast television chnu fraser valley ciit winnipeg specialty channels one visiontv radio stations cfmx fm cfmz fm cfmo fm cfzm v t e religious television in canada yes tv cits burlington ckcs calgary ckes edmonton other broadcast television cfeg abbotsford cfso cardston chnu fraser valley ciit winnipeg cjil lethbridge multichannel television atn aastha tv atn punjabi 5 atn sikh channel daystar salt light television vertical tv visiontv foreign 4e tv greece al resalah saudi arabia defunct joytv retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title visiontv & oldid 729373640 categories canadian analog cable television networkschristian media companiesenglish language television stations in canadareligious television networks in canadatelevision channels and stations established in 1988zoomermediahidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2010all articles needing additional referencesall articles with specifically marked weasel worded phrasesarticles with specifically marked weasel worded phrases from may 2010all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2010 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 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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