Country | Canada |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Corus Entertainment (80.24% & managing partner) (HGTV Canada Inc.) Warner Bros. Discovery (19.76%) |
Sister channels | Cooking Channel DTour Food Network HGTV |
History | |
Launched | October 19, 2009 January 1, 2025 (Rogers relaunch) | (original incarnation)
Replaced | Fine Living (most providers) |
Closed | December 31, 2024 | (original incarnation)
Former names | DIY Network (2009–2022) |
Links | |
Website | magnolianetwork |
Magnolia Network is a soon-to-be-defunct Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel that broadcasts lifestyle programming related to home design, renovations, and food. The channel's brand and much of its foreign programming is licensed from its American namesake, Magnolia Network. The channel is a joint venture between HGTV Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment (80.24% and managing partner) and Warner Bros. Discovery (who owns the remaining 19.76%).
The channel first launched on October 19, 2009 as DIY Network, a Canadian version of the U.S. network of the same name, by Canwest and Goldman Sachs, and Scripps Networks Interactive. The channel adopted its final name following its American counterpart in 2022.
In June 2024, Rogers Sports & Media announced it had acquired the rights to all Warner Bros. Discovery lifestyle and factual networks beginning in January 2025. With these changes, Corus will lose the rights to the Magnolia Network brand and its U.S. programming at midnight Eastern time on December 31, 2024, at which point the original Corus operated channel will be discontinued on all TV providers nationwide. A new version operated by Rogers will launch immediately thereafter, on January 1, 2025.