Cooking Channel (Canada)
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Corus Entertainment (80.2%) Warner Bros. Discovery (19.8%) |
| Sister channels | ABC Spark Adult Swim CMT DTour Flavour Network Home Network Lifetime OWN (2016-2024) Slice W Network |
| History | |
| Launched | September 7, 2001 |
| Closed | December 31, 2024 |
| Former names | SexTV: The Channel (2001–2010) W Movies (2010–2016) |
Cooking Channel was a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel majority-owned by Corus Entertainment. Dedicated to programming related to food and cooking, it served as a spin-off of Food Network.
The channel was launched in 2001 as SexTV: The Channel under the ownership of CHUM Limited; based on the Citytv series of the same name, it carried programming related to human sexuality and relationships. In 2009, then-owner CTVglobemedia sold the channel to Corus; in 2010, the channel was relaunched as W Movies, a spin-off of W Network focused on films targeting women. It then relaunched as Cooking Channel on December 12, 2016; following the relaunch, Scripps Networks Interactive took a minority interest in the channel.
In June 2024, Rogers Sports & Media announced that it had acquired Canadian rights to Warner Bros. Discovery factual and lifestyle television brands beginning in 2025, including Food Network and Cooking Channel. While Corus announced plans to relaunch Food Network as Flavour Network, no such plans were announced for Cooking Channel, and the channel was shut down by Corus on January 1, 2025, with its licence revoked by the CRTC on February 21. Rogers does not plan to launch a new specialty channel for Cooking Channel, with any original programming to be distributed via its digital platforms.