OLN (formerly Outdoor Life Network) is a Canadian English-language cable television specialty channel. Its programming is focused on outdoor lifestyle, adventure, exploration and outdoor sports. The channel is wholly owned by Rogers Media.
OLN was based on an American channel of the same name which had launched earlier in the 1990s. Unlike its U.S. counterpart, which had no restrictions on the types of sports it could carry, OLN in Canada is not ...
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OLN (formerly Outdoor Life Network) is a Canadian English-language cable television specialty channel. Its programming is focused on outdoor lifestyle, adventure, exploration and outdoor sports. The channel is wholly owned by Rogers Media.
OLN was based on an American channel of the same name which had launched earlier in the 1990s. Unlike its U.S. counterpart, which had no restrictions on the types of sports it could carry, OLN in Canada is not permitted to air major sporting events, such as National Hockey League, per its Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) licence, though it has aired events such as the 2000 European Football Championship and the annual Tour de France, which both take place outside. As a result it did not follow the U.S. channel's lead in adopting the "Versus" name in 2006.
The channel is also listed as a participant in CTVglobemedia / Rogers's successful bid for the Canadian Olympic broadcast rights, beginning with the 2010 Games in...
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