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World View Multicultural was a Canadian regional premium television service based in British Columbia licensed by the CRTC in 1982.^[1]

World View Multicultural was launched on February 1, 1983 like the rest of the Canadian pay-TV channels.^[2]

In August 1985, World View Multicultural was acquired by Cathay International Television and subsequently the channels license was amended to provide 96% of programming in Chinese and 4% in English.^[3]

Ownership

90% was owned by a company controlled by Frank Zimmer and George Spracklin.^[4]

They held $15.8 million in equity at the time of license.

They promised to spend $46.3 million on Canadian content over 5 years (1983–88), and would make a $6.4 million profit by 1988.

Management

Justine Bizzocchi, programming director^{[citation needed]}

Programming

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Besides movies, programming on AIM/World View included Italian soccer, sumo wrestling, and the Asian Games in New Delhi.

It broadcast a total of 90 hours per week in several languages: English, French, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Icelandic, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu.

Pricing

The wholesale price would be $7/month.

References

^ Decision CRTC 82-240
^ "Here Comes Pay-tv". TV Guide. January 15, 1983.
^ "- Decision CRTC 85-628"
^ Westell, Dan (September 26, 1981). "Pay-TV: Visions of riches lure big bidders". The Globe and Mail.

Premium television services in Canada

v t e Premium television services in Canada (movies, series and specials)
English	Crave HBO Starz Hollywood Suite Super Channel
French	Super Écran Cinépop (HD)

Pay-per-view television services in Canada

PPV service operators

Defunct	Breakaway PPV Shaw PPV / TALC Viewers Choice

Subscription PPV packages

Premium television services in Canada (multicultural)

Channels

Asian Television Network	ATN Aastha TV ATN B4U Movies ATN B4U Music ATN Bangla ATN Cricket Plus ATN Movies OK ATN NDTV 24x7

Other

Commonwealth Broadcasting Network

Defunct premium television services in Canada

Premium services	Aim Pay-TV Corp. Movie Central
Multicultural	World View Multicultural
Cultural/lifestyle	C Channel The Life Channel
Pay-per-view	Breakaway PPV Canucks TV Flames PPV Oilers PPV Viewers Choice

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See also: U.S. premium channels; U.S. movie channels; Canadian movie channels

Movie television channels in Canada

Specialty channels

English	Documentary Channel Hollywood Suite decade channels MovieTime Rewind Silver Screen Classics The Cult Movie Network
Multicultural	ATN B4U Movies ATN Movies ATN Sony Aath Filmy Jaya Movies LS Times TV Zee Cinema Zee Talkies
Pornographic	AOV Adult Movie Channel Exxxtasy TV Hustler TV Canada Maleflixxx Television Penthouse TV Playmen TV Red Hot TV Skinemax HD Vivid TV Canada (English & French) XXX Action Clips Channel

Premium channels

English	Crave (Multiplex) Starz (Multiplex) Super Channel (Multiplex)
French	Cinépop Super Écran

Foreign

Africa Box Office
AMC (USA)
Cine Bangla (USA)
CineLatino (Mexico)
Cinema One Global (Philippines)
Greek Cinema (Greece)
KTV (India)
SET Max (India)
StudioCanal (France)
German Kino Plus (USA)
Turner Classic Movies (USA)
Melody Aflam (Egypt)
Rotana Aflam (Saudi Arabia)
Rotana Cinema (Saudi Arabia)
Rotana Classic (Saudi Arabia)

Defunct

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Canada	Canadian networks List of Canadian television networks List of Canadian television channels List of Canadian specialty channels Local Canadian TV stations List of United States stations available in Canada 2001 Vancouver TV realignment 2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment
Mexico	Mexican networks Local Mexican TV stations
United States	American networks List of American cable and satellite networks List of American over-the-air networks Local American TV stations (W) Local American TV stations (K) Spanish-language TV networks 1989 South Florida television affiliation switch 1994–1996 U.S. TV realignment 2006 U.S. TV realignment List of Canadian television stations available in the United States

See also: U.S. premium channels; U.S. movie channels; Canadian premium channels

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