DTour

DTour (corporately styled as "DTOUR") is a Canadian English language Category A cable and satellite television specialty channel that is owned by Shaw Media. The channel primarily focuses on lifestyle and travel-related programming. As the classic television service TVtropolis, it formerly operated two timeshifted feeds that operated on Eastern and Pacific Time Zone schedules until August 24, 2012, when the West feed was discontinued.

History

The channel was launched as Prime on October 17, 1997 under the ownership of Canwest. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) licensed Prime in 1996 as a specialty television service directed towards men and women 50 years of age and older. However, the channel did not explicitly market itself as a channel for the "baby boomer" generation, preferring instead to position itself as a general entertainment channel. Prime's slogan, on-air and in advertising, was "Canada's Entertainment Network".

Prime's schedule featured a mix of general interest television programs, including home improvement and design series, along with classic television series such as The Golden Girls, M*A*S*H, All in the Family, The Cosby Show and Newhart. It also hosted repeat showings of several series from sister broadcast networks Global and CH, including The Apprentice, The Restaurant, The Price Is Right, Entertainment Tonight Canada and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.