Salt + Light Television

Salt + Light Television is a Canadian multi-lingual Category B television channel owned by the not-for-profit Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation and based in Toronto, Ontario. The channel broadcasts faith-based programming for Roman Catholics, which includes televised daily mass, documentaries, live event coverage, talk shows, and more. Programs are primarily broadcast in English, along with French (under the brand Télévision Sel + Lumière), Italian, and Chinese languages.

Salt + Light Television
Salt + Light Television logo
LaunchedJuly 2003 (2003-07)
Owned bySalt and Light Catholic Media Foundation
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
480i (SDTV)
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaNational
Worldwide
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario
Websitesaltandlighttv.org
Availability
Satellite
Shaw DirectChannel 284 High Definition
Cable
Available on many Canadian cable systemsCheck local listings, channels may vary[1]
IPTV
Bell Fibe TVChannel 654 (SD)
TbaytelChannel 677 (SD)
Optik TVChannel 873 (HD)
Streaming media
Watch live

The name of the station derives itself from the theme of World Youth Day 2002, "You are the salt of the earth... you are the light of the world," part of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:13-14). The National Director of WYD 2002, Fr. Thomas Rosica, was the Chief Executive Officer of Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation until his resignation on June 17, 2018 after numerous instances of plagiarism were revealed. Fr. Alan J. Fogarty, S.J., has been appointed Chief Executive Officer effective August 1, 2020.

History
The logo used during French programming, Télévision Sel + Lumière

In November 2001, Paolo Canciani (later forming Canbo Broadcasting to operate the future channel) was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch Inner Peace Television Network, described as "a national ethnic Category 2 specialty television service devoted to providing religious programming from the single point-of-view of the Roman Catholic faith. The service will target Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Filipino, English, and French-speaking audiences. In addition to religious programming, the service will offer a limited amount of programming dealing with social and humanitarian issues."[2]

Prior to the channel's launch, in 2002, ownership and control of the channel was transferred to a consortium, majority owned by St. Joseph Printing Limited.[3]

The channel launched in July 2003 as Salt + Light Television and was quickly spun-off as a non-profit company under the ownership of Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation, a newly-formed charitable organization ran by a board of directors, two of which were from the Gagliano family, who in turn controlled St. Joseph Printing Limited.[4] Upon launch, the channel initially aired programming in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese; which has since changed to its current language list. In addition to television, Salt + Light publishes a magazine.

On June 1, 2017, the channel announced that it would be launching a high definition (HD) feed on June 4, 2017, initially with Telus Optik TV.[5] Gabriel Chow, the developer of the GCatholic.org, is a contributor (primarily Chinese language) to the channel.[6][7]

Salt + Light TV logo 2013-2020

See also

References
  1. Subscribe to Salt and Light Television
  2. Decision CRTC 2001-687 CRTC 11 09 01
  3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-188 CRTC 07 15 02
  4. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-574 CRTC 11 17 03
  5. Canada's Catholic Television Network Launches High Definition Channel Salt and Light blog post 06 01 17
  6. "Gabriel Chow". Salt + Light Television. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  7. "Gabriel Chow (Chinese)". Salt + Light Television. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (in Chinese)
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