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The '''Sun News Network''' was a Canadian conservative news network that launched April 18, 2011 and closed February 13, 2015. It was known for being contrarian and very open with its journalism, compared to the leftist media in Canada. Since its closing, Sun News's formal journalists formed [http://therebel.media/ The Rebel Media].
==Reason for going off the air==
Its closing was the result of poor coverage on many cable companies because, unlike many of the left-wing television news channels in Canada, Sun News was not given mandatory subscription status since cable TV providers in Canada are forced to provide & charge fees for stations like [[CBC]], [[CTV]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_News_Network BNN] etc. The burden of government mandated channel carriage made many Canadian cable companies to not bother with carrying Sun News. When Sun News closed because of low-coverage (that is not even their fault), the leftist media took advantage of this & tried to make it look like "the station had poor viewership because of it's conservatism."
[[Category:TV Networks]]
[[Category:Media]]
[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:Conservative Media]]
==Reason for going off the air==
Its closing was the result of poor coverage on many cable companies because, unlike many of the left-wing television news channels in Canada, Sun News was not given mandatory subscription status since cable TV providers in Canada are forced to provide & charge fees for stations like [[CBC]], [[CTV]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_News_Network BNN] etc. The burden of government mandated channel carriage made many Canadian cable companies to not bother with carrying Sun News. When Sun News closed because of low-coverage (that is not even their fault), the leftist media took advantage of this & tried to make it look like "the station had poor viewership because of it's conservatism."
[[Category:TV Networks]]
[[Category:Media]]
[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:Conservative Media]]