Editing USA Network (section)

===Canada===
{{main|USA Network (Canadian TV channel)}}
In February 2007, [[Shaw Communications]] submitted an application to the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC), to carry the USA Network in Canada as a foreign service that would be eligible for carriage by domestic cable and satellite providers (and to automatically allow all English-language general interest cable networks from the United States into Canada). However, because of programming rights issues with other Canadian [[specialty service|specialty channels]], certain programs would be subjected to [[blackout (broadcasting)|blackout]] restrictions, including ''[[WWE Raw]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channelcanada.com/Article1744.html |title=USA Network Could Be Coming To Canada |date=February 2, 2007 |website=Channel Canada |access-date=June 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223063454/http://www.channelcanada.com/Article1744.html |archive-date=February 23, 2012 }}</ref>

In September 2007, the CRTC refused Shaw's request to carry USA Network in Canada on the basis that the channel carried too much programming that overlapped with the English language [[digital cable]] [[specialty channel]] [[Crime & Investigation (Canadian TV channel)|Mystery TV]] (which is then owned by [[Canwest]] – later [[Shaw Media]] – and formerly, [[TVA (Canada)|Groupe TVA]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalhome.ca/content/view/2000/206/ |title=CRTC refuses to allow USA Network in Canada |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=September 20, 2007 |website=Digital Home Canada |access-date=November 2, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017174847/http://www.digitalhome.ca/content/view/2000/206/ |archive-date=October 17, 2007}}</ref> However, on September 20, the CRTC stated that it would reconsider their denial of the eligible foreign carriage proposal for USA Network at a later date, when Shaw instead offered to carry the channel on the digital cable tiers of its Shaw Cable systems.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2007/pb2007-104.htm |title=Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-104: Request to add USA Network to the lists of eligible satellite services for distribution on a digital basis |date=September 20, 2007 |website=[[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] |access-date=June 26, 2013}}</ref> In spite of this, the CRTC has since rejected the restructured proposal on the basis that USA's programming would be competitive with Mystery TV.

On October 17, 2024, NBCUniversal announced an agreement with [[Bell Media]] to launch a Canadian version of USA Network on January 1, 2025. The channel is a relaunch of Bell's [[Discovery Channel (Canadian TV channel)|Discovery Channel]], following that company's loss of rights to the former [[Discovery, Inc.]] channel brands to [[Rogers Communications]]. This iteration of USA Network will still be maintained by CTV Specialty Television—a joint venture of [[Bell Media]] and [[ESPN Inc.]]—stemming from the channel having originally been established by the ownership group of sister sports network [[The Sports Network|TSN]]; and Warner Bros. Discovery (who also owns 20% of the channel).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=2024-10-17 |title=Bell to bring USA Network, Oxygen True Crime to Canada |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/bell-to-bring-usa-network-oxygen-true-crime-to-canada/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}}</ref> The new channel will also mirror some of USA Network's sports offerings via content sublicensed from TSN, including [[All Elite Wrestling]] and [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]] coverage. Even with the pivot to a general entertainment format, some of the original factual programming it aired as Discovery (including documentary series ''[[Mayday (Canadian TV series)|Mayday]]'' and reality show ''[[Highway Thru Hell]]'') remain on USA Network's schedule.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Bell Media's Discovery Channel Rebrands as USA Network in Canada on January 1 with a Blockbuster Mix of Programming |url=https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/bell-medias-discovery-channel-rebrands-as-usa-network-in-canada-on-january-1-with-a-blockbuster-mix-of-programming/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |publisher=Bell Media |language=en}}</ref>