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29-453: This channel was launched on October 17, 1997 under the joint ownership of Atlantis Communications and E. W. Scripps Company . Atlantis merged with Alliance Communications to form Alliance Atlantis Communications in 1998 and the stake of HGTV was then acquired. After several ownership changes throughout the years while maintaining the same format, the channel has been owned by Corus since 2016. The network's programming draws partially from

58-505: A crew member and later, as project manager with Debbie Travis on her home improvement reality TV shows. McGillivray and Kim Myles co-host this homeowner competition for the best holiday-decorated home. McGillivray is a co-host on HGTV's show All American Handyman with Mike Holmes . McGillivray is a judge on the HGTV Canada show Canada's Handyman Challenge along with Mike Holmes, Bryan Baeumler and Paul LaFrance. In Flipping

87-498: A house for a worthy family to win, who were selected by the producers. The Real Estate Rebel is a podcast by McGillivray. In 2014, McGillivray wrote his first home improvement book in which he advises homeowners how to make the most of their renovation investments. McGillivray has co-authored a number of real estate investing books with business partner Michael Sarracini. In 2010, McGillivray started his own real estate education company called The Lifetime Wealth Academy , which

116-628: A licensed contractor and began to manage his own crews. McGillivray has been an HGTV host in the US and Canada since 2008 and is best known for the HGTV series Income Property , Moving the McGillivrays and Buyers Bootcamp . He is currently in pre-production on the fourth season of his digital series and Canadian Screen Award nominee, Scott’s House Call . McGillivray is CEO of McGillivray Group, McGillivray Entertainment, and co-founder of Keyspire. He

145-414: A money-maker to help with the mortgage, on HGTV Canada . In each episode, he presents the homeowners with renovation options to turn their space into a legal rental unit. The audience sees the renovation and the final reveals. The show premiered in 2009 and the 100th episode aired in 2013. Income Property expanded from a half-hour to an hour format in 2013. In 2014, it returned to being a half-hour show. In

174-556: A television broadcasting licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a channel called HGTV-TV Canada . The decision described the channel as focused on "programming that presents practical, hands-on advice and instruction about homes and gardens", and would "revolve around five key themes: building and remodelling, decorating and interior design, gardening and landscaping, crafts and hobbies and special interests." The channel

203-539: Is a judge on HGTV's All American Handyman with Mike Holmes and on Canada's Handyman Challenge along with Mike Holmes , Bryan Baeumler and Paul Lafrance . McGillivray attended the University of Guelph where he received an honours degree in Commerce in 2001. After college, McGillivray began working as a property developer, purchasing homes which he would then renovate and rent out. In 2004, he became

232-522: Is also a real estate investor in properties across North America . McGillivray was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is married to Sabrina McGillivray with two daughters. The family divides their time between residences in Toronto, Ontario, and Fort Myers, Florida. He has an older brother, Andrew, who he works with and a younger sister, Erin. Income Property is a TV show in which McGillivray helps homeowners turn part of their home into

261-520: Is similar to Baeumler's other show, Island of Bryan / Renovation Island , in that it renovates a resort. The show will be a 7-episode competition series, featuring 4 teams of contractor-designer duos advised by McGillivray and Baeumler, who will renovate cabin-by-cabin competing head-to-head. The winning cabin will get the winning team the grand prize. McGillivray has been featured on other shows for HGTV and HGTV Canada. McGillivray got his start in TV as

290-537: The U.S. version of the channel , but it also carries original Canadian-produced series, some of which have in turn also been picked up for broadcast by the U.S. network or others internationally, as well as a smaller selection of home renovation programming acquired from other producers in the United States or the United Kingdom. Corus will lose the rights to the HGTV brand and its U.S. programming at

319-430: The 2016 pilot, for HGTV Canada, he helped owners choose a property to buy and renovate, to flip for a profit. In the series order, for HGTV (USA), he comes on board as a partner to help renovate investment properties and flip them for profit. One season aired in 2018. Vacation House Rules is similar to Income Property . The unique factor for this show is that the homes featured are all vacation cottages. McGillivray and

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348-459: The Block, McGillivray is a judge rating the renovation abilities of four couples competing to win money at auction in a home-flipping competition. The teams transform identical run-down condos — then sell them to the highest bidder. Scott McGillivray guest judges alongside Nicole Curtis, David Bromstad and host Josh Temple. On HGTV Canada's Home to Win , McGillivray was a guest renovator, renovating

377-720: The U.S. version of the network; in particular, Property Brothers has been among the U.S. version's top programs. Atlantis Communications Atlantis Communications was a Canadian production company and television broadcaster that was formed in 1978 by Queen's University students Michael MacMillan , Janice L. Platt and Seaton S. MacLean. It was later merged in 1998 with Alliance Communications to form Alliance Atlantis Communications . The company made its start in April 1978, first as Birchbark Films Limited, then as Atlantis Films Limited by Queen's University students Michael MacMillan , Janice L. Platt and Seaton S. MacLean, and it

406-519: The United States, and hired Ironstar executive Derek McGillvay to join the company as VP of sales. In 1998, the company would get into the network television business, by teaming up with Beth Sullivan to produce dramas, and produce its UPN series Legacy . Later that year, it merged with Alliance Communications , forming Alliance Atlantis Communications . Currently, the majority of the former assets of Atlantis Communications are owned by Lionsgate Canada , via its acquisition of eOne in 2023, while

435-476: The broadcasting unit is owned by Corus Entertainment . Scott McGillivray Scott McGillivray (born April 7, 1978) is a Canadian entrepreneur, investor, television host, author and educator. McGillivray is the host and executive producer of the series Income Property , a home renovation show on HGTV Canada and the DIY Network (Canada) ; and HGTV and DIY Network in the United States. He

464-622: The company was an applicant for a Canadian version of HGTV , which would later launch in 1997. In 1997, the company had signed a distribution deal with CBS Broadcast International to begin distributing content or the Canadian market, for $ 10 million. Also that year, the company gained a 50% interest in Calibre Digital Pictures, a visual effects company. Later that year, the company had acquired Ironstar Communications, in order to expand Atlantis' distribution operations in

493-871: The current HGTV channel would relaunch as "Home Network" on December 30, 2024; its new schedule will feature new and renewed series featuring Canadian personalities such as Bryan Baeumler and Scott McGillivray (who have direct relationships with Corus despite also having been featured on the American HGTV channel), as well as new international acquisitions. Some repeats of HGTV U.S. programming will continue airing into 2025. Noted personalities who have been featured in HGTV Canada programming have included Mike Holmes , Drew and Jonathan Scott , Bryan Baeumler , Chris Hyndman and Steven Sabados , Sarah Richardson , Sebastian Clovis , Scott McGillivray , Samantha Pynn , and Damon Bennett , among others. Some of its original Canadian-produced series have also been acquired by

522-466: The end of 2024, at which point the existing channel will rebrand as Home Network , retaining rights to its Canadian-produced series. A new, separate HGTV channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media will launch in Canada on January 1, 2025. In September 1996, Atlantis Communications subsidiary Your Channel Television Inc., owner of Life Network , and minority partner E. W. Scripps Company were granted

551-600: The end of 2024. Three days later, Rogers Sports & Media announced it had reached an agreement with WBD for the Canadian rights to its lifestyle brands including HGTV beginning in January 2025. Rogers subsequently announced it intends to launch its own HGTV linear channel on January 1, 2025. Corus said in its June announcement that it intended to continue operating many of the affected channels under new brands with their existing Canadian programming along with "alternate foreign content supply". In September, Corus announced that

580-505: The fourth season of Airwolf . In 1983, the same year the company founded, it started Atlantis Television International to serve as international distributor for Atlantis productions and, later, the distribution of outside projects, which in 1987 became Atlantis Releasing, and establishes offices in Toronto , Amsterdam , London and Sydney . In 1986, it launched a partnership with P.S. Production Services to set up Cinevillage, which

609-500: The half-hour format, McGillivray comes in to help homeowners with their existing properties, renovating them for a profitable rental unit. In the full-hour format, he helps people buy homes and then renovate them to include a profitable rental unit. There have been several themed seasons, alongside regular non-themed ones, and the full-hour show can be seen as a themed season, along with others, that focused on particular kinds of rental properties. As of 2013, it aired in 33 countries around

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638-686: The merger in May 1999. On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners known as CW Media acquired control of HGTV through its purchase of Alliance Atlantis' broadcasting assets, which were placed in a trust in August 2007. On October 27, 2010, the channel's ownership changed again as Shaw Communications gained control of HGTV as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media. A high definition feed launched on January 31, 2011, which

667-481: The owners renovate properties into upscale investment vacation rentals. The third season airs on HGTV Canada in spring 2022, with the 4th season currently in production. Renovation Resort ( Renovation Resort Showdown in the U.S.) enlists Bryan Baeumler to help McGillivray turn his recently purchased lakeside resort from a total wreck into a one-of-a-kind vacation rental. Renovation Resort premiered on HGTV Canada in spring 2023, and summer 2023 on HGTV USA. It

696-630: The series TekWar . The company previously held an interest in the YTV network, for which it owned a minority interest in 1994. Also that year, the company had acquired Soundmix Ltd., which was an audio post-production facility in Toronto, and also has interests in Great North Communications and Salter Street Films. In 1995, a minority interest of the company was sold to the Interpublic Group of Companies . In 1996,

725-479: The world. With Moving the McGillivrays , McGillivray and his wife and daughters buy and renovate a house into their forever home, on HGTV Canada. They end up choosing a fixer-upper that they tear down due to reno costs, to build their dream home. On Buyers Bootcamp , instead of McGillivray helping buyers purchase new properties and turn them into income properties (as in the full hour version of Income Property ), he helps buyers renovate and flip properties. In

754-431: Was a 4-acre film and video production center in Toronto. In 1993, the company pushed its operations in the United States, with several made-for-cable movies, such as an adaptation of A Life and His Dog , and two years later, the company entered the cable television business with the launch of Life Network , which in 1996, took control of the network. Also that year, it teamed up with Universal Television to produce

783-415: Was eventually made available through all major television providers. On April 1, 2016, Shaw Media was sold to Corus Entertainment , making HGTV Canada a sibling to additional channels such as W Network . On June 7, 2024, Corus announced it had been informed by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) that the latter would be ending its trademark licensing and program output agreements for some WBD-branded channels at

812-431: Was launched as HGTV on October 17, 1997. Channels also launched that day were History Television , Teletoon , and Prime . In June 1998, Atlantis Communications announced that it planned to merge with Alliance Communications, another fellow television and film producer and broadcaster, owners of History Television and Showcase at the time, to form a new company called Alliance Atlantis Communications . The CRTC approved

841-525: Was started on $ 150, making documentaries. A year later, the company set up operations in Toronto to produce films for industry and government. In 1980, the company started making dramas with an adaptation of The Olden Days Coat . Three years later, the company hit big when the short Boys and Girls won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film . In the mid-1980s, the company entered television production with Ray Bradbury Theater and

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