By 2013, Bite began airing general entertainment programming before ultimately relaunching under its current name on August 24, 2015.
[citation needed] Outside of Canada, the Makeful brand is operated by Rock Entertainment Holdings in Southeast Asia.
[1] In December 2001, Glassbox Television was given approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a Category 2 digital specialty channel tentatively called Short TV, a channel described as "devoted entirely to short form films shot on film, video or created with computer animation.
[13][14] Before rebranding as a comedy channel, BiteTV maintained a multi-panel visual format that differed from most other television channels, with content surrounding programs being broadcast on the channel consisting a display of on-air promotions and upcoming shows, a BiteTV office webcam, a status bar to show the remaining time left in the show, and a feature called "The Crawl" that contained pointless facts, weird laws, updates on programming, and the PC Chat 2 Screen function.
On June 22, 2018, Blue Ant Media announced the launch of its Asian feed of Makeful HD in a carriage deal with Starhub TV on August 31, 2018 due to the closure of Discovery Network channels on Starhub TV[17], the channel showcases the skills and creativity of local Singaporean makers.
It is their first distribution into Asia Pacific, and it eventually launched in Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Hong Kong later.
[18] Though primarily dedicated to maker culture-based shows, the channel also airs general entertainment programming; such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?, a Canadian version of Hoarders, and Celebrity Family Feud.
In its final years, Bite would add general audience reality shows, such as Party Down South and Cops.