The company's offering, C Channel, would feature artistic content such as theatrical, opera, and ballet performances.

[citation needed] Stereo audio broadcasts using available cable FM channels were permitted by the CRTC on February 11, 1983.

[3] One of its marquee presentations was the Royal Shakespeare Company's 8½ hour production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby acquired from Britain's Channel 4.

[citation needed] C Channel's cultural offerings, similar to the type of programming occasionally seen on PBS and CBC Television, failed to attract the expected number of subscribers.

In April 1983, station president Ed Cowan admitted that "we always knew we were under-financed", noting that C$5 million in financing was raised, when double that capital amount was deemed "safe".

[8][9] Following the receivership, the production facility and other studio assets were sold to Crossroads Christian Communications which was planning to establish a national faith-based television service.