On November 24, 2000, a general partnership consisting of BCE Media Inc./Groupe TVA Inc. (owning 51%) and CTV Television Inc. (owning 49%) were granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch Travel TV, described as a "national English-language Category 1 specialty television service... consisting exclusively of travel or travel-related programming.

Programs will address various segments of the population and all types of travel, including those focusing on adventure, outdoor, sporting, cultural and historical interests.

Programming on the channel consisted of docu-series devoted to travel such as Jet Set, Exotic Islands, Places of Mystery, and Full Circle with Michael Palin.

[5] New programs introduced to the channel included such series as Dead Famous, The Pleasure Zone, Hunt for Supertwister, The Amazing Race, and Mayhem at the Manor.

[citation needed], In March 2018, Travel + Escape was renamed T+E, as part of a full shift to supernatural and paranormal programming.