It provided a two-week look at how the weather would trend compared to normal temperature values and weather conditions for that time of year. On March 29, 2004, The Weather Network introduced a new 14-day trend outlook as part of the local cable weather package. In 2002, The Weather Network introduced "Metacast Ultra", a weather presentation system that consisted of weather maps featuring more than 1,200 local communities, commuter routes and regional highways, animated weather icons, and higher resolution weather graphics. Late 2000 marked the beginning of a period of gradual, but significant changes with The Weather Network's programming, starting with the launch of a seven-day and short term precipitation forecast during the Local Forecast along with the introduction of new weather icon that is used currently. The original logo, used from 1989 to 2011. Clair is the only presenter from Montreal remaining. Several new presenters arrived at the time, while many of the Montreal presenters initially relocated, most departed from the channel over time, many of whom moved back to Montreal. This led to the departure of several presenters, notably those who were on air during weekends. On May 2, 1998, The Weather Network started broadcasting nationally from a new studio facility in Mississauga, Ontario after relocating from Montreal. When it was upgraded to a national broadcast "Good Morning Toronto" was provided as a replacement, but runtime was reduced by half-hour.) Programming blocks were discontinued in 2002 for weekdays and 2004 on weekends, although "This Weekend" continued to air until 2007. ("Morning Report" was, coincidentally, the title of the GTA broadcast dated back to Februthe runtime was 4 hours. Other programming blocks included the "Morning Report", focusing on Eastern Canada in the mornings "Sea to Sea", focusing on Western Canada in the "workday" hours an unnamed afternoon block which would later be known as "Across Canada" (spun off from a segment seen on "EarthWatch") and the "Weekend Report", later known as "This Weekend". The show had expanded as a nighttime programming block in the mid-1990s, and the news segment later spun off as the current "WeatherWatch" segment. One of the most notable was "EarthWatch", which originally began as a five-minute news segment discussing environmental and weather-related issues. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, The Weather Network's broadcasts were divided into different programming blocks. The channel launched its website in 1996. Pelmorex purchased The Weather Network from SNC-Lavalin in 1993, two years after the merger of SNC and Lavalin. TWN began using its own system called PMX in 1996, which is still in use today. Local forecasts were generated using the same systems owned by The Weather Channel in the U.S. The two services began to run separately starting in 1994, while both were still based in Montreal. At first the video section was only available during drive times on weekdays and half of the day on weekends at other times local forecast was looped. In the early years, TWN, and its sister channel, MétéoMédia, shared a single television feed via analogue transponder on one of the Anik satellites, with computer-generated local forecasts airing on one while the video feed of a live forecaster or commercials aired on the other. The channel gained its present name on May 1, 1989. (now known as SNC-Lavalin) and Landmark Communications. Weather Channel) as WeatherNow, under the ownership of engineering firm Lavalin Inc. The Weather Network was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on Decem and began broadcasting on Septem(six years after the U.S. The channel offers regional feeds for Alberta, Toronto, Atlantic Canada and British Columbia. Their specialty television networks are among the most widely distributed and frequently consulted television networks in Canada, is among Canada's leading web services, and their mobile web property is ranked #1 in the weather category and the second largest mobile website in Canada. ![]() The company continues to grow on a global scale, while maintaining its status in the Canadian market. The company is owned by Pelmorex Media which is headquartered in a 100,000 square foot media centre located in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The network also operates counterpart brands including MétéoMédia Canadian, Eltiempo Spain, Wetter Plus Germany, and Clima Latin America. It delivers weather information on television, digital platforms (responsive websites, mobile and tablet applications) and TV apps. The Weather Network ( TWN) is a Canadian English-language weather information specialty channel available in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
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