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Rogers Cable

Rogers Cable Inc. is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, primarily in Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador. Rogers Cable is a division of Rogers Communications Partnership, itself wholly owned by Rogers Communications Inc.

History
Rogers was one of the first cable-system operators in Canada, having secured licences covering much of the then city of Toronto in the late 1960s. One of the first important acquisitions was in 1979, when Ted Rogers purchased a controlling interest in Canadian Cablesystems (CCL), which operated cable companies across Ontario, including the then City of North York, Oshawa/Whitby, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Brantford, and Newmarket, and joined the CCL properties with his cable interests. In 1980, Rogers purchased Premier Cable, which controlled the system in Vancouver, parts of Ontario, and had investments in Irish cable companies in Dublin, Galway and Waterford. In 1986 Rogers sold their shares of Irish companies to the Irish state broadcaster (RTÉ) and state telecoms company (Eircom); these cable companies are now part of the UPC Ireland network.

In 1981, Rogers entered the U.S. cable market, obtaining franchises in Orange County, California; Minneapolis; and Portland, Oregon, and purchased the cable system in San Antonio. These assets were acquired by Paragon Cable in 1989 for over US$1 billion; Paragon in turn was acquired by Time Warner Cable several years later.

Rogers continued to buy other operators; the largest such acquisition came with Rogers' 1994 acquisition of Maclean-Hunter, at that time also among the largest cable operators. Through its acquisition of Maclean-Hunter, Rogers has also briefly owned cable systems in the United States, which it promptly sold to Comcast in 1994. In March 2000, Rogers agreed to swap systems with Shaw Communications, exchanging its systems in British Columbia for Shaw systems in Quebec and Ontario. The deals gave Rogers and Shaw more consistent service footprints in Eastern and Western Canada respectively.

In 2008, Rogers announced a takeover offer for Aurora Cable, a cable service provider in York Region, Ontario.

On September 9, 2009, Rogers Cable filed a lawsuit in an attempt to prevent Shaw Communications from acquiring Mountain Cablevision of Hamilton, Ontario, on the basis that the two companies had agreed not to encroach on each other's respective territories (Rogers in Eastern Canada, Shaw in Western Canada), and speculated that Shaw would make other acquisitions in Eastern Canada after buying Mountain. Shaw argued that the agreement violated unfair competition laws. The suit was quickly thrown out by the Ontario Superior Court, arguing that the non-compete agreement limited competition, and that Rogers' claims of future harm were "speculative in the extreme". The sale would eventually go through later that year. In January 2013, as part of a larger exchange of assets between the two companies, Shaw pulled out of Hamilton and sold the Mountain Cablevision business to Rogers.

In 2010, a corporate reorganization resulted in Rogers Cable being dissolved as a distinct legal entity, and its operations absorbed into Rogers Communications Partnership, a general partnership jointly held by Rogers Communications and its subsidiary Fido Solutions.

In October 2015, Rogers announced that it would begin to offer 4K-compatible set-top boxes, beginning in Toronto and expanding to its other markets in 2016. Telecasts of 4K sporting events from Sportsnet and TSN began to be carried on these set-top boxes in January 2016.

In December 2016, Rogers announced that it had scrapped a planned project to develop its own IPTV-based television platform, and would instead license Comcast's X1 platform. The new platform, Rogers Ignite TV, launched in August 2018, which includes a "cloud DVR", voice-enabled remote (specifically a Comcast-developed model which won a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award in 2017), and the ability to aggregate linear television and online video content in a single interface. Rogers began to migrate existing digital cable customers to Ignite in October 2019.

Management

 * Joe Natale - President & Chief Executive Officer
 * Edward Rogers III - Deputy Chairman and the Executive Vice-President of Emerging Business and Corporate Development of Rogers Communications (2013 - current)
 * Jordan Banks - Rogers Sports & Media

Canadian cable territories
Rogers Cable currently serves most larger communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, nearly all of New Brunswick, selected areas of eastern Quebec near the New Brunswick border (including Carleton-sur-Mer), and in Ontario, including nearly all of the Toronto area as well as the areas of Ottawa, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Barrie, and parts of Hamilton. With the Rogers takeover of Aurora Cable Internet, Aurora, Ontario, along with most areas in York Region were also added in the Canadian cable territories area.

Over the years, and at various times, Rogers has owned all or part of various cable operators serving areas across Canada, including Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, and Northern Ontario. All of the systems in Western Canada were traded to Shaw Communications in late 2000, in exchange for that company's assets in Ontario and New Brunswick, and many of the others were sold to Cogeco.

New Brunswick
Entered the Province through an asset exchange with Shaw Communications, which had previously acquired Fundy Communications.

Operates in almost every major community, with the exceptions of Sackville and Port Elgin, which are served by EastLink.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Entered the Province by acquiring Cable Atlantic.
 * St. John's
 * Conception Bay South
 * Paradise
 * Mount Pearl
 * Corner Brook
 * Grand Falls-Windsor
 * Gander
 * Portugal Cove-St. Philip's
 * Torbay
 * Deer Lake
 * Channel-Port aux Basques
 * Pasadena
 * Bishop's Falls
 * Botwood
 * Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove
 * Pouch Cove
 * New-Wes-Valley
 * Wabana
 * Flatrock
 * Witless Bay
 * Massey Drive
 * Bay Bulls
 * Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove
 * Musgrave Harbour
 * Carmanville
 * Mount Moriah
 * Bauline
 * Isle-Aux-Morts

Ontario
Large acquisitions: cable operations of Famous Players (Canadian Cablesystems) and Maclean-Hunter.
 * Barrie
 * Durham Region (acquisition of Compton Communications)
 * Guelph
 * Hamilton (acquisition of Source Cable) and Mountain Cablevision
 * Kincardine (acquisition of Kincardine Cable)
 * London
 * Ottawa
 * Waterloo Region
 * York Region (acquisition of Aurora Cable Internet)

Quebec

 * Carleton-sur-Mer and surrounding areas (community close to New Brunswick border)

Community channels

 * Rogers TV (English)
 * TV Rogers (French)

CPAC
Through Rogers Cable, Rogers is the largest shareholder (41.4%) in CPAC, a national public affairs and politics cable channel based in Ottawa, that consists of both an English- and a French-language feed. CPAC's main programming consists of live and delayed coverage of the House of Commons and the Senate.

Retail stores
Rogers Cable previously operated a chain of video rental stores known as Rogers Plus; it launched as Rogers Video in 1988, after which it grew by acquiring smaller chains. The Rogers Video chain and Rogers Wireless retail stores were merged into a single chain known as Rogers Plus in 2007. After 23 years in business, Rogers Plus discontinued movie and game rentals in 2012, and the chain's remaining locations were re-tooled as Rogers stores for selling the company's services.

Negative option billing
In the beginning of 1995, Rogers along with several other cable companies, added a number of new cable channels under a negative option billing plan. Subscribers opting out of paying for the new channels stood to lose much of their existing specialty channel programming. The participating cable companies were hit by both regulatory and public opinion backlash and ultimately were forced to split the negative-option channels into two separately purchasable blocks, a move which Rogers had initially opposed as "not technologically feasible".

Dropping of WPBS and WQLN
In July 2009, Rogers Cable announced that on August 18, 2009, they would be replacing PBS affiliates WQLN of Erie, Pennsylvania and WPBS-TV of Watertown, New York on its London and Ottawa systems, respectively, with Detroit, Michigan's PBS station, WTVS. A representative for Rogers said that they were replacing WQLN and WPBS with WTVS, because viewers wanted "a feed that has a higher-quality reception." WQLN and WPBS, however, had shown great concern for Rogers' move, as these are the largest cities in the stations' respective coverage areas and much of their pledges come from Rogers viewers. In addition, both stations first heard of the discontinuance not through Rogers, but through their loyal viewers.

On July 30, 2009, it was announced that Rogers would keep WPBS and WQLN on its systems, after both stations announced a fibre-based connection with Rogers. Additional funds will be allocated to complete the transition; while WQLN announced that they will spend $55,000 to provide a connection, WPBS agreed with Rogers not to disclose the cost of the fibre-optic signal for their own station.

Software issues
The introduction of Rogers' "Navigatr" user interface in mid-2015 was heavily criticized by users for being poorly designed and harder to use. Rogers began to address these issues with a new version it began to deploy in December 2015.

On May 6, 2016, Rogers was criticized when a nightly 2:00 a.m. reboot of NextBox set-top boxes caused viewers to miss the conclusion of an NHL playoff game between the Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks, which had gone to triple overtime. The broadcast was, ironically, being carried by Rogers-owned network Sportsnet 360, prompting The Globe and Mail to compare the incident to the Heidi game. A Rogers spokesperson apologized for the incident and stated that they were investigating the issue, as the reboot was not supposed to occur while watching live programming.

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Talk:Greek and Roman Egypt

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The above title was added later by Carcharoth 11:27, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Why didn't you just fix the markup instead of fighting about it? This doesn't show the border because this is a talk page - and I can't fix the article because you two have been fighting over it instead of fixing the thing for all browser widths. Kindly indicate your willingness to stop fighting, get the page unprotected and let me fix the problem. Jamesday 07:28, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Ptolomaic Egypt
In 332 BC Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, conquered Egypt, with little resistance from the Persians. He was welcomed by the Egyptians as a deliverer. He visited Memphis, and went on pilgrimage to the oracle of Amun at the Oasis of Siwa. The oracle had the good sense to declare him to be the son of Amun. He conciliated the Egyptians by the respect which he showed for their religion, but he appointed Greeks to virtually all the senior posts in the country, and founded a new Greek city, Alexandria, to be the new capital. The wealth of Egypt could now be harnessed for Alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire. Early in 331 BC he was ready to depart, and led his forces away to Phoenicia.

The decline of the Prolemies
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Reference

 * Great, but there remains Hippodrome_of_Constantinople. --Jiang | Talk 07:36, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Merging Ptolemaic dynasty in here is a complete mistake. We have nearly-bald lists of rulers for a reason, namely to allow the reader (or the WP editor) to do random access on people without having to wade through pages of purple prose looking for that list. Look at "what links here"; the long list of xrefs should be a hint. Fixing this is not time-critical though, I'll do it tomorrow if I don't hear any convincing reasons not to. Stan 14:36, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Well if you're going to restore it you'd better fix it up, because it is missing a Ptolemy somewhere. Cleopatra's son was Ptolemy XV. Adam 12:31, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Later: No, I am wrong. The table doesn't include Ptolemy XV but the numbering down to Ptolemy XIV is correct. For some reason the 1911 EB has them numbered differently. It's very confusing but the article I have written seems to show the currently accepted numbering. Adam

I've protected the page to stop the continued reverting. You might both want to have a look at the three revert rule. Angela. 04:18, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Bah another ridiculous revert war. What's the big deal? Dori | Talk 04:42, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)

 * The comments at User_talk:Jiang should tell you something. --Jiang | Talk

 * The rever war is worse than a bad format (in this case I agree with your format, but I don't think Adam's is horrible). Dori | Talk 05:31, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)

This is beyond silly. Layout disagreements are just about the easiest type to resolve. I hate doing this, but if it stops them... Daniel Quinlan 05:11, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)

Vote to last 24 hours. Ends 05.11, 15 December 2003 (UTC)

Vote on layout:
 * Adam Carr's version
 * Jamesday (Best of two broken versions but it depends on browser and window width)
 * Jiang's version
 * Daniel Quinlan (it does look better in my browser, Mozilla 1.0)
 * Adam Bishop (it at least looks better on whatever IE version this is, on whatever sort of Mac this is)
 * It also looks better on Netscape, now that I am at home. Adam Bishop
 * Jiang (this is how Adam's version looks on my computer:, this is how my version looks: )
 * Zocky (Looks better in my mozilla firebird)
 * Dori
 * Tuf-Kat
 * VV (Not trying to "take sides"; just better on my browser at all sizes, and in the right place (Ptolemaic))
 * Wik 06:41, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC) (though even Jiang's version fails when I hide the TOC; the picture should be moved even further down)
 * Either
 * Angela. They're both fine.

Second vote on behavior classification:
 * Wondrous: Jiang
 * Adolescent:
 * Childish:
 * Infantile: Daniel Quinlan
 * Bizarre: Angela., Zocky, Adam Bishop

Third, new, vote: What Jamesday did worked to solve the technical problem, lets ignore the poll above and move on to deciding where the Cleopatra image lives in the end (note, vote here replaces your vote above - vote there to say what you like of those options, here to say that you want to disregard that poll result and move on to the poll below now we have a possible technical solution to that question):
 * Agree: Jamesday
 * Disagree:

Why does Jiang's computer have more rights here than my computer does? Is Jiang Wikipedia Art Director? Have any actual readers complained about the format of this page? Why does Jiang have any interest whatever in this page, other than I wrote most of it and he enjoys annoying me? Just wondering. Adam 05:28, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * Can you please post a picture as well. From Jiang's picture and my browser, his version looks better. Dori | Talk 05:33, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)

 * I'd like it if those with dogs in this fight post pictures of both versions as rendered by their systems. Salsa Shark 05:37, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * Whatever happened to the rule of thumb of no more than 3 reversions by either side in an edit war? (I know it's not a law of Wikipedia, but any edit fight that has more than that many reversions makes the participants look increasingly childish.) And it's all about where to put one jpeg file? Why not make this about something worthwhile, like the Israeli/Palestinian issues of Greco-Roman Egypt, or whether we should use German or Polish names for the cities & bodies of water? Sheesh! -- llywrch 06:17, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * Obviously we should use the Coptic names of rivers, and I'll revert you if you say otherwise :) Adam Bishop 06:20, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * Not that I know much about ancient Egypt, but I know that use of Coptic names is deeply offensive. It is a matter of honour to change all Coptic names to Sarmatian ones. Zocky 06:26, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * I agree with the sentiment here; there are much better things to rage about. For instance, isn't "The early Ptolemies were wiser rulers than the Persians had been" a little POV? -- VV 06:32, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * It may come as a surprise to non-historians, but historians are allowed to have points of view, even when writing in encyclopaedias. It would be almost impossible to write intelligible history withour expressing points of view. It is the historian's job to interpret historical evidence, and this always entails forming a point of view. Thus the statement that "James II was a bad king" is the settled opinion of 300 years of historiography, and will remain so until someone challenges it with new evidence. Having said that, the statement about the Ptolemies and the Persians is one of the few survivals in this article from the 1911 EB text on which this article was based, and could probably be removed - when the article is unprotected. It's good to see so many people taking an interest in ancient history all of a sudden. :) Adam 06:48, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * Weren't the Persians generally pretty bad at maintaining an empire? (Of course, I say this after reading Herodotus for a few months...) Adam Bishop 06:51, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

They certainly had no clue how to govern Egypt, something the Ptolemies were much better at. Adam 07:17, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Of course this dispute is not really about where this picture goes on this page. It is about Jiang's persistent, indeed obsessive, habit of making frivolous and unnecessary edits to pages other people have written, while making no useful contributions of his own that I am aware of. I am very far from being the only person who finds this very annoying. Adam 06:25, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * Chill Adam. Jiang is making useful contributions all the time, and he was just trying to improve the formatting. Don't take everything personal. --Wik 06:41, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)

 * Can someone direct me to an article Jiang has written? I might go and do a little copyediting or aesthetic criticism of my own. Adam 06:48, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * It's standard practice for people to edit other people's pages. No individual owns pages here.  It is immaterial whether or not Jiang has written an article.  Some of our best editors spend their whole day correcting spelling and grammar.  Daniel Quinlan 07:04, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)

 * Try Pat Nixon. --Wik 06:52, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)

 * That was copied mostly from the white house website. --Jiang | Talk

 * And by focusing on the editor, rather than the edit, we get caught up in edit wars & nobody wins. All of us need to realise that, after a couple of iterations of reversions there are two parties at loggerheads & things need to be talked out - or at least we ned to take a break from things.

 * I'd repeat the usual line about it's a nice day outside, go & enjoy it, &c., but right now where I'm typing it's a typical December day in Oregon, & we're about 40 hours into Just Another Winter Rain Storm. However, the occasional break from the computer always does a body good. -- llywrch 17:24, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

If you are against copyeditors and the concept of copyediting, then maybe Wikipedia is not the right project for you. Users are not required to write very long perfect and scholarly prose. Articles are not required to be perfect to begin with - and they are not. It's perfectly fine to format, clarify, rearrange, etc. the works of others. If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then don't submit it here. Don't complain if other users come along and perfect your work. You are also free to peruse my contributions and find for yourself what I have contributed. --Jiang | Talk 06:56, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I have no objectiong to be being copyedited. I am far from being a perfect writer, and very far from being a perfect typist. PMelvilleAustin seems to have dedicated his life to copyediting my articles, and usually to their advantage. What happened here was not copyediting. It was Jiang imposing his opinion about what format looks better than what other format, something he has no obvious qualifications to do. Adam

 * "Of course this dispute is not really about where this picture goes on this page." Really? Do you think that your version is less hideous on my screen than mine is on yours?

 * What "qualifications" do you speak of? --Jiang | Talk 07:32, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * This seems ridiculously easy to solve - just move the Cleopatra VII picture closer to the bit about Cleopatra herself, which is nearer the end. Of course, now no one can do that, because it's protected :) Adam Bishop 07:44, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * Agreed. Jamesday 07:50, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I have no objections to JamesDay's proposal. Adam 08:11, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

(Incidentally, the real cause of this problem is the fact that as far as I know users have no control over where the Table of Contents appears, or even if they want one at all. Page formatting would be much easier if the TOC could be moved around.) Adam

 * You can suppress it by including anywhere in the article. --Wik 08:13, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)

I have removed page protection. It seems like the original version did have a rendering issue for far more people than Jiang's version, but Adam Bishop's idea also seems good, and hopefully will also appeal to Jiang. Daniel Quinlan 08:23, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)

It will appeal to Jiang only insofar as it does not emanate from me. Adam 08:52, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Jiang the proposal which was the basis of unprotecting the page was that JamesDay attempt to fix it, not that you do so. You have just gone back to your original proposal, which creates a huge white space at the top right, on my screen. Unless JamesDay suggests his alternative, I will revert your change. Adam 09:03, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * You want James Day's version? Fine. Daniel Quinlan endorsed Adam Bishop's proposal and you didn't object. That's why I implemented that one. I don't really care. --Jiang | Talk 09:07, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

If you don't care, why have you created all this fuss out of thin air?

Could someone with better coding skills than mine please incorporate JamesDay's proposal into the article? Then we can all go and do something more constructive. Adam 09:18, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Ptolemy I, King of Egypt

Here is a better image to have at the head of the article. Try incorporating it where Cleo now is. Adam 09:39, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Did the revised markup work for everyone?
OK, my revised markup for the top position of Cleopatra is in place. Does it work well for everyone, keeping the Egyptian TOC with Cleopatra on the right in one column, with the text and article TOC to the left? Anyone think that this one is worse than either of the two originally being discussed? Jamesday 09:58, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Poll: what next - where does the Cleopatra picture stay?
Next topic: should we keep my revised markup or move the image of Cleopatra to the bit of text describing Cleopatra, where the second copy of the image currently lives? Poll time. Jamesday 09:58, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * Keep Jamesday markup, remove the one lower down where Cleopatra is discussed, leaving her at the top:
 * Just have the Egyptian TOC at the upper right and put the Cleopatra image with the Cleopatra text, abandoning the Jamesday markup:
 * Keep Jameday markup using Adam Carr's new image at the top and leave Cleopatra image with the Cleopatra text:
 * Jamesday OK, lets see, what do people think of it now instead of this poll? Jamesday 10:36, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * Keep Jameday markup using Adam Carr's new image at the top and leave Cleopatra image with the Cleopatra text:
 * Jamesday OK, lets see, what do people think of it now instead of this poll? Jamesday 10:36, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I don't get the above poll, but the current version looks fine. --Menchi (Talk)ü| â 10:12, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I agree Adam 10:18, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

St Mark in Egypt
There is no evidence outside the Gospels that Mark was a historical figure at all, let alone that he founded Egyptian Christianity. The belief that he did so rests mainly on Eusebius, who was writing in 325 AD. Even Eusebius does not claim it as a fact: he says

"And they say that this Mark was the first that was sent to Egypt, and that he proclaimed the Gospel which he had written, and first established churches in Alexandria."

Eusebius apparently based his remark on comments in 3rd century writers such as Epiphanius, Jerome and Nicephorus. There was thus obviously a strong tradition that Mark was in Egypt, but no direct evidence. This article therefore cannot state it to be a fact. Adam 05:45, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * Adam, would you be wiling to accept winning the war if you concede a few battles?
 * 1.There is no proof in the Gospels that St Mark existed; the Gospel of Mark is an anonymous work, first attributed to Mark by Papias of Hieropolis. Why the Egyptians though Mark founded the bishopric (later patriarchate) of Alexandria is one of those historical questions that has more solutions than evidence; although his corpse was displayed in Alexandria for centuries until the Venetians stole it in the 12th or 13th century.
 * 2.Eusebius died around AD 330, before Epiphanius, Jerome, & especially the Byzantine patriarch Nicephorus wrote any of their important works. I think the borrowing was the other way 'round.
 * However,
 * 3.You are correct that this is an ancient tradition, not a fact. My edits were to emphasize the lack of evidence for the early history of Christianity in Egypt. Although there are a few more facts I should add (e.g., the oldest text of a Gospel was found in Egypt, & links to Clement & Origen). -- llywrch 21:16, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)

shouldn´t we split this article into "Greek Egypt" and "Roman Egypt"?
Hy, I am propossing a split of this article into two articles. The first should deal with the Greek period of Egypt, beginning with Alexander the Great, passing to Ptolemy and ending with Cleopatra or with her son Ptolemy the XVI ?. A good title will have to found, of course perhaps "Greek Egypt" or "Ptolomaic Egypt" or even "Hellenic Egypt". Personnaly, I like the second one best.

The second should deal with the Roman rule of Egypt beginning with the conquest of Octavian and ending with Arab conquest of this country. Allready a article exists called Aegyptus (Roman province), making it only a matter to transfer the revelant paragraphs towards it.

Well this is my proposal. What do you think? Flamarande 12:15, 7 June 2006(UTC)

 * I agree completely; as a title for the first Greek part, wouldn't Hellenistic Egypt better than Hellenic Egypt?--Aldux 11:35, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I am NOT sure about this, but I have gathered that "Hellenistic" is a mistake, the correct adjective being "Hellenic", like Hellenic people. However, personaly I like the term "Ptolomaic" (it might be written badly) best. There was only one macedon dynasty in Ancient Egypt, the Ptolomeys. Honestly, I don´t know what the commonly used term might be. Flamarande 11:43, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Hellenistic is a convention, like Byzantine; but to call it wrong would be like to call wrong Byzantine, and the term is sanctioned by past and modern scholarship. That said, I wouldn't see anything wrong in Ptolemaic Egypt.--Aldux 11:49, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I searched in the links provided in the article about Zahi Hawass, but his page istelf did not diffrenciate over Greek (in reality Macedon) and Roman rule. The entire period is called Graeco-Roman. I am not planning to expend a lot of time in this (busy in other stuff). I proppose that we create an article called Ptolemaic Egypt transfer everything prior to the conquest of Octavian there and then transfer the Roman stuff (some stuff will appear in both of them) to Aegyptus (Roman province). We have also to show both new articles in the box above (box which shows all the diffrent periods). Only when we are finished can we request a "erradication" of this empty article. What do you think? Flamarande 12:05, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree on your plan, it seems great to me.--Aldux 12:49, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Hellenistic would refer to the Hellenistic period, Hellenic would refer to the Greek people or possibly their culture. Hellenistic Egypt looks like the one you want. --Nema Fakei 13:03, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I sincerly believe that Ptolemaic Egypt would the best available choice. Ok, Starting the reform....Flamarande 13:08, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Hellenistic is idiomatic (although a convention) in English; see W. W. Tarn: Hellenistic civilixation; Ptolemaic might be better (but do we want to exclude A;exander?)> Septentrionalis 21:21, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Comments on above splitting of article and creation of redirect
Copied from User talk:Flamarande.

Hi there. I just noticed your reorganisation of History of Greek and Roman Egypt into two separate sections for Greek history and Roman history. Personally I think the article was fine as it was, as it makes sense to treat the periods together (there was actually not that much change at the time of Octavian's conquest, as Egypt had already effectively been within the Roman sphere of influence for some time).

A more troubling problem involves the comment you made at the talk page: "Only when we are finished can we request a "erradication" of this empty article." - I presume because you actually ended up putting a redirect in place, and from your quote marks, that you didn't mean "eradication" - that would lose the page history of everyone who contributed to History of Greek and Roman Egypt, as seen here, which would be an awful thing to happen.

Also, copying and pasting huge chunks of material around Wikipedia is not the right way to do things - it creates problems for those trying to trace the article history. For example, in this edit you only say "tranfering all Greek/Macedon material" - but, and this is crucially important, you fail to say where you are transferring it from. This actually contravenes the GFDL, which is very bad. This is why splitting and merging articles is very complicated and needs to be done with care and with detailed edit summaries. Please take more care over such things.

Another point is that when creating redirects like you have done here, from History of Greek and Roman Egypt to Greco-Roman, you need to use the "What links here" tool to check that all the links that previously point to the "history" article should be pointing to Greco-Roman and not somewhere else entirely! See here for a list of the 110 links pointing to "History of Greek and Roman Egypt". I've checked several, and they need to be redirected to the Greek or Roman history articles, not to "Greco-Roman". This, again, is another reason why splitting or merging mature article needs to be done with a great deal of care. These redirects urgently need fixing, or the redirect changed to somewhere more suitable. In fact, I suggest creating a short summary style article at History of Greek and Roman Egypt, with links to the daughter articles of Ptolemaic Egypt and Roman Egypt.

Hope this all helps. Carcharoth 22:44, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Well I realy meant eradication, but I later changed my mind. There is a huge fundamental diffrence between Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. The first still ruled a full independent Egyptian state and should be rather considered "Macedonic-Egyptians" (something like that) as they quickly adopted Egyptians customs. They were Pharaoes in almost every sense of the word and defended Egyptian interrests. I also agree that that weren't "full" (native) Egyptians, they simply mixed the two cultures. We today think them as "foreigners" in Egypt, but they really are a Egyptian dynasty of foreign origins, and there were also precedents for this (look for the Nubian emperors).
 * The Roman emperors in the other hand did not live in Egypt and while accepting certain Egptian gods (like Isis) they were really only interrested in taxes and corn for Rome. They largely ignored Egypt and regarded it as a vital province, nothing more and nothing less. If these facts don't lead to a agreement that two articles are the correct way to go I don't know what i can say. As for the another point I am not so guilty as you might believe: if you look at my contributions you will notice that I spent a lot of time linking several articles to the correct Ptolomaic/Roman article. I agree that 110 links bad links are far too much and will correct this in due time. Flamarande 08:41, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * My point about Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt is that only the rulers changed. From the article itself: "the Roman administration made no change to the Ptolemaic system of government, although Romans replaced Greeks in the highest offices. But Greeks continued to staff most of the administrative offices and Greek remained the language of government except at the highest levels. Unlike the Greeks, the Romans did not settle in Egypt in large numbers. Culture, education and civic life largely remained Greek throughout the Roman period."
 * But there are arguments both ways. It is not the end of the world if this subject is treated as two articles on Wikipedia, as long as the similarities are still made clear, as well as the differences.
 * The thing I really object to is that you say you did mean "eradication". Can you clarify whether you mean History of Greek and Roman Egypt should be deleted. I can't emphasise enough how bad this would be. Can I also check that you have understood that, admirable though the aim of splitting up this article is, that this presents huge problems with preserving the page history. I'll repeat what I said above: "copying and pasting huge chunks of material around Wikipedia is not the right way to do things - it creates problems for those trying to trace the article history" and also for correctly attributing who wrote what in an article.
 * The redirect thing is not so urgent now, as I've changed this page from a redirect to a sort of disambiguation/summary article. I apologise for not checking what work you had already done on the redirects, but would really appreciate it if you confirmed that you are now aware of the need to avoid cutting and pasting large chunks of text without merging the page histories. It is not something that is obvious, and it took me a while to find this out. Carcharoth 09:11, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I wanted initialy to delete it, but I changed my mind and turned it in a redirect to Greco-Roman. I tried to move the page, but was unable to do so because of: there allready exists a article of this name (a mere redirect which I had undirected - removed the link). But I really don't know such much about merging articles. Could you do me a favour: could you do a merge of Transalpine Gaul and Gallia Narbonensis? The subject (province) is really the same under two diffrent names, but please check it out. The better name would be Transalpine Gaul (this is the English Wiki after all) and Gallia Narbornensis would be a redirect. I hope that you don't get mad about this request. But you seem to know how to do it correctly. I would eventually only cut the text fom "Narbonensis" and past it into Transalpine Gaul and then turn "Narbo" into a redirect. I would have done the same for this article but then I was unsure if I should turn it into a redirect of Ptolomaic or Roman Egypt, so I turned it into redirect to Greco-Roman. Flamarande 10:53, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I must admit I myself found a bit strange the redirect to Graeco-Roman; but I agreed on splitting the article, but understand the problem of the 110 links; I'll try to reduce their number today. At the end, I feel we should simply delete History of Greek and Roman Egypt, and not make it a summary of the two articles; continuity may be treated, as observed by Carcharoth, in the two articles.--Aldux 12:49, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

 * No, no, no! You cannot delete History of Greek and Roman Egypt until the page history has been merged into the page histories at Ptolemaic Egypt and Aegyptus (Roman province), which I believe is where the majority of the text was cut and pasted to. See Merge and How_to_break_up_a_page. Note in particular: "Important: Whenever you break up a page, please note the split (including the page names) in the edit summaries."

 * As merging of page histories is complicated (and something that I think only admins can do), I think it is best to leave History of Greek and Roman Egypt in place as a record of the history of the text that got moved to the different locations. Directing the links to either Ptolemaic Egypt or Aegyptus (Roman province) would also be good - thanks for that. Carcharoth 16:03, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Don't worry, there's no urgency for doing such a thing; personally I care only about the links.--Aldux 16:10, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

 * OK. If you need a hand, let me know. I enjoy dabbing links from time to time! :-) Carcharoth 16:34, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

PS. I've answered Flamarande's request on Flamarande's talk page. Carcharoth 16:37, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the offer, but the work's done! I've finished! :-)--Aldux 17:18, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Well I have to give credit where credit is due. I thank you for doing this unrewarding work with such speed. (If i were an oriental I would humbly and discreetly bow, but Alas I am a gaijin/gweilo and therefore I will only say: "Thank you very much". Flamarande 10:09, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Removing redirect
In fact, I've been bold, and I've removed the redirect and turned this into a stubby disambiguation page that will hopefully turn into a summary style article. Carcharoth 23:01, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Disambiguation page
The Ptolemaic Kingdom and Egypt (Roman province) articles made this article's content redundant. I thus took a bold step and turned it into a disambiguation page. --BomBom (talk) 15:26, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

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Peugeot 205

The Peugeot 205 is a supermini (B-segment) car produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot from 1983 to 1999.

It was declared "car of the decade" by CAR Magazine in 1990. It also won What Car?'s Car of the Year for 1984.

The 205 was developed from 1977 as Projet M24, and introduced on 25 February 1983 as a replacement for the Peugeot 104 and Talbot Samba. It ended production in 1998, to be replaced by the Peugeot 206.

History
Before the 205, Peugeot was considered the most conservative of France's "big three" car manufacturers, producing large saloons such as the 504 and 505, although it had entered the modern supermini market in 1973 with the Peugeot 104. The genesis of the 205 lay within Peugeot's takeover in 1978 of Chrysler's European divisions Simca and the former Rootes Group, which had the necessary expertise in making small cars including the Simca 1100 in France and Hillman Imp in Britain. It was around this time that Peugeot began to work on the development of a new supermini for the 1980s.

It was launched on 24 February 1983, and was launched in right-hand drive form for the UK market in September that year. Shortly after its launch, it was narrowly pipped to the European Car of the Year award by the similar sized Fiat Uno, but ultimately (according to the award organizers) it would enjoy a better image and a longer high market demand than its Italian competitor. It was one of five important small cars to be launched onto the European market within a year of each other: the other four were the Uno, the second generation Ford Fiesta, the original Opel Corsa (sold as the Vauxhall Nova on the British market) and the original Nissan Micra. Its launch also closely followed that of the Austin Metro and Volkswagen Polo Mk2.

The styling of the 205 is often thought to be a Pininfarina design, although Gerard Welter claims that it is an in-house design; Pininfarina only styled the Cabriolet. It is often credited as the car that turned Peugeot's fortunes around.

The fully independent suspension used the now standard PSA Peugeot Citroën layout that had debuted in the Peugeot 305 estate. A key ingredient of the success of the 205, it had MacPherson struts at the front and trailing arms with torsion bars at the rear. The rear suspension was very compact, designed to minimise suspension intrusion into the boot, giving a wide flat loadspace, while providing excellent ride and handling.

Early 205s used the X petrol engine from the older Peugeot 104, although these were later (1987–1988) replaced with the newer XU and TU-series engines, which were of PSA design. Engines ranged in displacement from 954 cc to 1905 cc, in carburettor or fuel injected versions.

The diesel models employed the PSA XUD engine, lifted from the Citroën BX which was introduced in September 1982. These engines had a capacity of 1769 cc (XUD7) and 1905 cc (XUD9) and are closely related to the XU5 and XU9 petrol engines in the BX16 and BX19 of the time. The diesel engines were world-beating and so petrol-like that many buyers were won over by petrol car performance combined with diesel economy. For instance, the 205 GRD (1.8 Diesel, 59 bhp, 78 lbft) was as fast as, yet smoother than, the 205 GR (1.4 Petrol, 59 bhp, 78 lbft), due to the engine developing peak torque at much lower rpm, while using much less fuel.

There were various versions intended for commercial use, such as the two-seater XA-series. There was also the "205 Multi", a tall-bodied special version on XA or XE-basis built by independent coachbuilders like Gruau and Durisotti. Gruau called their XA-based two-seater version the "VU", while the five-seat XE-based version was called the "VP". Durisotti began building the 205 Multi in 1986; it was called the "205 Multi New Look".

1990 and onwards
The 205 was an instant hit, and its styling was echoed in every Peugeot model that was to follow, as well as markedly changing the company's perception with buyers - having long been regarded as the most conservative of France's major manufacturers, and had long been associated with large saloon and station wagon type cars. Such was the success of the 205, its exterior styling never was never significantly altered in its 15-year production run apart from small details. There was a dashboard redesign for the 1988 model year, and in late 1990 the 205 received a minor facelift with new door design and cards, clear front indicators, new 'smoked' rear light clusters, single point petrol injection and catalytic converters were introduced, to meet the new 1992 pollution limits. These updates came at a crucial time, as 1990 also saw the arrival of a completely new French competitor, the Renault Clio, while the Rover Metro and Volkswagen Polo were also heavily updated, and Ford had already replaced its Fiesta with a third generation model. Still, the 205 was still widely regarded in the motoring press as the benchmark car in this sector by 1990. Indeed, Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson described the 1990 edition as "an instant modern Classic."

At the beginning of 1993, Peugeot launched the 306, which officially replaced the 309; the arrival of this car also diminished the 205's role (and its sales figures) in the Peugeot range, as had the arrival of the smaller 106 in September 1991 – although the final demise of the 205 was still some years away.

The engines were continuously updated, with the new TU engines introduced in 1988. In 1991, the 205 dTurbo was launched with a powerful turbocharged version of the 1,769 cc xud diesel engine.

After several years of gradually declining sales, the Peugeot 205 was discontinued in the United Kingdom in 1996. The Peugeot 205 was still offered in the "Sacré Numéro" and "Génération" models until the end of the production in 1998. The last models were GLD 1.8 configuration and were sold in Argentina. Most of the later European versions were only sold in France. Due to the pressure from the market, with buyers wanting a Peugeot supermini in the mould of the 205 again, the company finally built a direct replacement in the 206, which was launched in 1998. 5,278,050 Peugeot 205s have been sold, and a significant percentage of them were still in circulation as of 2009. By 2014, there were still as many as 14,000 on the road in the United Kingdom, compared to the peak high of 374,773 in 1994. With potentially as many 400,000 sales in the UK, it became the best selling car ever sold by Peugeot in the UK – although its success was emulated a few years later by the larger 306 and later by the 206. It also helped boost the popularity of the Peugeot brand there, and was at least a factor in Peugeot's decision to phase out the Talbot brand in the mid 1980s when launching new models to be built at the former Rootes Group plant near Coventry and the former Simca plant at Poissy.

The 205 was first available as a GTI in 1984 (the same year that the three-door bodystyle debuted) and was initially powered by a fuel injected 1.6 petrol engine. The 1.9 GTI was launched in 1986 and the 1.9-litre engine was also used in the GTI version of the larger 309. The 205 GTI was discontinued in 1994, by which time Peugeot was producing high performance versions of the 106 and 306.

Versions
Most of the versions had manual transmission. The 205 had a rather unusual trim level scheme for its models; three-door models (apart from the GTI) were badged 'X' and five-door models were badged 'G'.

Trim levels were: Five-door versions were badged GE Five-door versions were badged GL (Note: The 1.0 litre GL was not offered in the UK). The 1.8 litre GLD diesel model was popular, and What Car? magazine recommended it as a Used Car Buy in August 1992. It was also a Which? magazine best buy for five years running in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was, (and is as a used buy), a better car than the 106 diesel that replaced it. Five-door versions were badged GR. The 1.4 litre GR was a five-door version only, launched in 1986. A 1.4 litre XR three-door was also available, 1991–92. The 5 door model was called the GT, and used the same 1360 cc TU3s engine as the XS (UK) From 1994, the X/G trim scheme was replaced by Mardi Gras, Colorline, Forever and Accent. 'GT' versions were now offered only in Continental Europe with a 1.6-litre engine; the UK models were badged Mardi Gras. However, GTI versions continued unchanged.
 * XA and XAD, two-seater commercial versions. There was also the "Multi", tall-bodied special versions built by independents such as Gruau and Durisotti.
 * 1.1 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 54 PS, 1124 cc
 * 1.8 litre diesel, 4-cylinder – 59 PS, 1769 cc
 * XE/GE, available with:
 * 1.0 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 44 PS, 954 cc
 * 1.1 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 54 PS, 1124 cc
 * XL/GL, available with:
 * 1.0 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 44 PS, 954 cc
 * 1.1 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 50 PS, 1124 cc
 * 1.1 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 54 - 60 PS, 1124 cc (in Spain, 1118 cc Simca/Talbot engine)
 * 1.8 litre diesel, 4-cylinder – 59 PS, 1769 cc
 * 1.6 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 79 PS, 1580 cc Automatic
 * XR/GR, available with:
 * 1.1 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 54 - 60 PS, 1124 cc (higher output for fuel injected and catalyzed version)
 * 1.2 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 63 PS, 1204 cc (GR only, Spain only, Simca/Talbot engine)
 * 1.3 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 65 PS, 1294 cc (In Spain, Simca/Talbot engine)
 * 1.4 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 69 PS, 1360 cc
 * 1.6 litre petrol, 4-cylinder
 * 1.9 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 102 PS, 1905 cc Automatic
 * 1.8 litre diesel – 59 PS, 1769 cc
 * XT, available with:
 * 1.4 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 79 PS, 1360 cc (catalyzed)
 * 1.4 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 84 PS, 1360 cc (In Spain, Simca/Talbot engine)
 * 1.4 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 83 PS, 1442 cc (Spain only, Simca/Talbot engine)
 * XS/GT, available with:
 * 1.3 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 65 PS, 1294 cc (Spain only, Simca/Talbot engine)
 * 1.4 litre petrol I4 – 85 bhp 1360 cc TU3S engine.
 * 1.6 litre (1580 cc) petrol
 * GTX, only available in Spain with:
 * 1.6 litre petrol, 4-cylinder – 94 PS, 1592 cc (Simca/Talbot engine)
 * GTX (UK Version), 1993–94.
 * 1,360 cc TU3M/Z PSA engine with Bosch Mono-Jetronic injection system with Catalytic converter.
 * Power output – 75 bhp
 * 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) – 10.6 seconds.
 * Fuel consumption (MPG) constant speed driving: 56 mi/h = 50.4 mpgimp & 75 mi/h = 38.2 mpgimp.
 * 3 and 5-door versions were available with sliding sunroof, remote central locking, 5 speed MA gearbox.
 * SI,

There is also an SI version believed to have been released in Australia and Japan, featuring a 65 kW 1.6 engine with max torque of 132 Nm offered in either 4-speed automatic or 5-speed manual transmission, it had styling from the GTI inside and out, drive.com.au were quoted as saying:

"Although the 205 graced Australian shores with the GTi model in 1988, It wasn't until 1992 (with the Japanese Yen rising and memories of the Rainbow Warrior fading) that it made fiscal sense for Peugeot to start selling a version that could compete on price with the Toyota Corolla, which at the time was Australia's biggest selling small car. The SI model, with its 1.6 litre motor, was introduced to do this. Although the 1.6 in the SI was larger than most of the motors in its European siblings, it was regarded as a bit of an escargot in Australia."

205 GTI/CTI
The 1.6 litre GTI was launched in 1984, and came with a XU5J engine, producing 105 PS, for the 1987 model year the XU5J received the cylinder head with larger valves thus becoming XU5JA. The new engine was quoted for 115 bhp. The 1.9 litre GTI came with an XU9JA engine producing 128 PS, although later models with a catalytic converter produce 122 PS. Internally these engines are very similar, the main differences on 1.9 litre versions being the longer stroke, oil cooler, and some parts of the fuel injection system. The shorter stroke 1.6 litre engine is famed for being revvy and eager, while the 1.9 litre feels lazier and torquier. Outside the engine bay the main differences between the 1.6 GTI and the 1.9 GTI are half-leather seats (1.9 GTI) vs. cloth seats (1.6 GTI); and disc brakes all-round (1.9 GTI) vs. discs at the front and drum brakes at the back (1.6 GTI); as well as the 14" alloy (Speedline SL201) wheels (1.6 GTI) vs. 15" (Speedline SL299) alloys (1.9 GTI).

The 205 is still often treated as a benchmark in group car tests of the newest GTI models or equivalent. Peugeot itself has never truly recreated this success in future GTI models, although they came very close with the highly regarded GTI-6 variant of the Peugeot 306. A cabriolet version of the 205, known as the CJ/CT/CTI, was designed and partially assembled by Pininfarina of Italy. The CTI version offered the same plastic arches and wheels as the 1.6 GTI. Some later models incorporated the catalysed 1.9-litre engine.

The main aesthetic difference between the GTI/CTi versions and other 205 models were the plastic wheel arches and trim, beefier front and rear bumper valances. The shell also underwent some minor changes, including larger wheel arches (to suit the larger wheels on the GTI and CTi), and the suspension was redesigned and sat lower on the GTI with stiffer springs, different wishbones and a drop-linked anti-roll bar.

With the early success of the 205 GTI in Europe, Motor Trend reported in 1984 that Peugeot was seriously considering adding it to its US lineup, even though Peugeot had a more upmarket image in the United States. Nothing ever came of such rumours, however, and any talk of Peugeot expanding its presence in US became moot when the company was forced to pull out in 1991.

Sales of the GTI in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s were badly hit by soaring insurance premiums, brought about by high theft and 'joyriding' of cars of this sort. Increasingly stringent emissions regulations meant the 1.6 GTI went out of production in 1992, while the 1.9-litre was sold for a couple more years thanks to re-engineering of the engine to enable it to work properly with a catalytic converter, which dropped power to 122 PS.

In October 2020 Peugeot announced that their heritage brand "l'Aventure Peugeot" would make a factory restoration program for the 205 GTI available in 2021 as part of the company's 210th anniversary celebration. This program is intended to be expanded to other Peugeot (and possibly Citroën) models later, but will begin with the 205 GTI as it is one of the most desirable Peugeot built that is also available in large numbers. The cars will be restored to as-new condition, with certain no longer available parts being made on 3D-printers.

Special 205 GTI editions
Peugeot produced a number of limited edition 205 GTI models over the car's life:

Across 1989–1990, 1200 GTIs were made in the then new colours of Miami blue (bright metallic blue) and Sorrento Green (a very dark pearlescent green). The cars were made in an equal mix of 300 blue 1.6 litre, 300 green 1.6 litre, 300 blue 1.9 litre and 300 green 1.9 litre. The cars had a sliding sunroof, power steering and full grey leather interior as standard, together with grey carpets and doorcards. These paint colours were later added to the list of available colours for mainstream models.

The Gentry was a limited edition version of the 205, it had 1.6 GTI suspension combined with a detuned 105 bhp 1.9 litre engine (as fitted to export market GTIs such as those for Australia and Switzerland) but with an automatic gearbox. Only 300 models were made in Sorrento Green and Aztec Gold (sometimes called Mayfair Beige). They came with full leather trim and real wood trim, power steering and heated mirrors in the UK, as well as the same body side trims as the GTI – which led to the Gentry often being mistaken for a GTI.

A production run of 200 limited edition 1.9 GTI cars was commenced in 1991 for the Japanese market. Due to a breakdown in trade negotiations the production run ceased at what was believed to be 33 units which were subsequently sold off to the European market. All the cars were in automatic transmission guise, having power steering sunroof and air conditioning as standard. The Japanese edition was easily identifiable by having the raised bonnet normally attributed to the diesel models. Pepperpot alloys and cloth trim were used, more reminiscent of the 1.6 GTI cars.

The Griffe was a special GTI edition for mainland Europe, and was sold in France, Germany and the Netherlands. It was bright green (called 'Laser' Green or 'Vert Fluorite' ), and came equipped with all available vendor options at that time except air-conditioning, but including full black leather interior, ABS, power steering and sunroof. 1652 Griffes were made, all in laser green and with grey alloy wheels with a silver rim.

The 1FM was produced for the UK market in 1992 to coincide with the 25th birthday of BBC Radio 1. Only 25 were made and each car was individually numbered with a small brass plate. The car was black with 'Radio 1FM 25th' bodywork decals, grey Speedline alloy wheels and came with all options fitted as standard, including ABS, air conditioning, full leather interior, remote central locking, catalytic converter and power steering. A bespoke stereo system including a CD changer, CD head unit, amplifier, uprated door speakers and an acoustic rear shelf containing 200W 6x9 speakers was specified by Clarion. One was raffled at a Radio 1 event, and Radio 1 ran a competition on air to win one.

205 STDT
In 1993 Peugeot introduced the 205 and 405 STDT, higher performance diesel models that offered some of the GTI's sporting qualities in the diesel engined part of the range. The 205 STDT (special trim diesel turbo) was available only in the 3-door bodyshell with a 1,769 cc turbo diesel engine (XUD7 T/K) with the trim and luxuries of the 205 GTI. The car was initially marketed towards executives, with soft cloth bucket seats in Beige with matching carpet and dashboard, as also found in the Gentry models. The car featured PAS, central locking, electric windows and also electrically heated mirrors. Many were fitted with a large, vacuum-seal slide sunroof.

The brochure specification from 1993 on the STDT lists its equipment as:
 * 1769cc, 78 bhp turbo diesel engine
 * 5-speed manual gearbox
 * Power steering
 * Alloy wheels (different from the GTI models)
 * Bodyside mouldings, wheelarch finishers and bumper inserts (chrome inserts)
 * Long range driving lamps
 * Optional sliding sunroof
 * Heated door mirrors
 * Choice of body colours: Aztec Gold; Oberon Green; Steel Grey
 * Sports front seats, velour trim
 * 50/50 split rear seats
 * Leather-trimmed sports steering wheel
 * Remote control central locking (base models were not remote control, running off the key only)
 * Electric front windows
 * Tinted glass
 * Clarion 97001F digital stereo radio/stereo cassette with 4 speakers
 * Lockable glove box with lamp

Its performance data is defined in the brochure from 1993 as:

 * Maximum speed: 108 mph
 * Acceleration 0–100 km/h (62 mph): 12.2 seconds, 0–1000 m: 34.2 seconds.
 * Fuel consumption – mpg (L/100 km): constant driving speed 56 mph (90 km/h) – 61.4 (4.6); 75 mph (120 km/h) – 40.9 (6.9); simulated urban driving – 42.8 (6.6)

The 205 STDT is only found in three colours; Oberon Green, Steel Grey and Aztec Gold. Production of the car was approximately one year between 1993 and 1994.

As of the fourth quarter of 2019, there were only 24 STDTs left on the roads and 148 SORN in the UK.

205 Rallye
From 1988 to 1992 Peugeot produced another variant of the 205, the 205 Rallye, which was engineered and produced by Peugeot–Talbot sport. This edition of the 205 was positioned as a cost-effective alternative to the 205 GTI, retaining its sporty character, but being less expensive to buy or maintain.

To achieve this, Peugeot used a derivative of the TU-series engine used in the post-1987 205s, which was designated TU24. The engine is essentially the same engine as was in the 1.1-litre 205 with the cylinders bored out to a total engine displacement of 1294 cc, a sports camshaft and twin Weber carburetors. The 1.3-litre engine produced 103 PS at 6,800 rpm. The car got the 1.6 GTI front suspension with ventilated brake discs, and the 1.6 GTI rear axle with drum brakes.

The 205 Rallye was completely stripped of almost all soundproofing, electrical systems or other luxury items, bringing down the weight to no more than 794 kg. Its minimalistic equipment, together with the high revs needed to unleash all of the engine's horsepower, gives the 205 Rallye a very spartan character and makes it a difficult but rewarding car to drive hard, which is one of the reasons it is now very popular among 205 GTI enthusiasts. Peugeot expected to build around 5000 Rallyes. In the end 30,111 Rallyes were produced, even though they were only sold in certain mainland European markets (including France, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece and the Netherlands).

The distinctive aesthetic features of the 205 Rallye include the squarer wheel arches (which are different from GTI arches), the steel body-coloured wheels and the rainbow-coloured Peugeot-Talbot sport decals on the front grille and the tailgate. They were only available in white. The Rallye was sold with a reduced-weight interior with the Peugeot-Talbot sport logo embroidered in the front seats.

From 1990 to 1992 Peugeot also built a 1.9 litre version of the 205 Rallye. Only about 1000 of them were produced and they were only sold in Germany, because the 1.3 litre version did not meet German road regulations. The 1.9 Rallye is just a 105 bhp 1.9 GTI with the Rallye bodyshell and the new-style clear indicators and rear light units. Although they are even rarer than the 1.3 Rallye, they are less popular among Peugeot enthusiasts, because they lack the raw and spartan character of the 1.3 Rallye and are 150 kg heavier.

In 1992 Peugeot introduced the Rallye to the UK market, it was available in three colours (500 white, 250 yellow, 80 blue) and was essentially a re-badged XT. It came equipped with black cloth seats embroidered with the Peugeot-Talbot Sport logo, the Peugeot-Talbot sports colours behind the front arches and over the back arches, as well as the same markings on the grill and tailgate of its European brother. It was powered by an iron-blocked 1360 cc TU3.2 engine with the same twin-choke Solex carburettor found on the earlier XS engine. It produced 75 bhp and achieved 107 mi/h with a 0–60 mph of 11.7 seconds.

After the 205 Rallye, Peugeot again used the 'Rallye' designation for some of its 106 and 306 models.

205 Turbo 16 (T16)
To homologate the 205 T16 ("Turbo 16" in France) Group B rally car, Peugeot had to produce 200 road-going examples. According to the Group B regulations, these had to be based on a current production road car. Peugeot decided to base the Group B rally car on the two door version of the 205.

The body was built by Heuliez, where standard three door bodyshells from the production line were delivered and heavily modified. Heuliez cut off the complete rear of the car and welded in a transverse firewall between the B-posts. The rear frame was then built in a mixture of sheet steel profiles and tubes. The front was modified in a similar way with a tube frame carrying the front suspension. The completed bodies were delivered to Simca (Talbot) for the 200-series production cars and to Peugeot Talbot Sport for the competition versions.

The engine, based on the cast iron block of the diesel version of the then new XU engine family, albeit with a specially developed 16-valve head, was moved from the front of the vehicle to the rear, transforming it from a front-engine, front-wheel-drive to a rear-mid engine four-wheel-drive automobile. The gearbox came from the Citroën SM but was mounted transversely. The car had all wheel drive.

All street versions (VINs P1 to P200) were left hand drive and identically kitted out in dark grey colour, except the first (VIN P1) that was painted white and carried all the competition cars' decoration for demonstration purposes. The competition cars of the first evolution series (VIN C1 to C20) were built at the sport department Peugeot Talbot Sport and presented to the public at the same day as the standard street version. Later competition vehicles of the Evolution 2 series (VIN C201 to C220) were built differently as the rear spaceframe had no more sheet steel profiles in it but was composed entirely of tubes.

Apart from the appearance, the road variants had practically nothing in common with the regular production model. They shared the 1775 cc with a bore × stroke of 83x82 mm transversely-mounted, mid-engine, four-wheel-drive layout of the rally car. It did, however, have less than half the power at around 200 PS at 6,750 rpm and 255 Nm of torque at 4,000 rpm. The T was for (KKK) Turbo, fuel fed by Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection and a compression ratio of 6.5:1; the 16 stands for DOHC 16 valves. Outwardly similar to a normal 205, the T16 had wider wheel arches, and the whole rear section lifted up to give access to the engine. Underneath, the complex drivetrain from the rally car was kept to abide by the Group B rules.

In addition to the Group B model, the lesser 205 GTI was also FIA approved for competition in the Group N and Group A categories.

Peugeot Talbot Sport's factory 205 T16s under Jean Todt were the most successful cars to compete in the last two years of the World Rally Championship's Group B era, winning the 1985 and 1986 Constructors' and Drivers' titles with Timo Salonen and Juha Kankkunen respectively against such notable competition from Audi, Lancia and Ford, with an Evolution 2 model being introduced for the latter of those two seasons.

The chassis and engine from this model would later underpin the Peugeot Quasar concept car.

World Rally Championship victories
Peugeot 205s have won the following World Rally Championship rounds:

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Sportsnet

Sportsnet is a Canadian English-language discretionary sports specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media. It was established in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet, a joint venture between CTV, Liberty Media, and Rogers Media. CTV parent Bell Globemedia then was required to divest its stake in the network following its 2001 acquisition of competing network TSN. Rogers then became the sole owner of Sportsnet in 2004 after it bought the remaining minority stake that was held by Fox.

The Sportsnet license comprises four 24-hour programming services; Sportsnet was originally licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as a category A service, operating as a group of regional sports networks offering programming tailored to each feed's region (in contrast to TSN, which was licensed at the time to operate as a national sports service, and could only offer limited regional opt-outs). Since 2011, the service has operated under deregulated category C licensing, which allows Sportsnet to operate multiple feeds with no restrictions on alternate programming. In each region, only the local Sportsnet channel is available on analogue cable, but all four channels are available nationally via digital cable (subject to blackouts for some out-of-market teams).

The four Sportsnet feeds air some common programming and simulcast major, national events, but are capable of airing programming autonomously—most prominently regional programming. Sportsnet is the national cable rightsholder of the National Hockey League, and also holds full regional rights to three (and partial regional rights to one) of the league's Canadian franchises. It is also the national rightsholder of Major League Baseball in Canada (although most of ESPN's MLB broadcasts are sub-licensed to rival network TSN), and the exclusive broadcaster of the co-owned Toronto Blue Jays. It splits regional coverage of the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs and national coverage of the NBA's Toronto Raptors with TSN; Rogers Communications and TSN's parent company Bell Canada own a joint majority stake in the teams' parent company.

The Sportsnet brand has since been extended beyond the original regional channels, now encompassing the national channels Sportsnet 360, Sportsnet One (and its regional part-time companion channels), and Sportsnet World; Sportsnet Radio stations in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary; and Sportsnet Magazine. With these brand extensions, Rogers now generally uses "Sportsnet" (by itself) to denote its sports media properties as a whole, and on-air promotions for programs being carried nationally by these four regional feeds often list all four channels separately, or refer to the Sportsnet "regional" (or "main") channels, to avoid any ambiguity. However, standalone mentions of "Sportsnet" in reference to a specific channel can still generally be assumed to be referring to the four regional channels (or the specific regional channel available locally on analogue cable).

History
Sportsnet was approved by the CRTC in September 1996 under the tentative name S3, with Baton Broadcasting Inc. (later renamed to CTV Inc.) holding a 40% controlling interest in the network, and 20% minority stakes held by Rogers Media and Liberty Media (in turn a spin-off of TCI, an American cable-television group). The network proposed a structure with an emphasis on regional programming, operating four feeds to serve different areas of the country.

The network launched on October 9, 1998, as CTV Sportsnet, under the ownership of CTV, Rogers, and Liberty; the latter which owned some of the Fox Sports Net operations that Fox ran in the United States after which the channel was named.

The new network gained credibility before it went on the air, having acquired national cable rights to the National Hockey League from long-time holder TSN. From 1998–99 until 2001–02, Sportsnet aired NHL games to a national audience throughout the regular season, and covered first-round playoff series not involving Canadian teams. Its first live sports event was an NHL opening night telecast between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers. The national cable rights to the NHL returned to TSN in 2002, though Sportsnet retained regional broadcast rights for most Canadian NHL teams.

Acquisition by Rogers
When CTV purchased NetStar, the former parent company of TSN, in 2000, the CRTC ordered CTV to sell either TSN or its stake in Sportsnet. CTV ultimately chose to retain TSN, and sell its stake in Sportsnet. The other shareholders had first right of refusal; as Rogers was the only interested party, it acquired CTV's stake in the summer of 2001, and soon after renamed it Rogers Sportsnet. During part of the transition period, during which time the channel was known as "Sportsnet", CTV was allowed to control programming on both networks, and some cross-affiliation and programs that were going to be tape-delayed on TSN, most notably figure skating, were given to Sportsnet. In 2004, Rogers then bought the remaining 20 percent stake from Fox.

While Sportsnet had been based there from the beginning, TSN's operations would move to CTV's suburban Toronto complex, 9 Channel Nine Court, following the acquisition. This led to some peculiarities related to the fact that the two rival sports channels were only separated by a "parking lot", leading to jokes and references from both networks. On April 30, 2008, Rogers Sportsnet moved its broadcast operations from 9 Channel Nine Court to the Rogers Building, a cluster of buildings in the Mount Pleasant-Jarvis Street area of Downtown Toronto.

Expansion
In 2010, Rogers began to extend the Sportsnet brand beyond the original regional networks with the August 14 launch of Rogers Sportsnet One – a national companion channel promising 800 hours of live events per year. The channel was also accompanied by additional part-time feeds to serve as overflow channels for its regional NHL coverage.

In January 2011, Rogers' sports radio stations, CJCL Toronto ("The Fan 590") and CFAC Calgary ("The Fan 960"), were rebranded as "Sportsnet Radio Fan 590" and "Sportsnet Radio Fan 960" respectively. Critics speculated that the Sportsnet Radio branding was intended to increase synergy with its television counterparts, upon rumors that TSN would be launching a sports radio network of its own.

In July 2011, Rogers announced that it would be rebranding its premium international sports channel Setanta Sports Canada as "Sportsnet World" on October 3, 2011 – a move that would allow the channel better opportunities for cross-promotion with other Sportsnet services. As part of the transition, Setanta Sports sold its minority ownership interest in the channel to MLM Management.

On September 29, 2011, Rogers published the first issue of Sportsnet Magazine, a bi-weekly sports magazine positioned "for Canadian sports fans", covering professional sports from a Canadian perspective. Sports writer Stephen Brunt left his position at The Globe and Mail newspaper to become the magazine's back page columnist.

"Fuelled By Fans" re-launch
On October 3, 2011, Rogers Sportsnet underwent a major rebranding, introducing a revamped logo and visual appearance designed in conjunction with Troika Design Group, and a new image campaign ("Fuelled By Fans"). Additionally, the network's official name was shortened to just Sportsnet. The new logo does not incorporate the previous "player" emblem that had been used in the network's branding since its original launch, as research performed by Rogers indicated that its association with Sportsnet did not resonate well with viewers. The redesign of Sportsnet was overseen by Dean Bender, who served as the network's creative director upon its original launch as CTV Sportsnet.

2013–2018
On August 25, 2012, Rogers announced that it would acquire the television assets of Score Media, owners of The Score Television Network (a competing sports network which primarily airs sports news and highlights, alongside event coverage), in a transaction valued at $167 million. The acquisition itself closed on October 19, 2012, at which point Score Media's digital assets (including its website and mobile apps) were spun off into another company, theScore Inc., in which Rogers Media would retain a 10% interest. Score Media's TV properties were immediately placed into a blind trust, under trustee Peter Viner, pending final CRTC approval. Rogers plans to continue running the network as a sports news service.

The acquisition and Rogers' proposed amendments (which included a reduction in the frequency of sports updates during live events) were approved by the CRTC on April 30, 2013; the same day, The Score also began to air more Sportsnet-produced programming, including a simulcast of CJCL's afternoon show Tim & Sid and Hockey Central Playoff Extra. However, the CRTC rejected the use of a proposed winter sports competition, the Sportsnet Winter Games, for its tangible benefits requirements.

On June 4, 2013, Rogers announced that The Score would be rebranded as a Sportsnet channel; the channel changed its name to Sportsnet 360 on July 1, 2013. As of 2014, Sportsnet is available in 8.2 million Canadian homes.

On October 2, 2018, Scott Moore, Rogers' head of Sportsnet and NHL properties, stepped down.

Regional feeds
Similarly to regional sports networks in the United States, Sportsnet is operated in four regional feeds. While the feeds carry national programming as well, they primarily broadcast sporting events tailored to the region they serve. The four regional feeds are listed in the table below.

All four feeds are available in both standard and high-definition formats. Although cable providers in Canada are permitted to carry only the local Sportsnet feed on analogue cable packages, all four feeds can be carried on digital television services. However, in some instances, programming on the out-of-market Sportsnet feeds, particularly regional NHL games, are blacked out due to league restrictions on teams' regional broadcast rights. Since the revival of the Winnipeg Jets in 2011, regional Flames and Oilers games on Sportsnet West have also been blacked out in Manitoba, despite it being the "local" Sportsnet feed for that province.

Programming
Sportsnet is the main television outlet for Major League Baseball in Canada: it is the exclusive television outlet for the Toronto Blue Jays (which are also owned by Rogers), airing all of its games and other Blue Jays-related programming throughout the season. It also holds Canadian rights to Fox Saturday Baseball, the All-Star Game and the postseason (through Fox, TBS and MLB International). Sportsnet also carries other MLB games simulcast from U.S. regional sports networks.

Sportsnet began airing National Football League games Starting with the 2005 season, splitting late games across the Pacific and West feeds, and the East and Ontario feeds. The games not shown in the opposite regions were carried out regionally by City. It also had rights to Thursday Night Football and the American Thanksgiving games. Sportsnet lost all NFL broadcasting rights for the 2017 season.

Sportsnet carried a large amount of soccer programming; it has been the Canadian broadcaster of the Premier League since 1998 until 2018/19 season (from 2013/14 to 2018/19 season, Sportsnet jointly held Canadian rights to the Premier League with TSN), and also held rights to the FA Cup, UEFA Champions League and Europa League. Sportsnet lost UEFA coverage to TSN for 2015, but gained rights to Bundesliga matches beginning in the 2015–16 season until 2022–23 season. Sportsnet aired the Amway Canadian Championship, an annual competition featuring Canada's five professional soccer teams – Toronto FC, CF Montréal, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, FC Edmonton, and Ottawa Fury FC, until TSN acquired full rights in 2017.

In 2006, Sportsnet aired coverage of the FIFA World Cup as part of a consortium with TSN and CTV. From 2011 through 2014, beginning with the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, CBC sub-licensed cable rights to FIFA tournaments to Sportsnet, including the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

On February 8, 2011, Sportsnet announced that it had signed a multi-year deal with Tennis Canada to acquire early round rights to the Rogers Cup. Sportsnet also acquired rights to the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and ATP World Tour 500 series events. As per an extension of Rogers' sponsorship rights to the tournament, Sportsnet holds sole rights to the Rogers Cup beginning in 2016. In 2016, Sportsnet lost the ATP tours to TSN, but it still maintains exclusive rights to the Rogers Cup, as well as the Davis Cup and Fed Cup.

In February 2013, Sportsnet announced that it would become the official Canadian broadcaster of the IndyCar Series beginning in the 2013 season in a five-year deal with the series. The new contract includes broadcasts on Sportsnet's networks and City, and French rights sub-licensed to TVA Sports. That season, Sportsnet also originated coverage from the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Indianapolis 500 and Honda Indy Toronto, with Bill Adam, Todd Lewis and Rob Faulds. Canadian driver Paul Tracy joined Sportsnet as an analyst. As of the 2019 season, all but the Honda Indy Toronto and Indianapolis 500 moved exclusively to Sportsnet World and Sportsnet Now+.

In May 2013, Sportsnet reached a six-year deal for rights to the national championships of U Sports (then known as Canadian Interuniversity Sport), including coverage of the Vanier Cup.

Hockey coverage
Sportsnet is a major broadcaster of National Hockey League games; the network is the current national cable rightsholder to the league, and regularly airs nationally televised games on Wednesday, Saturday nights as part of Hockey Night in Canada, and Monday nights as part of Rogers Hometown Hockey. Sportsnet is also a major regional broadcaster of the NHL; its four regional feeds carry regional telecasts of five of the seven Canadian franchises, including the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sportsnet Ontario (split with TSN4 beginning in 2014–15; Rogers and Bell Canada own a joint, majority stake in the team's parent company Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment), the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers on Sportsnet West, and the Vancouver Canucks on Sportsnet Pacific.

In January 2014, Sportsnet lost the Ottawa Senators to TSN, who acquired regional rights to the team in English and French under a 12-year deal, beginning in the 2014–15 season. In September 2014, Sportsnet announced its acquisition of regional English-language television rights to the Montreal Canadiens under a 3-year deal, replacing the Senators on Sportsnet East and succeeding TSN as regional rightsholder, until 2016–17.

Sportsnet held the rights to the Canadian Hockey League under a 12-year deal renewed in the 2014–15 season. Its coverage included a package of national broadcasts from the CHL's member leagues, coverage of the CHL Canada/Russia Series and the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, along with coverage of the season-ending Memorial Cup tournament. In the 2021–22 season, Sportsnet lost the rights to CBC Sports and TSN, with the latter covering the Memorial Cup.

National NHL contracts
From its launch through 2002, Sportsnet was the national cable broadcaster of the NHL in Canada, displacing the rival TSN; it aired a package of Tuesday night games, along with coverage of non-Canadian matchups from the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

On November 26, 2013, Rogers Communications announced that it had reached a 12-year deal to become the exclusive national rightsholder for the National Hockey League, again displacing TSN, along with CBC, a deal which began in the 2014–15 season. Valued at $5.2 billion and covering both television and digital media rights to the league, the value of the contract surpassed the league's most recent U.S. rights deal with NBC. Alongside its existing regional rights, Sportsnet now airs Scotiabank Wednesday Night Hockey, along with games during Hockey Night in Canada.

Olympics coverage
In early 2005, Rogers Media and CTVglobemedia jointly acquired broadcast rights to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, as well as the London 2012 Summer Olympics. This was considered a serious coup, as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) had consistently won Olympic broadcast rights from the 1996 Summer Olympics through to the 2008 Summer Olympics. CTV and V were the primary broadcasters; Sportsnet, TSN and RDS provided supplementary coverage. Rogers announced in 2011 that it would not bid with CTVglobemedia's predecessor Bell Media for the rights to the 2014 and 2016 games, citing scheduling and financial issues.

While Bell Media did attempt to partner with the CBC in 2011 to bid for coverage, CBC reached a deal of its own in August 2012, winning the rights to the 2014 and 2016 Games. On February 7, 2013, CBC announced that it had reached deals with Sportsnet and TSN for both networks to become their official cable partners, beginning at the 2014 Winter Olympics. CBC will continue this sub-licensing agreement through the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Sportsnet televised coverage of the 2015 Pan-American Games, also as part of a sub-license with CBC; it aired coverage of the soccer tournaments, as well as a Men's basketball semi-final game involving Canada.

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball: All Toronto Blue Jays games, All-Star Game (through MLB International), post-seasons (through Fox, TBS), World Series (through MLB International), other MLB games simulcast from U.S. broadcasters

Hockey

 * National Hockey League:
 * National rights through 2026, including weekly national games, all playoff games, and other NHL games simulcast from U.S. broadcasters.
 * Holds regional rights to the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs (split with TSN), and Vancouver Canucks

Basketball

 * National Basketball Association: splits regional coverage of Toronto Raptors and NBA playoffs with TSN; selected NBA games
 * FIBA (through 2025)

Football

 * England: FA Cup, FA Community Shield (until 2024), FA WSL, Women's FA Cup (from 2020-21 season)

Tennis

 * Canadian Open
 * Davis Cup
 * Billie Jean King Cup

Curling

 * Grand Slam of Curling (2012–present) (selected events sub-licensed to CBC Sports)

Olympics

 * Summer and Winter Olympics, sublicensed from CBC

Original programs

 * Sportsnet Central – The daily sports news/highlights program of Sportsnet. Hosted by various personalities. Formerly known as Sportscentral, Sportsnetnews, and Sportsnet Connected.
 * Hockey Central – News and reports from the NHL. Hosted by Caroline Cameron, and features hockey analysts Nick Kypreos, Bill Watters and Gord Stellick.
 * Hockey Central at Noon – Simulcast from CJCL; News and reports from the NHL. Hosted by Marek and features either Nick Kypreos or Bill Berg as co-host.

Notable on-air staff

 * David Amber (also with CBC Sports)
 * Colby Armstrong (also with TNT and SportsNet Pittsburgh)
 * Kevin Bieksa
 * Jennifer Botterill (also with TNT)
 * Caroline Cameron
 * Jamie Campbell
 * Anson Carter (also with TNT)
 * Sam Cosentino
 * Chris Cuthbert
 * Louie DeBrusk
 * Rob Faulds
 * Brad Fay
 * Ray Ferraro (also with ESPN/ABC)
 * Elliotte Friedman (also with CBC Sports)
 * Martine Gaillard
 * Garry Galley
 * John Garrett
 * Luke Gazdic
 * Kelly Hrudey
 * Nick Kypreos
 * Ron MacLean (also with CBC Sports)
 * Hazel Mae
 * Jeff Marek
 * Buck Martinez
 * Jamal Mayers (also with NBC Sports Chicago)
 * Jack Michaels
 * Greg Millen
 * Dan Murphy
 * Scott Oake (also with CBC Sports)
 * Evanka Osmak
 * Gene Principe
 * Cabbie Richards
 * John Shorthouse
 * Dan Shulman (also with ESPN)
 * Christine Simpson
 * Craig Simpson
 * Harnarayan Singh
 * Gord Stellick
 * Anthony Stewart
 * Dave Tomlinson
 * Justin Williams

Notable alumni
This list includes the all time Sportsnet 360 staff dated to its days as The Score.

 * Rick Ball (at NBC Sports Chicago)
 * Dean Brown (at TSN Radio 1200)
 * Brian Burke (at PWHL)
 * Hugh Burrill
 * Cassie Campbell-Pascall (at PWHL and ESPN/ABC)
 * Anthony Carelli (at TNA Wrestling)
 * Don Cherry
 * Bob Cole (deceased)
 * Damien Cox
 * James Cybulski (at Abbotsford Canucks)
 * Steve Dangle
 * Gerry Dee
 * Darren Dreger (at TSN)
 * Brendan Dunlop
 * Craig Forrest (at CBC Television and OneSoccer)
 * Erin Hawksworth (at WJLA-TV)
 * Glenn Healy
 * Leah Hextall (at ESPN)
 * Corey Hirsch
 * Jim Hughson
 * Mike Johnson (at TSN)
 * Jimmy Korderas
 * Steve Kouleas (at TSN)
 * Doug MacLean
 * Deb Matejicka
 * Bob McCown
 * Daren Millard
 * Gabriel Morency (at The Fight Network)
 * Arda Ocal (at ESPN)
 * Sara Orlesky (at TSN)
 * Darren Pang (at NBC Sports Chicago\TNT)
 * Renee Paquette (at All Elite Wrestling)
 * Kevin Quinn
 * Mauro Ranallo
 * Dave Randorf (at Bally Sports Sun)
 * Jackie Redmond (at NHL Network, WWE, TNT)
 * Drew Remenda (at NBC Sports California)
 * Paul Romanuk
 * Greg Sansone
 * Sid Seixeiro (at CityNews)
 * John Shannon
 * Tara Slone (at Sirius XM)
 * P.J. Stock (at RDS)
 * George Stroumboulopoulos (at Apple Music)
 * Pat Tabler (at Bally Sports Great Lakes)
 * Don Taylor (at CHEK-DT)
 * Adnan Virk (at ESPN)
 * Jason York
 * Gregg Zaun

Sportsnet+
In 2014, Sportsnet announced the launch of a new TV Everywhere service known as Sportsnet Now, allowing online streaming of the Sportsnet regional channels, Sportsnet One, and Sportsnet 360 for cable subscribers. On March 31, 2016, Rogers announced that Sportsnet Now would be made available as an over-the-top streaming service for cord cutters, initially priced at $24.99 per-month, in addition to remaining available at no additional charge to cable subscribers.

In October 2018, the price was dropped to $19.99, annual subscription options were added, and an additional tier known as Sportsnet Now+ was introduced, adding additional international soccer and rugby events, and out-of-market streaming of regional NHL games for Canadian teams whose rights are owned by Sportsnet. NHL Live, the NHL's digital out-of-market sports package, was later added to Sportsnet Now+ in January 2021.

In April 2022, the plan structures were changed; a $24.99 tier was reintroduced which adds WWE Network, while Now+ was replaced with Sportsnet Now Premium, which is priced at $34.99 per-month and includes WWE Network and out-of-market NHL games beginning the 2022–23 season (replacing NHL Live). The service was quietly renamed Sportsnet+ ahead of the 2023–24 NHL season.

High-definition television
Sportsnet operates four high-definition feeds, one for each regional channel. Originally, Sportsnet operated one national feed that consisted primarily of a simulcast of Sportsnet Ontario, carrying nationally televised events, or separate content from other regional feeds. That feed was launched on September 1, 2003.

In 2007, Sportsnet began using a second high-definition feed in order to broadcast selected regional NHL games in HD, beginning in the 2007–08 NHL season, activated only in the regions where a game is set to be televised. On January 26, 2009, the national HD feed was replaced by individual HD feeds for each region.

4K
On October 5, 2015, Rogers announced that it planned to produce 101 sports telecasts in 4K ultra-high-definition format in 2016, including all Toronto Blue Jays home games, and "marquee" NHL games beginning in January 2016. These broadcasts are offered via a part-time Sportsnet 4K channel on participating television providers.

On January 14, 2016, in cooperation with BT Sport, Sportsnet broadcast the first ever NBA game produced in 4K, and the first live sporting event in 4K in Canadian history—a Toronto Raptors/Orlando Magic game at O2 Arena in London. Sportsnet's first domestic 4K telecast, a Toronto Maple Leafs/Montreal Canadiens game, aired January 23, 2016.

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Bir Sreshtho

The Bir Sreshtho (বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ; lit. 'The Most Valiant Hero'), is the highest military award of Bangladesh. It was awarded to seven freedom fighters who showed utmost bravery and died in action for their nation. They are considered martyrs.

The other three gallantry awards are named, in decreasing order of importance, Bir Uttom, Bir Bikrom and Bir Protik. All of these awards were introduced immediately after the Liberation War in 1971.

Recipients of the Bir Srestho
All the recipients of this award were killed in action during the Liberation War of 1971. The award was published by the Bangladesh Gazette on 15 December 1973. It is the highest military award of Bangladesh, similar to the American Medal of Honor or the British Victoria Cross. It has only been given in 1973 to seven people. Listed below are the people who have received the Bir Srestho. They are all considered 'Shaheed' (Martyrs).

Border Guards Bangladesh
''Note: When referring to martyrs, the word 'shaheed' is often put before each individual's name as a mark of respect. The list has been prepared like the declaration by the Bangladesh Gazette.

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