Christine Diakos says she shares at least one thing in common with most Canadians - a love of travel.

Whether it's hopping on a plane for business or heading south with her husband and their two-year-old child, Ms. Diakos cannot seem to get enough of travelling.

So when she saw a job posting for host of a new daily half-hour travel show on CTV Travel, she knew it would be a perfect fit. Ms. Diakos left her job as entertainment correspondent for the CTV show eNow and will start at the new digital channel when it launches in September.

"I don't think it is a niche market at all. Travel attracts everyone," she said in an interview.

CTV Travel is one of seven digital television channels being launched by the network this fall by the network. Canadian households that have digital or satellite services can access the channels.

"In developing our digital strategy, we sought to develop the most attractive services that would serve the largest possible audiences," said Rick Brace, president of NetStar Communications, a division of CTV, at the launch of the new channels in August.

"We drew on our competencies in our sport- and science-based specialty networks as well as the strength of CTV, Canada's No. 1 television network, to create logical extensions in the digital environment," Mr. Brace said.

In it's first year, more than 50 per cent of programming will be Canadian content, said Ken Murphy, president and general manager of the Discovery Network.

"There has never been a travel channel in Canada," said Paul Lewis, senior vice-president of programming at the Discovery Channel. "Canadians are avid travellers."

The focal point of CTV Travel will be a daily half-hour travel program called Inside Travel, hosted by Ms. Diakos. When the channel launches on Sept. 7, Ms. Daikos said, she will be ready to offer viewers not only daily travel news headlines but practical advice on everything from tricks to avoid jet lag to how to make travelling with young children easy.

The fast-paced show will include a diverse range of in-studio interviews with people who have travelled to faraway places and done interesting things, such as running with the bulls in Spain. It will also have a two-part series on an African safari.

Ms. Diakos said she loves the idea of not only bringing valuable information to travellers but also bringing the world to arm-chair travellers who love to see and experience the world through others' eyes.

For a more off-the-wall travel experience, viewers can journey to 10 North American cities with host Paul McGuire in a program called 24 Hours In. For the show, Mr. McGuire, who worked with Ms. Diakos on eNow, spent 24 hours in 10 different cities including Montreal, St. John's and New York.

"Hopefully we've given the viewer what makes the city tick," Mr. McGuire said.

During filming, he and his cameraman would arrive in a new city and set out to meet interesting and quirky people. They talked to everyone from a street musician in Montreal to a fisherman in Whitehorse.

"Most of it is the personalities in a place rather than the landmarks," Mr. McGuire said.

In one segment about Whitehorse, Mr. McGuire takes a bush plane into a remote area of the north to fish with a 25-year veteran of the Canadian navy.

"He was one of the neatest guys I met," Mr. McGuire said. "Everyone says I have the best job in the world."

In one of the channel's other programs called Exotic Islands, supermodel and host Hunter Reno immerses herself in the island way of life. She takes viewers with her as she explores islands around the world including Belize, Bonaire, Fiji and the Florida Keys.