V (TV network)
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Country | Canada |
| Availability | Quebec (available in parts of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and eastern & northern Ontario via cable or antenna and nationally via satellite) |
| Slogan | Le divertissement à la puissance V |
| Owner |
V Media Group (Remstar) |
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Launch date
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September 7, 1986 |
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Former names
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TQS (1986-2009) |
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Official website
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V (French) |
V is a Canadian privately owned French-language television network. The network has owned-and-operated and affiliated stations throughout Quebec, although it can also be seen over-the-air in some bordering markets in the provinces of Ontario and New Brunswick. It can also be received in some other parts of Canada by satellite, cable and IPTV.
The network was launched in 1986 as Télévision Quatre-Saisons (TQS), and was known by that name until Remstar, which had bought the network in 2008, renamed it "V" on August 31, 2009. It is the namesake and flagship property of V Media Group, a separate company majority-owned by Remstar owner Maxime Rémillard (partially through Remstar).
In 1968, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) first expressed interest in the establishment of a third French-language commercial television service in the province of Quebec to compete with Télévision de Radio-Canada and the loose association of independent stations that eventually became TVA. However the CRTC did not call on applications for licences.
In 1972, the CRTC said it was prepared to receive licence applications in order to authorize a third commercial television service in Quebec, although it was not until 1974 when the CRTC granted licences to Télé Inter-Cité Québec Ltée. to operate TV stations in Montreal and in Quebec City. However nothing came of this project.
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