Super Écran
| Super Écran | |
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Super Écran logo
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| Launched | February 1, 1983 |
| Owned by | Bell Media |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec |
| Formerly called | Premier Choix Premier Choix: TVEC |
| Website | Super Écran (French) |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | 180-183 (SD) 1890-1892 (HD) |
| Shaw Direct | 780-782, 784 (SD) 386, 389, 392 / 246, 249, 237 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Available on many Canadian cable systems | Check local listings, channels may vary |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant | 881-884 (SD) 981-984 (HD) |
| Bell Fibe TV | 161-164 (SD) 1161-1164 (HD) |
| Telus Quebec | 401-404 (SD) 591-594 (HD) |
| VMedia | 301-304 (HD) |
Super Écran is a Canadian French language Category A premium television service owned by Bell Media. Super Écran airs a mix of commercial-free films and television series. Films are primarily sourced from the United States and Canada, while the television series consist of original series and programs from HBO and Showtime in the United States.
Launched on February 1, 1983 under the name Premier Choix, the channel was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to provide a national 24-hour-a-day French-language pay television service. It was owned and operated by First Choice Canadian Communications.
Premier Choix had a difficult time attracting enough subscribers, as did a regional Quebec-based pay-television network called TVEC which was licensed in November 1982. Rogers Cable in Toronto couldn't add the channel until September 1983, and Videon Cable in Winnipeg didn't have the additional channel capacity to add it until its dispute with Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) over ownership of the cable plant was settled.
In the early years, before Réseau des sports and MusiquePlus were licensed, programming consisted of 70% movies and 30% sports.
TVEC (Télévision de l'Est du Canada Inc.) was licensed in November 1982 as a regional French-language pay-TV channel from Quebec, serving Quebec, eastern Ontario, and Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick).
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