TV5 Québec Canada | |
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TV5 Canada logo
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Launched | September 1, 1988 |
Owned by | Le Consortium de télévision Québec Canada (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Télé-Quebec TFO Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec) |
Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
Slogan |
Voir les choses autrement (See things differently) |
Country | Canada |
Broadcast area | National |
Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec |
Sister channel(s) | Unis |
Website | TV5 Québec Canada (French) |
Availability
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Satellite | |
Bell TV | Channel 145 (SD) Channel 1835 (HD) |
Shaw Direct | Channel 761 (SD) Channel 414 / 251 (HD) |
Cable | |
Available on many Canadian cable systems | Check local listings |
IPTV | |
Bell Aliant Fibe TV | Channel 805 (SD) Channel 905 (HD) |
Bell Fibe TV | Channel 134 (SD) Channel 1134 (HD) |
MTS | Channel 405 (SD) |
Optik TV | Channel 8090 (SD) Channel 2090 (HD) |
SaskTel | Channel 272 (SD) |
Telus Quebec | Channel 5 (SD) Channel 505 (HD) |
VMedia | Channel 651 (HD) (ON) Channel 127 (HD) (QC) |
Zazeen | Channel 34 (HD) |
TV5 Québec Canada (abbreviated to TV5) is a Canadian French-language Category A specialty channel that focuses primarily on programming from international French-speaking broadcasters.
The channel shares a broadcast licence with its sister network, Unis, a channel devoted to broadcasting programming primarily focusing on Canadian French-speaking communities, in particular, those living outside of Quebec.
The idea of a Canadian feed of TV5Monde (then known simply as TV5) was first proposed in 1986 when le Consortium de télévision Québec Canada (comprising CBC/Radio Canada, Télé-Quebec, TFO and the Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec) joined the TV5 consortium the same year. The proposed channel underwent a CRTC hearing on specialty channel applications in July 1987, and TV5 Québec Canada was launched on September 1, 1988 as the spiritual successor to the cable television channel TVFQ 99 (), which was originally launched in 1979 as a joint venture between Vidéotron and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to rebroadcast TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3 programming in Canada.
TV5 has a partnership with TV5Monde, the second-most widely distributed network in the world reaching over 180 million households in over 200 countries. Unlike TV5MONDE which is based in Paris, France, and supervises the distribution of signals to all continents, TV5 Québec Canada is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, and is owned by the non-profit group Le Consortium de télévision Québec Canada inc. (CTQC) which distributes and manages the channel in Canada.