The History of Canadian BroadcastingWhen originally proposed, this channel was to be known as LCN Affaires. The original ownership consisted of Groupe TVA, Publications Transcontinental and BCE Media. Before launching, Groupe TVA bought out its partners and acquired 100% interest in the channel which launched as Argent on February 21, 2005. Argent was shut down by Quebecor (TVA) on […]
The CRTC having denied Global a licence for a Mystery Channel in 1996, this specialty cable channel was licensed to them in November 2000, with the title 13th Street, but when it launched in September 2001 the name had been changed back to simply The Mystery Channel. Originally majority owned by Global and TVA, with […]
On June 15th, 2010, Quebecor Inc. announced that its companies Sun Media Corporation and TVA Group Inc. would be asking for CRTC approval to launch a new 24 hour news channel on January 1st 2011. As part of the process, Toronto SunTV station CKXT-TV would initially carry Sun News in simulcast, but would later be converted from […]
On February 26th 2010 the CFTC granted TVA Group Inc. a seven-year licence for a new French-language specialty channel to be titled TVA Sports. Programming would be devoted to “all aspects of sports, and in particular, Canadian mainstream professional sports”. Written by Pip Wedge – March, 2010 Ownership: TVA Group Inc Start Year: 2010