History Creator / TVA

TVA (pronounced "tay-vey-ah") was established in the 1970s to be the second French language TV network in Canada. The network got its start from two TV stations based in Quebec, CFTM-TV in Montreal and CFCM-TV in Quebec City. While CFTM signed on as an independent, CFCM was originally a Radio-Canada affiliate until the CBC signed on CBVT in 1964.[[note]]CFCM also operated its own network-within-the-network for a time in the 1980s, Réseau Pathonic, whose affiliates carried substantially different programming from that aired by CFTM and the other Télé-Métropole stations; the Sherbrooke affiliate, CHLT [which was, like CFCM, originally a Radio-Canada/CBC affiliate until CKSH signed on in 1974], essentially served as a secondary TVA affiliate for the Montreal market, due to its large coverage area. The Pathonic and Métropole chains merged in 1990, and since then most stations' schedules essentially mirror that of CFTM.[[/note]] The network is owned by media conglomerate Quebecor since 2001. [[note]]Quebecor previously owned rival network TQS [Télévision Quatre Saisons, "Four Seasons Television", which later became V and is now Noovo] from 1995 to 2001 until their acquisition of Vidéotron (then-owner of TVA) forced them to divest themselves of TQS due to antitrust concerns; ironically, Vidéotron themselves owned TQS for a short time before being forced to sell it to Quebecor for the exact same reason.[[/note]] TVA currently airs a mix of French dubs of English-language shows from the American networks and its own homegrown programming produced in Quebec. Its own shows are some of the highest rated TV shows in Quebec and French Canada.

TVA began its expansion beyond Quebec and Francophone parts of neighboring provinces in 1984 when CFTM, under the banner TCTV, became one of four Canadian "superstations" (and the only one broadcasting in French) distributed nationally via the Cancom satellite.[[note]]The other three were CITV Edmonton and CHCH Hamilton, then both independent stations, and CHAN (then known as BCTV) in Vancouver, then a CTV affiliate. CITV and CHAN are now both affiliated with Global, while CHCH remains an indie.[[/note]] In 1999, the CRTC added the network to the list of "must-carry" networks for all cable systems in Canada. Most cable providers carry the CFTM feed, or in some cases the network's Gatineau (Ottawa) affiliate, CHOT.

In 1999, the CRTC added TVA to the list of "must-carry" networks for all cable systems in Canada. Most cable providers carry the CFTM feed, essentially making CFTM something like a nationwide superstation; this also means CFTM's interruptions for local Montreal news and weather bulletins go out nationwide. Previous to 1999, some communities outside Quebec with significant Francophone populations, such as Sudbury, Ontario, and Winnipeg, Manitoba, already had access to TVA (often via either CFTM or Gatineau (Ottawa) affiliate CHOT) on cable. The network has no over-the-air affiliates licensed outside Quebec, although some stations, such as CHOT, are viewable OTA in adjacent provinces and U.S. states.

TVA (pronounced "tay-vey-ah") was established in the 1970s to be the second French language TV network in Canada. The network got its start from two TV stations based in Quebec, CFTM-TV in Montreal and CFCM-TV in Quebec City. While CFTM signed on as an independent, CFCM was originally a Radio-Canada affiliate until the CBC signed on CBVT in 1964.[[note]]CFCM also operated its own network-within-the-network for a time in the 1980s, Réseau Pathonic, whose affiliates carried substantially different programming from that aired by CFTM and the other Télé-Métropole stations; the Sherbrooke affiliate, CHLT, essentially served as a secondary TVA affiliate for the Montreal market, due to its large coverage area. The Pathonic and Métropole chains merged in 1990, and since then most stations' schedules essentially mirror that of CFTM.[[/note]] The network is owned by media conglomerate Quebecor since 2001. [[note]]Quebecor previously owned rival network TQS (Quatre Saisons ("Four Seasons", which later became V and is now Noovo) from 1995 to 2001 until their acquisition of Vidéotron (then-owner of TVA) forced them to divest themselves of TQS due to antitrust concerns; ironically, Vidéotron themselves owned TQS for a short time before being forced to sell it to Quebecor for the exact same reason.[[/note]] TVA currently airs a mix of French dubs of English-language shows from the American networks and its own homegrown programming produced in Quebec. Its own shows are some of the highest rated TV shows in Quebec and French Canada.

Historically Canada's second French-language television network, behind the Creator/{{CBC}}'s Ici Radio-Canada Télé.

TVA Group is the name of the media division where the channel is held. Along with the broadcast network, the division has nine cable channels (addikTV, Canal Indigo (PPV channels), Évasion (joint venture with Groupe Serby, who has a major stake), Le Canal Nouvelles (LCN), CASA, Moi&Cie, Prise 2, TVA Sports (and its secondary and temporary feeds) and Yoopa), a magazine publishing company and an in-house production studio. All of these channels broadcast, of course, in French, although TVA did formerly (until 2015) co-own the English-language Sun News Network (which also operated an over-the-air affiliate in Toronto; both this station, CKXT, and the network are now defunct).

TVA has usually been regarded as the French equivalent of Creator/{{CTV}}, although the two networks were never owned together. Like CTV, TVA was historically a co-operative until it was restructured as a corporation. Even TVA's logo from 1990 to 2012 was very similar to that of CTV, using a square, a circle, and a triangle (their current logo, used since 2012, is simply the TVA letters in a stylized font). TVA, like CTV, officially doesn't stand for anything, although some people refer to the network as ''Téléviseurs Associés'' ("Associated Telecasters").

TVA (pronounced "tay-vey-ah") was established in the 1970s to be the second French language TV network in Canada. The network got its start from two TV stations based in Quebec, CFTM-TV in Montreal and CFCM-TV in Quebec City. While CFTM signed on as an independent, CFCM was originally a Radio-Canada affiliate until the CBC signed on CBVT in 1964.[[note]]CFCM also operated its own network-within-the-network for a time in the 1980s, Réseau Pathonic, whose affiliates carried substantially different programming from that aired by CFTM and the other Télé-Métropole stations. The Pathonic and Métropole chains merged in 1990, and since then most stations' schedules essentially mirror that of CFTM.[[/note]] The network is owned by media conglomerate Quebecor since 2001. [[note]]Quebecor previously owned rival network TQS (Quatre Saisons ("Four Seasons", which later became V and is now Noovo) from 1995 to 2001 until their acquisition of Vidéotron (then-owner of TVA) forced them to divest themselves of TQS due to antitrust concerns; ironically, Vidéotron themselves owned TQS for a short time before being forced to sell it to Quebecor for the exact same reason.[[/note]] TVA currently airs a mix of French dubs of English-language shows from the American networks and its own homegrown programming produced in Quebec. Its own shows are some of the highest rated TV shows in Quebec and French Canada.

TVA Group is the name of the media division where the channel is held. Along with the broadcast network, the division has nine cable channels (addikTV, Canal Indigo (PPV channels), Évasion (joint venture with Groupe Serby, who has a major stake), Le Canal Nouvelles (LCN), CASA, Moi&Cie, Prise 2, TVA Sports (and its secondary and temporary feeds) and Yoopa), a magazine publishing company and an in-house production studio. All of these channels broadcast in French, although TVA did formerly (until 2015) co-own the English-language Sun News Network (which also operated an over-the-air affiliate in Toronto; both this station, CKXT, and the network are now defunct).

In 1999, the CRTC added TVA to the list of "must-carry" networks for all cable systems in Canada. Most cable providers carry the CFTM feed, essentially making CFTM something like a nationwide superstation; this also means CFTM's interruptions for local Montreal news and weather bulletins go out nationwide. Previous to 1999, some communities outside Quebec with significant Francophone populations, such as Sudbury, Ontario, already had access to TVA on cable (often via the Gatineau (Ottawa area) affiliate, CHOT). The network has no over-the-air affiliates licensed outside Quebec, although some stations, such as CHOT, are viewable OTA in adjacent provinces and U.S. states.

In 1999, the CRTC added TVA to the list of "must-carry" networks for all cable systems in Canada. In most cases, CFTM is aired as the nationwide network feed; the network has no over-the-air affiliates outside Quebec although some (such as CHOT in Gatineau, which is adjacent to Ottawa) do serve portions of neighboring provinces. TVA programming had already been carried on cable in communities outside Quebec with significant Francophone populations, such as Sudbury, Ontario.

In 1999, the CRTC added TVA to the list of "must-carry" networks for all cable systems in Canada. In most cases, CFTM is aired as the nationwide network feed. TVA programming had already been carried on cable in communities outside Quebec with significant Francophone populations, such as Sudbury, Ontario.

TVA (pronounced "tay-vey-ah") was established in the 1970s to be the second French language TV network in Canada. The network got its start from two TV stations based in Quebec, CFTM-TV in Montreal and CFCM-TV in Quebec City. While CFTM signed on as an independent, CFCM was originally a Radio-Canada affiliate until the CBC signed on CBVT in 1964. The network is owned by media conglomerate Quebecor since 2001. [[note]]Quebecor previously owned rival network TQS (Quatre Saisons ("Four Seasons", which later became V and is now Noovo) from 1995 to 2001 until their acquisition of Vidéotron (then-owner of TVA) forced them to divest themselves of TQS due to antitrust concerns; ironically, Vidéotron themselves owned TQS for a short time before being forced to sell it to Quebecor for the exact same reason.[[/note]]

TVA currently airs a mix of French dubs of English-language shows from the American networks and its own homegrown programming produced in Quebec. Its own shows are some of the highest rated TV shows in Quebec and French Canada. Prior to 1990, there were essentially two networks within the TVA network, as the stations affiliated with Télé-Métropole (anchored by CFTM and including the Ottawa/Hull affiliate, CHOT) and those affiliated with Réseau Pathonic (headquartered at CFCM and including the affiliates serving Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Rimouski, and Rivière-du-Loup) carried substantially different schedules, to the point where the Sherbrooke affiliate served as a secondary TVA station for metro Montreal.[[note]]Pathonic also owned and operated Quebec City's English-language CBC affiliate, CKMI "MI-5", which later moved to Montreal and affiliated with Global.[[/note]] The two chains merged in 1990, and since then the affiliates' schedules more or less mirror that of CFTM.

TVA currently airs a mix of French dubs of English-language shows from the American networks and its own homegrown programming produced in Quebec. Its own shows are some of the highest rated TV shows in Quebec and French Canada. Prior to 1990, there were essentially two networks within the TVA network, as the stations affiliated with Télé-Métropole (anchored by CFTM and including the Ottawa/Hull affiliate, CHOT) and those affiliated with Réseau Pathonic (headquartered at CFCM and including the affiliates serving Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Rimouski, and Rivière-du-Loup) carried substantially different schedules, to the point where the Sherbrooke affiliate served as a secondary TVA station for metro Montreal. The two chains merged in 1990, and since then the affiliates' schedules more or less mirror that of CFTM.

TVA Group is the name of the media division where the channel is held. Along with the broadcast network, the division has nine cable channels (addikTV, Canal Indigo (PPV channels), Évasion (joint venture with Groupe Serby, who has a major stake), Le Canal Nouvelles (LCN), CASA, Moi&Cie, Prise 2, TVA Sports (and its secondary and temporary feeds) and Yoopa), a magazine publishing company and an in-house production studio.

TVA (pronounced "tay-vey-ah") was established in the 1970s to be the second French language TV network in Canada. The network got its start from two TV stations based in Quebec, CFTM-TV in Montreal and CFCM-TV in Quebec City. While CFTM signed on as an independent, CFCM was originally a Radio-Canada affiliate until the CBC signed on CBVT in 1964. The network is owned by media conglomerate Quebecor since 2001. [[note]]Quebecor previously owned rival network TQS (which later became V and is now Noovo) from 1995 to 2001 until their acquisition of Vidéotron (then-owner of TVA) forced them to divest themselves of TQS due to antitrust concerns; ironically, Vidéotron themselves owned TQS for a short time before being forced to sell it to Quebecor for the exact same reason.[[/note]] TVA currently airs a mix of French dubs of English-language shows from the American networks and its own homegrown programming produced in Quebec. Its own shows are some of the highest rated TV shows in Quebec and French Canada.

In 1999, the CRTC added TVA to the list of "must-carry" networks for all cable systems in Canada.

Historically Canada's second French-language television network, behind the Creator/{{CBC}}'s Ici Radio-Canada Tél&eacute.

TVA (pronounced "tay-vey-ah") was established in the 1970s to be the second French language TV network in Canada. The network got its start from two TV stations based in Quebec, CFTM-TV in Montreal and CFCM-TV in Quebec City. While CFTM signed on as an independent, CFCM was originally a Radio-Canada affiliate until the CBC signed on CBVT in 1964. The network is owned by media conglomerate Quebecor since 2001. [[note]]Quebecor previously owned rival network TQS (now known as V) from 1995 to 2001 until their acquisition of Vidéotron (then-owner of TVA) forced them to divest themselves of TQS due to antitrust concerns; ironically, Vidéotron themselves owned TQS for a short time before being forced to sell it to Quebecor for the exact same reason.[[/note]] TVA currently airs a mix of French dubs of English-language shows from the American networks and its own homegrown programming produced in Quebec. Its own shows are some of the highest rated TV shows in Quebec and French Canada.

TVA has usually been regarded as the French equivalent of Creator/{{CTV}}, although the two networks were never owned together. Like CTV, TVA was historically a co-operative until it was restructured as a corporation. The old TVA logo was very similar to that of CTV, using a square, a circle, and a triangle (TVA switched to its current logo in 2011-12). TVA, like CTV, officially doesn't stand for anything, although some people refer to the network as ''Téléviseurs Associés'' ("Associated Telecasters").

TVA (pronounced "tay-vey-ah") was established in the 1970s to be the second French language TV network in Canada. The network got its start from two TV stations based in Quebec, CFTM-TV in Montreal and CFCM-TV in Quebec City. While CFTM signed on as an independent, CFCM was originally a Radio-Canada affiliate until the CBC signed on CBVT in 1964. The network is owned by media conglomerate Quebecor. TVA currently airs a mix of French dubs of English-language shows from the American networks and its own homegrown programming produced in Quebec. Its own shows are some of the highest rated TV shows in Quebec and French Canada.

Historically Canada's second French-language television network, behind Ici Radio-Canada Télé (the French equivalent of Creator/{{CBC}}).

Historically Canada's second French-language television network, behind Société du Radio-Canada Télévision (the French equivalent of Creator/{{CBC}}).

For many years, TVA also ventured into the movie business with a studio, '''TVA Films'''. While some of its films are English-language releases (including serving as the Canadian distributor of a few Creator/WarnerBros releases), most of them are produced in French. One of its best-known French-language films is ''Film/{{CRAZY}}''.

Historically Canada's second French-language television network, behind Société du Radio-Canada Télévision (the French equivalent of [[Creator/{{CBC}}).

TVA (pronounced "tay-ve-ah") was established in the 1970s to be the second French language TV network in Canada. The network got its start from two TV stations based in Quebec, CFTM-TV in Montreal and CFCM-TV in Quebec City. While CFTM signed on as an independent, CFCM was originally a Radio-Canada affiliate until the CBC signed on CBVT in 1964. The network is owned by Quebec media conglomerate Quebecor. TVA currently airs a mix of French dubs of English-language shows from the American networks and its own homegrown programming produced in Quebec. Its own shows are some of the highest rated TV shows in Quebec and French Canada.

For many years, TVA also ventured into the movie business with a studio, '''TVA Films'''. While some of its films are English-language releases (including serving as the Canadian distributor of a few Creator/WarnerBros releases), most of them are produced in French. One of its best-known French-language films is ''Film/{{CRAZY}}''.

For many years, TVA also ventured into the movie business with a studio, '''TVA Films'''. While some of its films are English-language releases (including serving as the Canadian distributor of a few Creator/WarnerBros releases), one of its best-known films is ''Film/{{CRAZY}}''.