Canal D
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History
In June 1994, Premier Choix: TVEC Inc. (Astral) was granted approval for a television broadcasting licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a channel called Arts et Divertissement, described as a service modelled after the American service, A&E, at that time. The proposed service was to focus on four main elements: documentaries (for which the service would primarily consist of), films, dramatic series, and arts programming.[1]
The channel was launched on January 1, 1995, as Canal D.
On March 4, 2013, the Competition Bureau approved the takeover of Astral Media by Bell Media.[2] Bell filed a new application for the proposed takeover with the CRTC on March 6, 2013;[3] the CRTC approved the merger on June 27, 2013,[4] effectively turning over control of Canal D to Bell on July 5 of that year.
Canal D HD
On October 30, 2006, Astral Media launched "Canal D HD", an HD simulcast of Canal D's standard definition feed.[5]
International distribution
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) - distributed on SPM Telecom systems.
References
External links
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- ↑ Decision CRTC 94-286 CRTC 1994-06-06
- ↑ BCE takeover of Astral OK’d by Competition Bureau Template:Webarchive, The Montreal Gazette (via The Canadian Press), March 4, 2013.
- ↑ Astral and Bell Comment on New Acquisition Application to CRTC Template:Webarchive, Broadcaster Magazine, March 6, 2013.
- ↑ CRTC approves Bell-Astral merger, CBC News, June 27, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ↑ La haute définition en français Template:Webarchive Infopresse 2006-10-30 Template:In lang