Super Écran
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The network is owned by Astral Media.
History
Originally launched on February 1, 1983 under the name Premier Choix, the channel was licensed by the 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 Tv in Toronto couldn't add the channel until September 1983, and Videon Cable Tv in Winnipeg didn't have the additional channel capacity to add it until its dispute with MTS over ownership of the cable plant was settled.
In the early years, before RDS 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).
Eventually these two channels combined to form Super Écran.
In the late 1980s, Premier Choix: TVEC was awarded licenses for French-language satellite-cable (specialty) networks. These include: Canal D similar to A&E and Canal Famille, similar to Family Channel Canada.
Channels & Content
Super Écran operates 4 multiplex channels, named "Super Écran 1" through "Super Écran 4".
CRTC License-related
- [CRTC Decision 1984-032 - Permission to combine Premier Choix and TVEC to form Super Écran]
- [CRTC Decision 1996-145 - Allow national distribution of Super Écran].
References
Here Comes Pay-TV. TV Guide. January 15-21, 1983.
External links
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