MusiquePlus
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| Type | Cable television specialty channel |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | CHUM Limited (50%) Astral Media (50%) |
| Launch date | September 2, 1986 |
| Website | musiqueplus.com |
MusiquePlus is a Canadian French language cable television music specialty channel that launched on September 4, 1986, owned by media conglomerate Astral Media and CHUM Limited with both companies holding a 50% stake in the channel. The channel operates out of Montreal, Quebec and is the sister station to MusiMax, MuchMusic, and MuchMoreMusic.
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[edit] History
Launching on September 2, 1986, MusiquePlus first originated with only an eight hour schedule; it consisted of interviews and performaces that were taped from a studio on Boulevard St. Laurent in Montreal and music videos. Four hours of this programming was created by MuchMusic in Toronto and sent to Videotron for broadcast in Quebec to subcribers of MuchMusic. This programming repeated once daily. At the time MusiquePlus was owned 100% by CHUM Limited as a division of MuchMusic. At this time MusiquePlus was not licensed by the CRTC.
In 1987, the CRTC approved a license for MusiquePlus and on September 1, 1988, MusiquePlus launched as a 24 hour channel under the ownership of CHUM Limited and Astral Media (50% each).
On July 12, 2006, CTVglobemedia announced they would make a friendly takeover bid to buy CHUM Limited. CTV's initial plans were to keep all CHUM's specialty channels, although through its application to the CRTC, MusiquePlus along with other channels were listed as services that will be put up for sale.
[edit] Noted VJs
[edit] Current
- Babu
- Chéli Sauvé Castonguay
- Nabi-Alexandre Chartier
- Izabelle Desjardins
- Stéphane "Gonzo" Gonzalez
- Réjean "Rej" Laplanche
- Mathieu Marcotte
- Malik Shaheed AKA Versatile
- Valérie Simard
- Denis Talbot
- Nicolas Tittley
[edit] Past
- Marc Carpentier
- Sonia Benezra
- Geneviève Borne
- Marc Coiteux
- Véronique Cloutier
- Virginie Coossa
- Philippe Fehmiu
- Abeille Gélinas
- Pierre Landry
- Rebecca Makonnen
- Patrick Marsolais
- Marie Plourde
- Juliette Powell
- Claude Rajotte
- Paul Sarrasin
- Catherine Vachon
- Anne-Marie Withenshaw
[edit] See also
[edit] External link
- Official Site (French)
| Astral Media Inc. |
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Corporate Directors: Normand Beauchamp | Austin Beutel | Paul Bronfman | André Bureau | Jack Cockwell | George Cohon | Paul Godfrey | Edith Greenberg | Ian Greenberg | Sidney Greenberg | Sidney Horn | Timothy Price |
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Television Assets: Canal D | Canal Indigo | Canal Vie | cinépop | Family | Historia | The Movie Network | Mpix | MusiquePlus | MusiMax | Séries+ | Super Écran | TATV | Teletoon (English) | Télétoon (French) | Viewers Choice | VRAK.TV | Ztélé |
| CHUM Limited (pending sale to CTVglobemedia) |
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Television channels: Citytv | A-Channel | Bravo! | CP24 | Drive-In Classics | FashionTelevisionChannel | MuchMusic | MuchMoreMusic | MuchVibe | MuchLOUD | MuchMoreRetro | MusiquePlus (50%) | MusiMax (50%) | PunchMuch | Razer | SexTV: The Channel | SPACE | Star! | TV Land Canada |
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