Canal Indigo

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**Canal Indigo**

Type	Pay-per-view television service
Country	Canada
Availability	National
Owner	40% Viewers Choice Canada Inc. 20% Groupe TVA 20% TQS Inc. 20% Cogeco Radio-Television Inc.
Launch date	August 1996
Website canalindigo.com

Canal Indigo is a Canadian French language pay-per-view and Near Video on Demand provider that launched in August 1996.

Currently Canal Indigo is majority owned by Viewers Choice Canada Inc. (40% & managing partner), Groupe TVA (20%), TQS Inc. (20%) and Cogeco Radio-Télévision Inc. (20%). (As managing partner of Viewers Choice Canada Inc, Astral Media in turn is managing partner of Canal Indigo.)

Although, it was announced on March 20, 2008 that Groupe TVA will be purchasing the remaining interest from all other stakeholders, giving Groupe TVA whole ownership in the service.

[edit] Channels and content

Canal Indigo PPV service consists of 24 standard definition channels and 1 High Definition channel. Programming on Canal Indigo includes hit movies, concerts, sports, and other special events. Adult content is also available through Canal Indigo's Olé! Télévision service.

On December 27, 2007 Shaw Broadcast switched all of their PPV feeds to their own proprietary PPV service displacing Canal Indigo from Shaw and Star Choice as well as any other system that receives their PPV feeds via Shaw Broadcast.

[edit] External links

Official Canal Indigo website (French)
CRTC flowchart illustrating ownership structure of Canal IndigoPDF (40.6 KB)

v • d • e Astral Media Inc.

Corporate Directors	Normand Beauchamp • Austin Beutel • Paul Bronfman • André Bureau (Chairman) • Jack Cockwell • George Cohon • Paul Godfrey • Stephen Greenberg • Ian Greenberg (President and CEO) • Sidney Greenberg (Vice President) • Sidney Horn • Mila Mulroney • Timothy Price

Broadcast television stations	CFTK (CBC) • CJDC (CBC)

Cable Television/Specialty Channels	Canal D • Canal Indigo • Canal Vie • cinépop • Family • Historia • The Movie Network • Mpix • MusiquePlus • MusiMax • Séries+ • Super Écran • TATV • Teletoon (English • French) • Teletoon Retro • Viewers Choice • VRAK.TV • Ztélé

Radio networks / brands	Boom FM • EZ Rock • Énergie • RockDétente

Radio Stations (by call-sign)	AM: CFRB • CFRN • CFTK • CHAM • CHOR • CHTK • CIOR • CISL • CJAD • CJBK • CJDC • CJOR • CKCR • CKFR • CKGR • CKHJ • CKMX • CKOC • CKOR • CKSL • CKTB FM: CFBR • CFEI • CFIX • CFMG • CHBD • CHEY • CHIK • CHOM • CHRD • CHRE • CHRX • CHSU • CHTZ • CHVR • CIBK • CIBX • CICF • CIGB • CIKI • CIKX • CILK • CIMF • CIMO • CIQM • CITE (Montreal) • CITE (Estrie) • CITF • CJAB • CFQX • CFVM • CFXY • CFZZ • CJAT • CJAY • CJBX • CJCJ • CJDM • CJEZ • CJFM • CJFW • CJMM • CJMV • CJOI • CJMG • CKBC • CKFM • CKKC • CKLH • CKMF • CKMM • CKNL • CKQB • CKRX • CKTF • CKTK • CKTO • CKTY • CKX • CKXA • CKXR • CKZZ

Sirius Canada channels	Énergie² • RockVelours

Other Assets	Astral Media Outdoor (AMO)

See also	Standard Broadcasting • Telemedia

v • d • e Quebecor Inc.

Corporate Directors	Françoise Bertrand • Alain Bouchard • Robert Dutton • Jean La Couture • Jean-Marc Eustache • Pierre Laurin • Brian Mulroney • Jean Neveu • Pierre Parent • Érik Péladeau • Pierre Karl Péladeau

Groupe TVA	CFCM • CFER • CFTM • CHEM • CHLT • CJPM • ARGENT • Canal Évasion • Canal Indigo • Les idées de ma maison télé • Mystère • LCN • Prise 2 • Shopping TVA • TVA • mentv • Mystery TV

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Other assets	Quebecor World • Archambault • canoe.ca • JPL Production • Le SuperClub Vidéotron • Nurun • Quebecor Media • TVA Films • TVA Publishing • Télé Inter-Rives (45%) • Vidéotron

Many of the assets listed above are only partially owned by Quebecor Inc. Refer to each individual article for detailed information.

v • d • e Cogeco

Television Assets	SRC: CKTV Saguenay • CKSH Sherbrooke • CKTM Trois-Rivières TQS (60%)¹: CFJP Montreal • CFAP Quebec City • CFKS Sherbrooke • CFKM Trois-Rivières • CFRS Saguenay (60% ownership for each station)¹

Cable Television stations / Specialty Channels	TVCogeco: TVCogeco Windsor • TVCogeco 13 Kingston • TVCogeco North Bay Other: Cable 14 Hamilton (66.67%) • Canal Indigo (20%)

FM Radio Stations	Rythme FM: CFGL 105.7 Montreal • CJEC 91.9 Quebec City • CFGE 93.7/98.1 Sherbrooke • CJEB 100.1 Trois-Rivières Other: CJMF 93.3 Quebec City

See also:	SRC Affiliates • TQS Affiliates • TVCogeco • Cogeco • CKO Radio Network (defunct)

¹ Remainder (40%) owned by CTVglobemedia

v • d • e CTVglobemedia Inc.

Corporate directors	Geoff Beattie (Chairman) • David Binet • Ronald Close • Ivan Fecan (President and CEO) • Gordon Lackenbauer • James Leech • Robert Prichard • Pamela Wallin

Conventional television	CTV: Stations • A-Channel: Stations • TQS: Stations (40%) • Other: Access (CIAN/CJAL) • ASN • CKX Brandon (CBC affiliate)

Specialty / pay television	Animal Planet • ARTV • BookTelevision • Bravo! • BNN • CP24 • CLT • CourtTV Canada • CTV Newsnet • Discovery Channel • Discovery Civilization Channel • Discovery HD • Drive-In Classics • ESPN Classic • FashionTelevisionChannel • MTV • MuchMusic • MuchLOUD • MuchMoreMusic • MuchMoreRetro • MuchVibe • NHL Network • OLN • PunchMuch • Razer • RDS • RIS • SexTV: The Channel • Space • Star! • The Comedy Network • TSN • travel + escape • TV Land Canada • Viewers Choice

Radio stations	AM: CFAX • CFGO • CFRA • CFRW • CFUN • CHUM • CKGM • CKKW • CKLW • CKST • CKWW FM: CFBT • CFCA • CFJR • CFLY • CFWM • CHBN • CHBE • CHIQ • CHQM • CHST • CHUM • CIDR • CIMX • CIOO • CJCH • CJMJ • CJPT • CKCE • CKKL • CKLC • CKLY • CKPT • CKQM • CKUL

Print	The Globe and Mail • Report on Business Magazine

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Associated foundation	VideoFACT

Predecessors and historic brands	Telegram Corporation • Baton Broadcasting • CHUM Limited • MCTV • ONT, STN and BBS • WTSN

Shareholders of CTVglobemedia	The Woodbridge Company, 40% • Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, 25% • Torstar Corporation, 20% • BCE Inc., 15%

Many of the assets listed above are only partially owned by CTVglobemedia. Refer to full asset list for detailed information.