Télé Inter-Rives
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Télé Inter-Rives is a broadcasting company based in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
. The company operates three stations in Rivière-du-Loup in a rare "triple-stick" (triopoly
):
Télé Inter-Rives also operates Carleton, Quebec TVA affiliate CHAU-TV
(licensee: CHAU-TV Communications, Ltée.).
The four stations air programming in French
, as the language and population in Eastern Quebec
is predominantly French-Canadian.
Quebecor
(owner of Groupe TVA and the TVA network) owns a 45% stake in the company.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. The company operates three stations in Rivière-du-Loup in a rare "triple-stick" (triopoly
Triopoly
Triopoly can refer to:* Triopoly * An oligopoly with three sellers* A twinstick or duopoly operation to which a third local station under the same common ownership has been added. If programming is the same across three stations in the same market, the cluster is not a tripoly but a trimulcast....
):
- CKRT 7/5/13CKRT-TVCKRT-TV is a television station in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. Owned and operated by Télé Inter-Rives, it is a private affiliate of the Radio-Canada network....
(Radio-CanadaTélévision de Radio-CanadaTélévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
) (licensee: CKRT-TV, Ltée.) - CIMT 9/6CIMT-TVCIMT-TV is a television station. It is the TVA affiliate in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec.-History:The station was launched on September 17, 1978...
(TVATVA (TV network)TVA is a privately owned French language television network in Canada. The network is currently owned by Groupe TVA Inc. , a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media...
) - CFTF 29/11CFTF-TVCFTF-TV is a French-language television station in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, and an affiliate of V, a commercial television network in Quebec. The station is owned by Télé Inter-Rives, which also owns Radio-Canada affiliate CKRT-TV and TVA affiliate CIMT-TV, making the station part of a so-called...
(V) (licensee: Télévision MBS, Inc.)
Télé Inter-Rives also operates Carleton, Quebec TVA affiliate CHAU-TV
CHAU-TV
CHAU-TV is a television station. It is the TVA affiliate in Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec and is owned by Télé Inter-Rives.The original owner of CHAU was Dr. Charles Houde of La Télévision de la Baie des Chaleurs, who put the station on the air for the first time on October 17, 1959 as a dual CBC/SRC...
(licensee: CHAU-TV Communications, Ltée.).
The four stations air programming in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, as the language and population in Eastern Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
is predominantly French-Canadian.
Quebecor
Quebecor
Quebecor Inc. is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc...
(owner of Groupe TVA and the TVA network) owns a 45% stake in the company.