Tqs

TQS is a Canadian French language privately owned television network based in Quebec. It is owned by TQS Inc., a joint venture of Cogeco and CTVglobemedia, although a takeover offer by Remstar Corporation is currently awaiting shareholder and regulatory approval. Remstar has already assumed management of TQS on an interim basis. The history of TQS goes back to 1968, when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) first expressed interest in the establishment of a third French language commercial television service in the province of Quebec along with the existing Radio-Canada and TVA, although the CRTC did not call on applications for licences. In 1972, the CRTC said it was prepared to receive licence applications in order to authorize a third commercial television service in Quebec, although it was not until 1974 when the CRTC granted licences to Télé Inter-Cité Québec Ltée to operate TV stations in Montreal and in Quebec City, however nothing came of... full article at wikipedia