TQS is a French-language commercial television network in Quebec. The network launched in 1986 as Tlvision Quatre Saisons (Four Seasons Television) under the ownership of the Pouliot family, who then owned Montreal's CTV Television Network affiliate, CFCF-TV. However, the network quickly ran into financial problems and was sold to Quebec cable company Vidotron, who already owned Groupe TVA, Quebec's other private commercial network. Due to monopoly ownership concerns, Vidotron sold TQS to Quebecor, a newspaper publisher. Quebecor later acquired Vidotron itself, and put TQS back on the market. The network is now owned jointly by Bell Globemedia and Cogeco, another cable company. The network brands itself as ''le mouton noir de la tl'', or "the black sheep of television". It is generally runner-up in the ratings to TVA, although the network has produced a number of major hit series in Quebec. The network is not widely available outside of Quebec, although some communities in Northern Ontario and Eastern Ontario Ontario and in New Brunswick receive TQS affiliates on cable. The network affiliate in Rivire-du-Loup, Quebec also has a repeater in Edmundston, New Brunswick, the network's only over-the-air transmitter outside of Quebec. In early 2005, TQS was part of the consortium that won the Canadian broadcast rights to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics. This was considered a serious coup, as the rival Canadian Broadcasting Corporation had consistently won Olympic broadcast rights from the 1996 Summer Olympics through to the 2008 Summer Olympics. CTV and TQS will be the primary broadcasters; TSN, Rseau des sports and Rogers Sportsnet will provide supplementary coverage. ==Programming== ''See List of programs broadcast by TQS.'' ==TQS stations== ===TQS-owned=== *CFJP - Montreal, Quebec *CFAP - Quebec City, Quebec ===Regional affiliates=== *CFGS - Gatineau, Quebec *CFVS - Val-d'Or, Quebec *CFKS - Sherbrooke, Quebec *CFKM - Trois-Rivires, Quebec *CFRS - Saguenay, Quebec *CFTF - Rivire-du-Loup, Quebec ==See also== *List of Quebec television channels *List of Quebec television series *Television of Quebec *Culture of Quebec ==External link== *[http://www.tqs.ca/accueil/ TQS] Quebec television networks
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TQS is a French-language commercial television network in Quebec. The network launched in 1986 as Tlvision Quatre Saisons (Four Seasons Television) under the ownership of the Pouliot family, who then owned Montreal's CTV Television Network affiliate, CFCF-TV. However, the network quickly ran into financial problems and was sold to Quebec cable company Vidotron, who already owned Groupe TVA, Quebec's other private commercial network. Due to monopoly ownership concerns, Vidotron sold TQS to Quebecor, a newspaper publisher. Quebecor later acquired Vidotron itself, and put TQS back on the market. The network is now owned jointly by Bell Globemedia and Cogeco, another cable company. The network brands itself as ''le mouton noir de la tl'', or "the black sheep of television". It is generally runner-up in the ratings to TVA, although the network has produced a number of major hit series in Quebec. The network is not widely available outside of Quebec, although some communities in Northern Ontario and Eastern Ontario Ontario and in New Brunswick receive TQS affiliates on cable. The network affiliate in Rivire-du-Loup, Quebec also has a repeater in Edmundston, New Brunswick, the network's only over-the-air transmitter outside of Quebec. In early 2005, TQS was part of the consortium that won the Canadian broadcast rights to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics. This was considered a serious coup, as the rival Canadian Broadcasting Corporation had consistently won Olympic broadcast rights from the 1996 Summer Olympics through to the 2008 Summer Olympics. CTV and TQS will be the primary broadcasters; TSN, Rseau des sports and Rogers Sportsnet will provide supplementary coverage. ==Programming== ''See List of programs broadcast by TQS.'' ==TQS stations== ===TQS-owned=== *CFJP - Montreal, Quebec *CFAP - Quebec City, Quebec ===Regional affiliates=== *CFGS - Gatineau, Quebec *CFVS - Val-d'Or, Quebec *CFKS - Sherbrooke, Quebec *CFKM - Trois-Rivires, Quebec *CFRS - Saguenay, Quebec *CFTF - Rivire-du-Loup, Quebec ==See also== *List of Quebec television channels *List of Quebec television series *Television of Quebec *Culture of Quebec ==External link== *[http://www.tqs.ca/accueil/ TQS] Quebec television networks
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