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TQS
Type	Broadcast television network
Country	Canada
Availability	Quebec (available in parts of New Brunswick and eastern & northern Ontario via cable or antenna)
Slogan	Le mouton noir de la télé (The Black Sheep of Television)
Owner	TQS Inc. (Cogeco/CTVglobemedia)
Launch date	September 7, 1986
Website	www.tqs.ca

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.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Logos 1.2 Slogans 2 Programming 3 TQS stations 3.1 Owned and operated (co-owned by Cogeco and CTVglobemedia) 3.2 Regional affiliates 4 See also 5 External links

The network was launched in 1986 as Télévision Quatre Saisons (Four Seasons Television) under the ownership of the Pouliot family, who then owned Montreal's CTV affiliate, CFCF-TV, and radio stations CFCF-AM (now CINW) and CFQR-FM. However, the network quickly ran into financial problems; at one point, the revenues from CFCF-TV were all that were keeping the network afloat. However, the network was known for advertising in English on its then-sister radio stations.

In 1995, the Pouliots sold TQS to Quebec cable company Vidéotron, who already owned TVA, Quebec's other private commercial network. Due to monopoly ownership concerns, Vidéotron immediately turned around and sold TQS to Quebecor, a newspaper publisher.

Quebecor acquired Vidéotron itself in 2001, and put TQS back on the market. Later in 2001, TQS was bought by a joint venture of CTVglobemedia (then known as Bell Globemedia) and Cogeco, another cable company. Cogeco owns 60% of the venture and handles most of the operations, while CTVglobemedia owns 40%. The acquisition, in a sense, reunited it with CFCF, which had been bought by CTV a year earlier.

Since 1998, the network has branded itself as le mouton noir de la télé, or "the black sheep of television". It has long been a distant third in the ratings to TVA and Radio-Canada, in part because most of its affiliates are on UHF. However, it has produced a number of major hit series in Quebec.

Unlike TVA, TQS does not have mandatory cable carriage rights outside of Quebec, but may be offered at a cable company's discretion if there is a sufficient local market for French language television programming. Consequently the network is not widely available outside of Quebec, although some communities in northern and eastern Ontario and in New Brunswick receive TQS affiliates on cable. The affiliate in Gatineau is part of the Ottawa market, and is available in nearly all of eastern Ontario on cable. The network affiliate in Rivière-du-Loup also has a rebroadcaster in Edmundston, New Brunswick, the network's only over-the-air transmitter outside of Quebec.

The network is known to many English Canadian viewers for Bleu Nuit, a showcase of softcore pornography broadcast late Saturday nights, similar to the old Baby Blue films that once aired on Toronto's Citytv. In fact, TQS was once considered the French counterpart of Citytv.

In early 2005, TQS was part of the consortium that won the Canadian broadcast rights to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. This was considered a serious coup, as the rival CBC Television had previously won Olympic broadcast rights from the 1996 Summer Olympics through to the 2008 Summer Olympics. TQS will be the primary French broadcaster, while CTV will be the primary English broadcaster; TSN, RDS and Rogers Sportsnet will provide supplementary coverage.

The current TQS logo, which uses the lowercase form "tqs", was adopted in fall 2006. While some network publicity materials now use the lowercase form in text, the uppercase form also remains common.

TQS Logo Gallery

TQS' 1980s logo	TQS' alternate 1980s logo	Alternate logo using the "Black Sheep" logo
TQS' alternate logo with an actual Black Sheep, from 1997	Previous logo	New Logo, introduced in late 2006

• 1987-1989: On grandit ensemble! (We grow together!)
• 1995-1997: Allumée! (Turned on!)

Further information: List of programs broadcast by TQS

• CFJP - Montreal
• CFAP - Quebec City
• CFKS - Sherbrooke
• CFKM - Trois-Rivières
• CFRS - Saguenay

• CFGS - Gatineau
• CFVS - Val-d'Or
• CFTF - Rivière-du-Loup

• List of Quebec television channels
• List of Quebec television series
• Television of Quebec
• Culture of Quebec

• Official TQS website (French)

v • d • e Broadcast television networks in Canada
English commercial	CBC • CTV • Global • E! • Citytv • A-Channel • CTS
French commercial	Radio-Canada • TVA • TQS
Multicultural	OMNI • APTN
Defunct	A-Channel (Craig Media) • BBS • NOWTV
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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: CTV stations • A-Channel: A-Channel stations • Other: ACCESS (CIAN / CJAL) • ASN • CKX Brandon (CBC affiliate) • TQS (40%): • CFJP Montreal • CFAP Quebec City • CFKS Sherbrooke • CFKM Trois-Rivières • CFRS Saguenay (40% ownership for each station)
Specialty / pay television	Animal Planet • ARTV • BookTelevision • Bravo! • BNN • CP24 • CLT • CourtTV Canada • CTV Newsnet • Discovery Channel • Discovery Civilization • 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 • CJCH • CKGM • CKKL • CKKW • CKLC • CKLW • CKST • CKWW • FM: CFBT • CFCA • CFJR • CFLY • CFWM • CHBN • CHBE • CHIQ • CHQM • CHST • CHUM • CIDR • CIMX • CIOO • CJMJ • CJPT • CKCE • CKLY • CKPT • CKQM • CKUL
Print	The Globe and Mail • Report on Business Magazine
Other assets	Access Media Group • Agincourt Productions • CHUM-City Building • Masonic Temple • CHUM Radio Sales • CHUM Satellite Services (master Canadian affiliate of Muzak) • CTV Music • Dome Productions • Exploration Distributions • Exploration Productions • Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
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.