Télé Inter-Rives ("Inter-Riverbank Television", literal translation) is a broadcasting company based in

Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup (; 2021 population 20,118) is a small city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The city is the seat for the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality and the judicial district of Kamouraska. Its one of ...

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. The Simard family holds a 55% stake in Télé Inter-Rives, with

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(owner of

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and the TVA network) holding the remaining 45%. The company operates both commercial stations in Rivière-du-Loup in a " twin-stick" duopoly, by "cascade ownership":http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/cht035.pdf * CIMT 9/6 (

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) * CFTF 29/11 (

Noovo Noovo is a Canadian French-language terrestrial television network owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. The network has five owned-and-operated and three affiliated stations throughout Quebec, although it can also be seen over-the-air ...

) (licensee: Télévision MBS Inc., owned by CKRT-TV Ltée.) Prior to August 2021, Télé Inter-Rives also operated Ici Radio-Canada Télé affiliate CKRT 7/5/13 (licensee: CKRT-TV Ltée., owned by Télé Inter-Rives), creating a "triple-stick" triopoly in Rivière-du-Loup; that station closed down in August 2021, after Radio-Canada refused to renew its affiliation with CKRT-DT, with sources for alternate programming limited. Télé Inter-Rives also operates Carleton-sur-Mer TVA affiliate CHAU-DT (licensee: CHAU-TV Communications Ltée., owned by Télé Inter-Rives). The company was formed in 1981 as a holding company for CKRT, which has been owned by the Simard family since its launch in 1962. Including the defunct CKRT-DT, the four stations air programming in French, as the language and population in Eastern Quebec is predominantly French Canadian.

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*http://www.teleinterrives.com Quebecor Television broadcasting companies of Canada Rivière-du-Loup Companies based in Quebec {{Canada-media-company-stub