TV1 (formerly Bell Local and Community One) is a group of community channels operated by Bell Canada's

Fibe TV Bell Fibe TV is an IP-based television service offered by Bell Canada in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is bundled with a FTTN or FTTH Bell Internet service, and uses the Mediaroom platform. Bell Fibe TV officially launched on Septem ...

and FibreOP TV services and are exclusive to those services. The service is primarily delivered via

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History

Bell Local channels operated in four cities in Bell's Fibe TV service area; they were renamed TV1 on August 31, 2015.

Bell Aliant Bell Aliant is a brand name used by Bell Canada for telecommunications services in Atlantic Canada. Prior to 2015, Bell Aliant Inc. (formerly Aliant Inc.) was a separate company providing telecom services in the Atlantic provinces and a few othe ...

simultaneously operated a single Community One channel serving all of Atlantic Canada, prior to its full acquisition by (and integration into) Bell Canada in 2014. In 2015, Bell Aliant acquired broadcast rights to

Atlantic University Sport Atlantic University Sport (AUS; french: Sport universitaire de l'Atlantique) is a regional membership association for universities in Atlantic Canada which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and pr ...

for broadcast on Community One. Community One was also renamed TV1 in September 2015. In 2019, as part of license renewals, the

CRTC The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasti ...

began to scrutinize TV1 for producing non-access programming that was commercial in nature and not relevant to local communities. Specifically, the CRTC showed concerns over non-access programming tied to groups financially supported by Bell (such as the Festival d'été de Québec and

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), and programming related to

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properties (such as companions for '' The Amazing Race Canada'', '' Cardinal'', and '' eTalk'') or starring personalities from local Bell Media radio and television stations. Bell defended the programs, arguing that they only constituted 5% of their output, were produced independently and "intimately tied to our various licence areas''"'', and that they were designed to be associated with "popular" brands to attract viewership. In recent years the channel has also invested in some scripted comedy and drama programming by independent local producers, including the series ''

Pink Is In ''Pink Is In'' is a Canadian comedy television series about the barely functioning Chatsworth Hamilton Women's Prison. Created and produced by Lisa Crawford and co-created by Caroline Puzinas, the show follows the antics of both the staff and priso ...

'', '' Vollies'', '' Sunshine City'' and ''Stittsville on Patrol''.Lynn Saxberg
"Stittsville On Patrol: Local Twitter hero teams up with Ottawa director for new TV comedy"
''

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'', January 14, 2021.

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Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t ...

(French) *

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of ...

(French) * Joliette (French) * Gatineau (French) *

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional cou ...

(French) * Ottawa (French/English) * Atlantic Canada (English/French) *

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and Niagara Region (English) *

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(English) * Kitchener (English) * Oshawa (English) * Kingston (English)

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* {{Bell Media Bell Canada Canadian community channels Television channels and stations established in 2015

History

List of channels

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