Canal M is a
Canadian
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24-hour
French language
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non-profit
audio broadcast television service. Canal M is an audio-only service that broadcasts readings of news articles from newspapers and magazines. It is owned by Vues & Voix. Canal M is a volunteer-based service, where individuals perform voice recordings at recording centres in Quebec.
History
The channel originally launched in 1985 as Radio de la Magnétothèque (more commonly referred to as La Magnétothèque, the name of its parent company). The channel was originally operating without a
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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(CRTC) granted broadcast licence. However, in October 1990, the CRTC officially approved the licence for the service.
Later, in August 2009, the CRTC approved another application by La Magnétothèque that would grant the service mandatory carriage on the basic package of television service providers' systems in Quebec.
original Canal M logo, 100px
In March 2011, Radio de la Magnétothèque was renamed Canal M to coincide with the rebranding of its parent company, from La Magnétothèque to Vues & Voix.
La Magnétothèque devient Vues et Voix
Radio-Canada 2011-03-30
See also
* AMI-audio
AMI-audio is a Canadian 24-hour English language non-profit audio broadcast television service. AMI-audio offers a variety of content to Canadians who are blind, partially sighted or otherwise print restricted.
AMI-audio produces daily live pr ...
, a similar service for anglophone listeners, operated by an organisation unrelated to Canal M
References
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Canal M
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Television channels and stations established in 1985
24-hour television news channels in Canada
Radio reading services of Canada
1985 establishments in Canada
Public radio in Canada
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