QOOB was an Italian television channel owned by

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, launched in 2005 and permanently closed in 2009.

Content

Was launched in November 2005 as ''XXXX'' on

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analogue television frequencies. Broadcasting

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videos and user-generated content, on 8 April 2006 was renamed as ''Flux'' and later, on 30 November 2006, was again renamed as ''QOOB''. From 1 January 2009 to 9 February 2009,

has temporarily stopped broadcasting and definitively closed on 3 November 2009. A program called ''The QOOB Factory'' on

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broadcast user-generated videos from QOOB website. On 30 June 2011 QOOB was replaced by a new channel called CanalOne.

References

External links

''QOOB'' official website

QOOB
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Qoob Music television channels Telecom Italia Media Television channels and stations established in 2005 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2009 Defunct music video networks Defunct television channels in Italy Italian-language television stations 2005 establishments in Italy 2009 disestablishments in Italy Music organisations based in Italy