Casa (TV channel)
Casa (stylized CASA) is a Canadian French language discretionary service channel that is dedicated to the home including home and garden renovations and design, cooking, and real estate. It is owned by Groupe TVA, a division of Quebecor Media, and airs a mix of original productions and dubbed versions of series produced by the American and Canadian versions of HGTV.
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| Country | Canada |
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| Broadcast area | National |
| Slogan | Chez nous |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Groupe TVA |
| History | |
| Launched | February 19, 2008 |
| Former names | Télé-Services (2005-2008; pre-launch) Les idées de ma maison télé (2008-2010) |
| Links | |
| Website | casatv.ca (in French) |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| CCAP | Channel 94 (SD) |
| Cablevision du Nord | Channel 98 (SD) |
| Cogeco Ontario | Channel 94 (SD) Channel 536 (HD) |
| Cogeco Quebec | Channel 94 (SD) Channel 536 (HD) |
| Rogers Cable | Channel 640 (SD) |
| Vidéotron | Channel 94 (SD) Channel 694 (HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Bell Satellite TV | Channel 154 (SD) Channel 1850 (HD) |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 765 (SD) Channel 428 / 228 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant Fibe TV | Channel 868 (SD) Channel 968 (HD) |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 135 (SD) Channel 1135 (HD) |
| Bell MTS | Channel 433 (SD) |
| Telus Quebec | Channel 50 (SD) Channel 533 (HD) |
| VMedia | Channel 101 (HD) (QC) |
| Zazeen | Channel 212 (HD) |
History
On October 21, 2005 Groupe TVA was granted a broadcasting licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a channel called Télé-Services, described as "a national, French-language Category 2 specialty programming undertaking offering programming devoted to manual labour such as construction, renovations, repairs, gardening, landscaping, decorating, interior design, mechanics and hobbies."[1]
The channel was launched on February 19, 2008 as Les idées de ma maison télé, branded as a spin-off of the Quebecor-owned magazine Les idées de ma maison.[2]
On October 18, 2010, Les idées de ma maison was renamed "Casa",[3] the Spanish word for "house", while still focusing on the same genre of programming.
Casa HD
Casa's Facebook page announced that the channel would launch a high definition feed on December 14, 2011.[4] The channel was launched on December 14.
Logos
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| 2008-2010 | 2010-2011 |
References
- Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-521 CRTC 2005-10-21
- La télé-confort arrive chez nous Canoe.ca 2008-02-23 (in French)
- Les idées de ma maison devient Casa Infopresse 2010-10-18 (in French)
- CASA - page officielle
External links
- Official website (in French)