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Video Italia (Canada)
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Video Italia is a now defunct Canadian
category 2
Italian language
digital cable
specialty channel
. It was an all-music
channel that included such programming as open-air concerts and music videos. It was a Canadian version of the Italian
channel Video Italia. It was primarily distributed in a package with two other channels called Super Trio Italiano. The other two channels were Leonardo World and SKY TG24. All three channels were wholly owned by Telelatino Network Inc.
with the exception of Video Italia which was 80% owned by Telelatino Network Inc. and 20% owned by Radio Italia.
On September 11, 2007, Vidéotron discontinued carriage of Video Italia and on September 18, 2007 the remaining carriers, Rogers Cable and Mountain Cablevision discontinued carriage of Video Italia also.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
category 2
Category 2 specialty channel
A Category B service is a Canadian specialty television channel which, as defined by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, may be carried, optionally, by all digital cable television and direct broadcast satellite providers.Unlike Category A services, Category B services...
Italian language
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
digital cable
Digital cable
Digital cable is a generic term for any type of cable television distribution using digital video compression or distribution. The technology was originally developed by Motorola.-Background:...
specialty channel
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....
. It was an all-music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
channel that included such programming as open-air concerts and music videos. It was a Canadian version of the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
channel Video Italia. It was primarily distributed in a package with two other channels called Super Trio Italiano. The other two channels were Leonardo World and SKY TG24. All three channels were wholly owned by Telelatino Network Inc.
Telelatino
Telelatino, also referred to as TLN, is a Canadian Category A Specialty channel broadcasting general interest programming from Canada and around the world, primarily in Italian and Spanish...
with the exception of Video Italia which was 80% owned by Telelatino Network Inc. and 20% owned by Radio Italia.
On September 11, 2007, Vidéotron discontinued carriage of Video Italia and on September 18, 2007 the remaining carriers, Rogers Cable and Mountain Cablevision discontinued carriage of Video Italia also.