TQS or currently known as The V channel is a Canadian privately owned French TV network.
TQS or Television Quatre Saisons was launched in 1986 in Canada as an advertising platform and was know as so up to august 31st 2009, when is its current owners Remstar Corporation renamed it to channel V. TQS can be seen on owned-and –operated plus all affiliates stations of Quebec. Some parts of Canada also receive it via cable or satellite. Its affiliate stations include RNC Media’s gatineau and Val-d’Or plusTele Inter-Rives’s Rimouski and Riviere. However its launch in 1986 was met will severe financial constrains which almost brought it down.
December 2007 saw them file for bankruptcy to protect itself from its creditors and was a given 30 days to put its house in order. January 2008 saw the grace period extended for 45 more days and on March 10th 2008, Quebec Supreme Court approved the sale of TQS to Remstar Corporation, which is a Montreal-based TV and filming production house and distributor. Remstar renamed TQS as V, with V meaning; Vedettes, Vitesse, Voyage and Vice ou Verite French words that mean stars, speed, trips, vices and truths respectively.
Since 2008 with new management, V’s news programming is at a low form comparing it with previous eras and is produced by ADN-5 an independent producer. Summaries of not more than three minutes get inserted in morning and afternoon programming. In sporting, V has live coverage of Ultimate Fighting Championships and are said to be part of those who won broadcasts for Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and 2012 summer Olympics. Its programming involves many movies, TV series, Erotic programs the most famous being Bleu Nuit.
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