Editing Television in Quebec (section)

==Types of television==

Although broadcast in [[French language|French]], ''la télévision québécoise'' has little relationship to [[television in France]]. It is similar to [[television in the United States]]: A 30-minute programming grid, commercials, local stations, and a division between broadcast television formed around networks of stations—which is freely available to anyone with a TV within their broadcast area—and cable television channels that require a subscription.

===Broadcast television===
The four major broadcast television networks in Quebec are [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]], [[TVA (Canadian TV network)|TVA]], [[Noovo]] and [[Télé-Québec]]. Some local advertising is aired and stations produce local newscasts, but all four networks otherwise air virtually identical schedules throughout Quebec, with the network signals being essentially the output of their Montreal flagships. Local stations affiliated with the networks are located in each of the 10 television markets of Quebec: [[Montreal]], [[Quebec City]], [[Gatineau]]–[[Ottawa]], [[Sherbrooke]], [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]], [[Trois-Rivières]], [[Rivière-du-Loup]], [[Rimouski]], [[Abitibi-Témiscamingue]], and [[Carleton-sur-Mer]].

TVA is by far the most watched network: in fall 2006, it held 28% of the Quebec francophone primetime television audience, compared to Radio-Canada's 19% and Noovo's 14%.<ref>{{cite web | title = Portrait de TVA | url = http://www.espace-tva.com/Admin/media/documents/portrait%20des%20stations/portrait%20tva%20a06.pdf | accessdate = 2007-12-15}}</ref>

Given the predominantly French-speaking population, only [[CBC Television|CBC]], the English-language television service ([[CBMT-DT]]) funded by the government of Canada, is available over the air throughout the province. Montreal has local owned-and-operated stations of [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] ([[CFCF-DT]]), [[Global Television Network|Global]] ([[CKMI-DT]]), and [[Citytv]] ([[CJNT-DT]]), Canada's three main English-language networks, while Gatineau receives all three networks as part of the [[Ottawa]] media market; Global is also available over-the-air in Quebec City and Sherbrooke through [[rebroadcaster]]s of the Montreal station.

===Cable television===

Quebec has the lowest cable television-satellite television penetration rates in Canada, with 85.7% of Quebecers having cable television, as of 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title= How Many Canadians Subscribe to Cable TV or Satellite TV? |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/reports/radio/cmri.htm |accessdate=2007-03-18 |date=August 2006 |publisher= Canadian Media Research Inc. for the CRTC}}</ref>

[[Vidéotron]] and [[Cogeco]] are the largest cable companies in Quebec, although a large number of independent cable companies exist. These compete against satellite companies [[Bell Satellite TV]] and [[Shaw Direct]], as well as Bell's [[IPTV]] service [[Bell Fibe TV]].