Aux (TV channel)
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| Aux logo | |
| Launched | October 1, 2009 |
| Owned by | Glassbox Television Inc. |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Website | Aux |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 585 / 269 |
| Cable | |
| EastLink | Channels Vary |
| Rogers Cable | Channel 107 |
| Shaw Cable | Channel 138 |
| Source Cable | Channel 206 |
| IPTV | |
| MTS | Channel 321 |
Aux (stylized AUX) is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel and corresponding website owned and operated by Glassbox Television. Aux is programmed to offer music video and music-related programs profiling new and emerging artists in alternative, hip hop, indie rock, indie pop and other genres.
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[edit] History
Aux originally started out as a website, built on an Internet television model, and a programming block on another Glassbox-owned television channel, BiteTV. Both the website and the programming block launched on November 24, 2008.[1]
Glassbox received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch Aux as a national English-language category 2 specialty channel on March 6, 2009.[2] The channel was subsequently launched on October 1, 2009 exclusively on Rogers Cable[3] (in Ontario and New Brunswick, and shortly thereafter in Newfoundland and Labrador). Later, other providers such as Shaw Cable, Shaw Direct, EastLink, and Source Cable launched the channel on their systems.
In April 2010, the CRTC denied an application by Glassbox to launch a French-language version of Aux, as Astral Media had filed an intervention against the Glassbox application suggesting that the channel would be in competition with the established music video networks MusiquePlus and MusiMax.[4]
[edit] Programming
Original programming on Aux have included: ExploreMusic with Alan Cross, Master Tracks, Aux Weekly, Talk Show Night At Juicebox Manor, Cypher, Band Foto, Strange Notes (hosted by George Pettit of Alexisonfire), Volume, Camera Music, the alt.sessions, Hard, Something New, Garageland.
[edit] Collaborations
In February 2009, Aux participated with CBC Radio 3 and Exclaim! to launch X3, a new collaborative cross-promotional platform which sees all three outlets air or publish feature content spotlighting a particular "Artist of the Month". X3 artists of the month have included K'naan, Malajube, Thunderheist, Japandroids, Apostle of Hustle and The Rural Alberta Advantage.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Great AUXpectations; Torontoist; 2009-09-24
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-121; CRTC; 2009-03-06
- ^ AUX music television debuts October 1 on Rogers Cable with 24 series devoted to music and music culture CNW press release 2009-09-23
- ^ CRTC Denies French-Language Version of AUX TV. Exclaim!, April 23, 2010.
- ^ X3 Artist of the Month
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