In May 1999, a consortium consisting of BCE Inc. (50.1%), Groupe Serdy (19.9%), Grouped TVA Inc. (10%), Media Overseas (10%), and Pathé/Canal Voyage France (10%) were granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called Canal Évasion, described as "a national French-language television specialty service that is dedicated exclusively to tourism, adventure and travel."[1]
Logo used from 2000 to 2002. Shows the initial play-on usage of the accute accent above the É, which still carries forward with its current logo.Evasion's logo, 2002–2008. This logo inspired the current logo.
The channel was launched on January 31, 2000, as "Canal Évasion".[2]
After various acquisitions over the years,[3] ownership is held by the managing partner Groupe Serdy (formerly Serdy direct inc.) and Groupe TVA as a minority partner.
In December 2008, the channel unveiled a new image including a new logo and on-air presentation, including simplifying its name by dropping the "Canal".
Évasion, canadian, french, language, discretionary, service, channel, owned, groupe, channel, broadcasts, programming, devoted, travel, adventure, countrycanadabroadcast, areanationalheadquartersmontreal, quebecprogrammingpicture, format480i, sdtv, 1080i, hdtv. Evasion is a Canadian French language discretionary service channel owned by Groupe TVA The channel broadcasts programming devoted to travel and adventure EvasionCountryCanadaBroadcast areaNationalHeadquartersMontreal QuebecProgrammingPicture format480i SDTV 1080i HDTV OwnershipOwnerGroupe TVASister channelsZesteHistoryLaunchedJanuary 31 2000 24 years ago 2000 01 31 Former namesCanal Evasion 2000 2008 LinksWebsiteevasion tv in French History editIn May 1999 a consortium consisting of BCE Inc 50 1 Groupe Serdy 19 9 Grouped TVA Inc 10 Media Overseas 10 and Pathe Canal Voyage France 10 were granted approval by the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission CRTC to launch a television channel called Canal Evasion described as a national French language television specialty service that is dedicated exclusively to tourism adventure and travel 1 nbsp Logo used from 2000 to 2002 Shows the initial play on usage of the accute accent above the E which still carries forward with its current logo nbsp Evasion s logo 2002 2008 This logo inspired the current logo The channel was launched on January 31 2000 as Canal Evasion 2 After various acquisitions over the years 3 ownership is held by the managing partner Groupe Serdy formerly Serdy direct inc and Groupe TVA as a minority partner In December 2008 the channel unveiled a new image including a new logo and on air presentation including simplifying its name by dropping the Canal On January 14 2019 the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission CRTC approved the acquisition of the channel by Quebecor Media on behalf of its subsidiary Groupe TVA nbsp Logo from 2008 2020 In 2014 the logo colours were changed entirely in teal blue within this logo On June 12 2009 Serdy Direct launched an HD simulcast of Evasion References edit Decision CRTC 99 112 CRTC 1999 05 21 Motion International Publishes Its Second Quarter Results for the 1999 2000 Fiscal Year press release 2000 03 17 Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003 22 CRTC 2003 01 23External links editOfficial website in French Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Evasion amp oldid 1194553935, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
