Cultuur 7 (formerly EXQI Culture) was a Belgian

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speciality television channel broadcast in

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and

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. The channel broadcast filmed classical music performances, operas, and other cultural programmes in four-hour blocks, especially featuring

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productions. The channel was originally launched on 1 October 2006 by as EXQI Culture. In October 2013, it was renamed as Cultuur 7. In October 2015, Stingray Digital in Canada acquired Cultuur 7. On 1 December 2015, Cultuur 7 was closed down, and was replaced by the Dutch version of Brava (Stingray acquired the broadcaster in the Netherlands earlier in July 2015); Cultuur 7's programmes were integrated into the new Brava's schedule.

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* Television networks in Belgium {{Europe-tv-stub