TVNB, or Television New Brunswick, was the brand of a group of

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community channels in the

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province of

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, active in the late 1990s. The network was created by uniting the various local community channels of the province's cable television provider, Fundy Cable. Network master control located in Moncton provided two provincial feeds (English and French) of programs produced around New Brunswick, including sporting events and provincial political coverage of the

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, while local programming inserts were made for local content like TV bingo games, high school sports, city council meetings and municipal election debates. TVNB English service was available in the majority of the province, except the

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area which provided the French TV service. English and French TVNB service could be seen on two separate channels in

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, Miramichi, Bathurst, Campbellton and Dalhousie. The TVNB network was re-branded

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in February 2002, after a series of acquisitions made

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the dominant cable provider in the province."Rogers to expand TVNB airtime". ''

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'', January 25, 2002.

References

{{New Brunswick TV Television stations in New Brunswick Canadian community channels Defunct television networks in Canada 1998 establishments in New Brunswick 2002 disestablishments in Canada