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channel owned by Ethnic Channels Group (ECG) with its name licensed from the owners of the Ukrainian television channel, Tonis. The channel broadcast a variety of programming primarily from Tonis including news, sports, cultural programs, and talk shows.


History


Inter+

In September 2003, Ethnic Channels Group was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called ''Ukrainian TV One'', described as ''"a national ethnic Category 2 specialty television service providing programming primarily in the Ukrainian language."'' On June 23, 2004, ECG launched Inter+ using the Ukrainian TV One licence.A diamond in the rough times
Mediacaster Magazine 2005-06-01 Inter+ broadcast programming from Inter+, an international channel broadcasting programming from
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Channel 5

In September 2005, ECG re-branded Inter+ as Channel 5 (in Cyrillic: “5 канал”), broadcasting programming from Channel 5, a national news network from
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1+1 International

In June 2006, in its effort to boost subscription to the channel, ECG re-branded Channel 5 as 1+1 International which broadcast programming from 1+1 International, a Ukrainian-language TV channel from Ukraine. 1+1 International, itself, was an international channel broadcasting programming from Studio 1+1 for Ukrainian communities outside the Ukraine. The channel broadcast a variety of programming including news, documentaries, talk shows, and more.


Tonis

In the fall of 2008, the Ukrainian channel, 1+1 International, became unavailable in North America. By that time, Roger Communications, the largest Canadian television service provider at the time, had dropped the Canadian channel from its line-up due to low subscriptions. As a result of both of these situations, ECG, yet again, rebranded the channel as Tonis (in Cyrillic: “Тоніс”). The channel broadcast programming from Tonis, an information and educational channel from Ukraine. In February 2009, both Aurora Cable and
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, the only other carriers of the channel at the time, dropped the channel from their line-ups, rendering the channel no longer available.


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Ethnic Channels Group
Defunct television networks in Canada Multicultural and ethnic television in Canada Television channels and stations established in 2004 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2009 Ukrainian-Canadian culture in Ontario {{Canada-tv-station-stub