Yoopa (stylized YOOPA) is a

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owned by

Groupe TVA Groupe TVA Inc. is a Canadian communications company with operations in broadcasting, publishing and production. It was founded as Télé-Métropole Corporation in 1960, and owned CFTM-TV, Montreal's first privately-owned francophone station. It c ...

, a division of

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. Initially aimed at

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ers, Yoopa now broadcasts programming targeted toward children, aged 2–11. A magazine for parents using the Yoopa name was launched on April 1, 2010 in conjunction with the launch of the television channel. The magazine replaced EspaceParents.ca, owned by TVA Publications, a division of Groupe TVA.

History

In February 2010, TVA Group was granted approval by the

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(CRTC) to launch a television channel called ''TVA Junior'', described as "a national French-language Category 2 specialty programming undertaking aimed exclusively at children from two to six years old." The channel was launched on April 1, 2010 in as Yoopa.

Dispute with Vrak.TV Junior

Before Yoopa's launch and its approval by the CRTC, fellow broadcaster

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had been approved for a similar channel in March 2006 called Vrak.TV Junior. Prior to its launch, Astral Media claimed that it had secured carriage on a number of other television providers, except

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— who has a hold of 51% of the Quebec market, the largest French market in Canada — owned by

, the parent of TVA Group. Astral claimed Vidéotron's refusal to carry the channel was to avoid competition for its upcoming channel, Yoopa.Un youpi pour le Yoopa de TVA?
Cyberpresse.ca; 2010-02-27 Astral attributed the delay in the launch of Vrak Junior to Vidéotron's refusal to carry the channel. Vidéotron categorically denied the accusation. Vrak.TV Junior was launched on July 5, 2010 as Playhouse Disney Télé (now

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) on

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. Vidéotron launched the channel on March 1, 2011.

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Former programming

International distribution

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