Mystery TV is a
CanadianCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
English languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
category 1
digital cableDigital cable is a generic term for any type of cable television distribution using digital video compression or distribution. The technology was originally developed by Motorola.-Background:...
specialty channelA specialty channel is a television channel which consists of programming focused on a single type or targeted at a specific demographic....
which presents
movieFilm encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects....
s and
television seriesA television program , television programme , or television show is a segment of content broadcast on television...
of the
mysteryMystery fiction is a loosely-defined term that is often used as a synonym for detective fiction — in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime...
and
suspenseSuspense is a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work. Suspense is not exclusive to fiction, though. Suspense may operate in any situation where there is a lead up to a big event or dramatic...
genres. Mystery TV is owned by Canwest Media Inc. and
Groupe TVAQuebecor Media Inc. is a Canadian media company. It is a subsidiary of Quebecor Inc. that owns and operates the following companies:
*Vidéotron *Sun Media Corporation...
.
Mystery TV was licensed as
13th Street by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on November 24, 2000 to Canwest (45.05%), Groupe TVA (45.05%) and
Rogers CommunicationsRogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications and cable television, with additional telecommunications and mass media assets. It is headquartered in the Rogers Building in Toronto, Ontario.The company considers...
(9.9%).
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Mystery TV is a
CanadianCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
English languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
category 1
digital cableDigital cable is a generic term for any type of cable television distribution using digital video compression or distribution. The technology was originally developed by Motorola.-Background:...
specialty channelA specialty channel is a television channel which consists of programming focused on a single type or targeted at a specific demographic....
which presents
movieFilm encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects....
s and
television seriesA television program , television programme , or television show is a segment of content broadcast on television...
of the
mysteryMystery fiction is a loosely-defined term that is often used as a synonym for detective fiction — in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime...
and
suspenseSuspense is a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work. Suspense is not exclusive to fiction, though. Suspense may operate in any situation where there is a lead up to a big event or dramatic...
genres. Mystery TV is owned by Canwest Media Inc. and
Groupe TVAQuebecor Media Inc. is a Canadian media company. It is a subsidiary of Quebecor Inc. that owns and operates the following companies:
*Vidéotron *Sun Media Corporation...
.
History
Mystery TV was licensed as
13th Street by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on November 24, 2000 to Canwest (45.05%), Groupe TVA (45.05%) and
Rogers CommunicationsRogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications and cable television, with additional telecommunications and mass media assets. It is headquartered in the Rogers Building in Toronto, Ontario.The company considers...
(9.9%). Before the channel's launch, both Canwest and Groupe TVA acquired Rogers' shares in the service equally. The channel was launched as
Mystery on September 7, 2001. (TVA, Canwest and Rogers also owned the same shares of its French counterpart,
MystèreMystère is a Canadian French language category 1 digital cable specialty channel that airs programs devoted to mystery and suspense. It is owned by Groupe TVA, a division of Quebecor Media.-History:...
, which would become wholly-owned by TVA before launch.)
Canadian content
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- Durham County
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- F/X: The Series
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- Final 24
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- Hollywood's Greatest Mysteries
- Mystery Ink
- Painkiller Jane
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- Past Lives
- Pretty Dangerous
- The Guard
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- To Serve and Protect
To Serve and Protect is a Canadian documentary television series which airs on A-Channel, SUN TV, Men TV, and Mystery TV. It is very similar to the American series COPS....
- True Pulp Murder
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- Very Bad Men
- Zoe Busiek: Wild Card
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Foreign content
- Bones
Bones is an American comedic drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensics and police procedurals in which each episode focuses on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth...
- House
House, also known as House, M.D., is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The program was co-created by David Shore and Paul Attanasio; Fox officially credits Shore as creator. The show's central character is Dr...
- Las Vegas
Las Vegas is an American television series that aired on NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working in the fictional Montecito Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada—dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet...
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural TV series, which premiered on September 30, 2001. The series is about the Major Case Squad in a fictional version of the New York City Police Department set in New York City's One Police Plaza and is the second spin-off of the...
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural TV series about the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department...
- Medical Detectives
- Numb3rs
Numb3rs is an American television drama, which premiered on January 23, 2005 on CBS. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI...
- Shark
Shark is an American legal drama that originally ran on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. Created by Ian Biederman, the series starred James Woods as Sebastian Stark, a notorious Los Angeles defense attorney who becomes a prosecutor....
- Women's Murder Club
Women's Murder Club is an American police procedural and legal drama, which ran on ABC from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008. The series is set in San Francisco, California and is based on the 'Women's Murder Club' series of novels written by James Patterson...
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