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{{Infobox television channel
| name              = bpm:tv
| logo              = Bpmtv.png
| logo_caption      = '''bpm:tv logo'''
| logo_size         = 250px
| launch_date       = September 7, 2001
| closed_date       = June 1, 2015
| picture_format    = [[480i]] ([[SDTV]])
| network           =
| owner             = [[Stornoway Communications]]
| country           = [[Canada]]
| area              = National
| headquarters      = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| former_names      = 
| replaced          = 
| sister_channels   = [[The Pet Network]] <br> [[ichannel]]
| timeshift_service = 
| website           = [http://www.bpmtv.com bpm:tv] 
}}
'''bpm:tv''' (beats per minute television) was a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[English language]] [[specialty channel]] owned by [[Stornoway Communications]]. bpm:tv's programming was devoted to dance music, [[nightclub|club lifestyle]], and the EDM genre - [[electronica]], [[house music|house]], [[techno music|techno]], [[eurodance]], [[trance music|trance]].

==History==
[[File:Bpmtv original logo.PNG|right|thumb|The channel's original logo on a blue background. A [[2D computer graphics|2D]] version of its current logo, it has used several different colours through its use until 2004, when it introduced its current [[3D computer graphics|3D]] version.]]
In November 2000, a partnership between Stornoway Communications and [[Cogeco]] called Stornoway Communications Limited Partnership, was granted approval by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) to launch a television channel called ''The Dance Channel'', described as "a national English-language Category 2 specialty television service devoted to all aspects of dance."<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-690.htm Decision CRTC 2000-690] CRTC 2000-12-14</ref>

The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as '''bpm:tv''' with a schedule largely focused on [[electronic dance music]] video programming but steered away from the European-based underground EDM and redirected its interest towards a more mainstream radio sound.<ref>[http://www.newtechmagazine.com/issues/printer.aspx?aid=1000013950 Stornoway acquires Movieola] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422180950/http://www.newtechmagazine.com/issues/printer.aspx?aid=1000013950 |date=2012-04-22 }} New Technology Magazine 2001-10-03</ref>

In January 2004, the CRTC approved an application by Stornoway to acquire Cogeco's interest in the service.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2004/db2004-2.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-2] CRTC 2004-01-07</ref>

On April 30, 2015, Cogeco announced on their Facebook page that bpm:tv will be "shutting down operations" effective June 1, 2015.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/Cogeco/posts/1094246680591660 Cogeco announces bpm:tv's shutdown]</ref>  The shutdown was subsequently confirmed by bpm:tv via an official announcement posted on their website.

The closure of bpm:tv has left Canada without a dedicated channel devoted to dance music for three years until 2018 when [[Stingray Group]] launched [[Stingray Hits!]] initially in French, with the English version later added. It was renamed to Stingray Pop by 2022.<ref>[https://www.stingray.com/about-us/press-room/news-and-press-releases/eight-new-stingray-tv-channels-available-bell Eight New Stingray TV Channels Available to Bell Subscribers], Stingray.com, 08-28-18</ref>

==Programming==
{{Main|List of programs broadcast on bpm:tv}}
The majority of bpm:tv's schedule consisted of music video-based programs. Other programs featured artist profiles, concerts, dance programming, and club lifestyle programs.

==VJs & hosts==
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* Jorie Brown
* Marie Cauchon
* René Escobar
* Scott Fox
* Aminder Gill
* Dalton Higgins
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3445523/ Troy Jackson]
* Patricia Jaggernauth
* Max Julien
* Louie La Vella
* A.J. Leitch
* Brian Mangubat
* [[MC Mario]]
* DJ Marky D
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* Simone Maurice
* Vishanti Moosai
* Joy Olimpo
* Cinar Onat
* Miss Raquel
* Adam Rodness
* [[Jeff Rustia]]
* [[Chris Sheppard (DJ)|Chris Sheppard]]
* [[Aliya Jasmine Sovani]]
* Emily Tan
* Kaley Tate
* Joanne Varkas
* Scott Willats
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Music television channels in Canada}}

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[[Category:2001 establishments in Canada]]
[[Category:2015 disestablishments in Canada]]
[[Category:Dance music television channels]]
[[Category:Defunct specialty television channels in Canada]]
[[Category:Defunct music video networks]]
[[Category:English-language television stations in Canada]]
[[Category:Music video networks in Canada]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2001]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2015]]


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