Bpm:tv

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."^[1]

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.^[2]

In January 2004, the CRTC approved an application by Stornoway to acquire Cogeco's interest in the service.^[3]

On April 30, 2015, Cogeco announced on their Facebook page that bpm:tv will be "shutting down operations" effective June 1, 2015.^[4] 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.

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.

Programs formerly broadcast by the Canadian television channel bpm:tv, which ran from 2001 to 2015: