television in quebec is an essential part of the culture of quebec, as well as the rest of french canada. with over 99% of households owning a television in quebec, it has the power to reach every quebecer. long a preferred medium of many of quebec's actors, artists, and writers, television has been one of the important forces in quebec society, including its substantial influence in a series of dramatic changes in the 1960s: the quiet revolution. ==types of television== although broadcast in french, la tÃ©lÃ©vision quÃ©bÃ©coise has little relationship to its gallic cousin; it's decidedly north american in its approach: a 30-minute programming grid, commercials, local stations, along with the distinction between broadcast television formed around networks of stationsâwhich is freely available to anyone with a tv within their broadcast areaâand cable television channelsâwhich requires a subscription to receive. ===broadcast television=== the four major broadcast television networks in quebec are radio-canada, tva, v and tÃ©lÃ©-quÃ©bec. all four networks air, with the exception of local advertising and a small amount of local programming, identical schedules throughout quebec, with the network signals being essentially the output of their montreal flagships. local stations affiliated with the networks are located in each of the 10 television markets of quebec: montreal, quebec city, gatineauâottawa, sherbrooke, saguenay, trois-riviÃ¨res, riviÃ¨re-du-loup, rimouski, abitibi-tÃ©miscamingue, and carleton-sur-mer. tva is by far the most watched network: in fall 2006, it held 28% of the quebec francophone primetime television audience, compared to radio-canada's 19% and v's 14%. given the predominantly french-speaking population, only cbc, the english-language television service funded by the government of canada, is available over the air throughout the province. in montreal and gatineau, affiliates of ctv have transmitters; in those two cities as well as quebec city and sherbrooke, global is available over-the-air. ===cable television=== quebec has the lowest cable television-satellite television penetration rates in canada, with 85.7% of quebecers having cable television, as of 2006. vidÃ©otron and cogeco are the largest
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