september 7 2001 closed june 1 2015 owned by stornoway communications picture format 480i sdtv slogan dance with attitude country canada broadcast area national headquarters toronto ontario sister channel s the pet network ichannel website bpm tv bpm tv beats per minute television was a canadian english language category b specialty channel owned by stornoway communications . bpm tv s programming was devoted to dance music club lifestyle and the edm genre electronica house techno eurodance trance . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 vjs & hosts 4 references history edit the channel s original logo on a blue background . a 2d version of its current logo it has used several different colours through its use until 2004 when it introduced its current 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 . 1 the channel was launched on september 7 2001 as bpm tv with a schedule largely focused on music video programming focusing on electronic dance music 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 . programming edit main article 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 edit jorie brown marie cauchon ren escobar scott fox aminder gill dalton higgins troy jackson patricia jaggernauth louie lavella a.j. leitch brian mangubat mc mario dj marky d simone maurice vishanti moosai joy olimpo cinar onat miss raquel adam rodness jeff rustia chris sheppard aliya jasmine sovani emily tan kaley tate joanne varkas scott willats references edit decision crtc 2000 690 crtc 2000 12 14 stornoway acquires movieola new technology magazine 2001 10 03 broadcasting decision crtc 2004 2 crtc 2004 01 07 cogeco announces bpm tv s shutdown v t e music television channels in canada music and entertainment aux cmt much musiqueplus vintage tv 24 7 music videos stingray juicebox stingray loud stingray retro stingray vibe third language atn b4u music atn mastiii atn mh 1 atn sony mix greek music channel melody hits rotana clip rotana mousica schlager tv multilingual stingray music audio only foreign afrotainment music ary musik channel v ritmoson latino defunct bpm tv cooltv edge tv m3 max trax video italia this article about television in canada is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bpm tv & oldid 719326366 categories dance music television channelsmusic video networks in canadatelevision channels and stations established in 2001television channels and stations disestablished in 2015defunct canadian television channelsenglish language television stations in canadacanadian television stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 9 may 2016 at 00 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view