owned by stingray digital picture format 480i sdtv country canada broadcast area national headquarters toronto ontario formerly called muchmoreretro 2003 2013 muchretro 2013 2016 website retro.stingray.com availability satellite shaw direct channel 229 588 cable available on many canadian cable systems check local listings channels may vary iptv bell aliant channel 219 mts channel 315 optik tv channel 257 sasktel channel 153 stingray retro formerly muchmoreretro and muchretro is a canadian english language category b music video specialty channel owned by stingray digital . muchretro is a commercial free service that broadcasts music videos from the 1980s to the early 2000s . contents 1 history 1.1 the first 10 music videos to air on the channel 2 references 3 external links history edit in november 2000 chum limited was granted approval from the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc to launch a national english language category 2 specialty television service called muchmore classicvideo described as consisting of classic songs more than five years old music videos and related programs including music and pop news or commentaries interviews concerts profiles and specials as well as music related feature films and series or programs . 1 the channel was launched on september 4 2003 as a commercial free service under the name muchmoreretro 2 a spin off of the chum owned channel then known as muchmoremusic . in july 2006 bell globemedia later called ctvglobemedia announced that it would purchase chum for an estimated 1.7 billion cad included in the sale was muchmoreretro . 3 the sale was subject to crtc approval and was approved in june 2007 4 with the transaction completed on june 22 2007 . after the channel s initial launch in 2003 it began to introduce commercials throughout its schedule until august 31 2009 when the channel along with the other ctvglobemedia owned digital music channels switched back to a commercial free format . 5 on september 10 2010 bce a minority shareholder in ctvglobemedia announced that it planned to acquire 100 % interest in ctvglobemedia for a total debt and equity transaction cost of 3.2 billion cad . 6 the deal which required crtc approval was approved on march 7 2011 7 and closed on april 1 of that year on which ctvglobemedia was rebranded bell media . 8 on november 1 2013 muchmoreretro was re launched as muchretro ; the rebranding marked the first time the channel had been specifically aligned with the flagship muchmusic brand as the channel was previously aligned as a spin off of muchmore which was rebranded as m3 in september 2013 . 2003 2013 muchmoreretro logo on june 21 2016 it was announced that stingray digital would acquire muchvibe muchloud muchretro and juicebox from bell media . 9 the acquisition closed on september 16 2016 with a plan to rebrand the channel as stingray retro shortly . 10 the first 10 music videos to air on the channel edit 1 . glass tiger don t forget me when i m gone 2 . duran duran the reflex 3 . madonna like a prayer 4 . michael jackson beat it 5 . prince & the revolution kiss 6 . cyndi lauper girls just want to have fun 7 . corey hart sunglasses at night 8 . bryan adams summer of 69 9 . u2 where the streets have no name 10 . bon jovi livin on a prayer references edit decision crtc 2000 516 crtc 2000 12 14 the history of chum globe and mail article 2006 06 12 bell globemedia acquires chum ; fasken martineau ; 2006 07 12 broadcasting decision crtc 2007 165 ; crtc ; 2007 06 08 more music videos as muchvibe muchloud muchmoreretro and punchmuch go commercial free channel canada 2009 08 26 bell canada 2010 09 10 . bell to acquire 100 % of canada s no. 1 media company ctv . cnw group . retrieved 2010 09 10 . crtc approves bce s purchase of ctvglobemedia bell completes acquisition of ctv launches bell media business unit cnw 2011 04 01 stingray grows its channel portfolio with the acquisition of four 4 bell media music video channels stingray press release 2016 06 21 stingray announces closing of its acquisition of bell media s much retro specialty television channel stingray digital 09 16 16 external links edit stingray retro 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title stingray retro & oldid 744498049 categories stingray digitalmusic video networks in canadamusic video networkstelevision channels and stations established in 2003canadian digital cable television networksenglish language television stations in canada 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 15 october 2016 at 16 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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