known as mtv2 canada see juicebox tv channel . mtv2 launched october 18 2001 2001 10 18 owned by bell media picture format 480i sdtv slogan man s best friend . country canada language english broadcast area nationwide headquarters toronto ontario formerly called mtv canada 2001 2005 razer 2005 2008 sister channel s mtv much website www.mtv.ca mtv2 availability satellite bell tv channel 577 shaw direct channel 590 cable available on most canadian cable systems consult your local cable provider for channel availability iptv bell aliant channel 226 bell fibe tv channel 574 mts channel 324 optik tv channel 562 sasktel channel 140 vmedia channel 706 zazeen channel 54 mtv2 is a canadian english language category a cable and satellite specialty channel . similar to its american counterpart mtv2 is a lifestyle and general entertainment channel aimed at youth and teen audiences . the channel is owned by bell media with the name and branding used under an agreement with the viacom media networks division of viacom . contents 1 history 1.1 2005 present 2 programming 3 references 4 external links history edit mtv canada logo used from 2001 to 2002 . on november 24 2000 the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc announced the licensees of the new much sought after category 1 digital services . craig media in partnership with td capital group ltd was granted a licence for a youth lifestyle service known as connect . 1 one of the licence s conditions was that the channel could not devote more than 10 % of its schedule to the airing of music videos and music programming in order to avoid direct competition with muchmusic owned at the time by chum limited . nonetheless in august 2001 craig media announced that it had reached an agreement with mtv networks to license programming and the mtv brand in canada for the channel 2 prompting a pre launch name change to mtv canada . prior to the channel s launch craig purchased td capital group s interest in the channel . the channel launched as mtv canada on october 18 2001 . 3 shortly afterward craig sold a minority interest in the service to mtv networks . mtv canada aired a mix of canadian produced programs including pepsi breakout and mtv select as well as shows from the american mtv channel such as trl and the real world . mtv canada logo used from 2002 to 2005 . chum soon filed complaints with the crtc arguing that mtv canada was violating its conditions of licence exceeding its limit of 10 % music videos becoming a direct competitor to muchmusic . 4 craig was later forced to make changes to reduce its percentage of music video and music related programming . however these changes were soon rendered moot as craig was acquired by chum limited on december 1 2004 5 prompting mtv networks to exercise its right due to a clause in its contract to terminate the licensing agreement with craig if a change in control were to occur . 6 chum was required to pay cad 10 million in licensing fees to mtv networks for the time remaining in their contract . the contract termination also meant that mtv networks was no longer able to retain interest the channels . this did not apply to tv land canada now known as comedy gold which may indicate that viacom s sale could also be a result of the company s strained relationships with chum limited ; chum with cablevision s rainbow media previously launched muchmusic usa now known as fuse to compete against mtv . 6 2005 present edit on june 9 2005 chum announced it would rebrand the channel as razer a change that took effect on june 30 of that year . 6 7 the new channel was built on interactivity allowing its audience to program host and contribute to elements to the service and make it their own . 8 in addition to the new programming slate razer debuted razertxt a new programming block where viewers could play a selection of sms games while watching the shows . 9 razer would later debut kamikaze the branding and programming block used for various anime titles as well as shows such as happy tree friends . 10 razer logo used from 2005 to 2008 . meanwhile bell globemedia later ctvglobemedia struck a licensing agreement with mtv networks to launch its own mtv channel previously known as talktv in early 2006 . 11 in july 2006 bell globemedia announced that it would purchase chum for an estimated cad 1.7 billion including its interest in razer . 12 the sale was approved by the crtc on june 8 2007 13 with the transaction completed on june 22 . on august 1 2008 razer was relaunched as mtv2 . 14 unlike the original channel now known as juicebox with the vast majority of its programming consisting of music videos the new channel became much closer in format to its u.s. counterpart . because of their respective licences it can air music videos and music programming unlike the current main mtv channel in canada . ownership changed hands again when 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 cad 3.2 billion . 15 the deal was approved by the crtc on march 7 2011 16 and was finalized on april 1 of that year when ctvglobemedia was rebranded as bell media . 17 programming edit further information list of programs broadcast by mtv2 canada presently mtv2 airs a mix of comedies documentaries reality shows and dramas . as of 2015 the channel doesn t air any of the original programs of its american counterpart although some of its acquired shows have aired in syndication on mtv2 in the u.s or were produced by its sister channel mtv both domestically and internationally . 18 references edit crtc decision 2000 462 tv land mtv and craig broadcast systems to launch new canadian services in september ; pr newswire ; 2001 08 21 channel introduction mtv canada channel canada 2002 06 30 chum complaint an exercise in turf protection mediacaster magazine 2002 02 01 chum completes 265 million purchase of craig media and financing fasken martineau a b c chum to launch interactive automated music video station . the globe and mail . 2007 06 29 . chum debuts razer punchmuch . billboard.com . june 8 2005 . retrieved 2014 05 18 . mtvs become razer and punchmuch . cartt . june 8 2005 . retrieved 2014 05 18 . sms tv gaming from razer . cartt . october 7 2005 . retrieved 2014 05 18 . razer kamikaze . june 2007 . retrieved 2014 05 18 . mtv returns to canada bell globemedia press release 2005 09 28 bell globemedia acquires chum ; fasken martineau ; 2006 07 12 broadcasting decision crtc 2007 165 ; crtc ; 2007 06 08 mtv2 to launch in canada mediacaster magazine 2008 07 17 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 mtv2 canada . yahoo tv zap2it . retrieved 2014 08 11 . external links edit official website v t e bell media and other broadcasting properties of bce inc. terrestrial tv ctv civt vancouver cfcn calgary cfrn edmonton cfqc saskatoon ckck regina cicc yorkton cipa prince albert cky winnipeg ckco kitchener cfto toronto cjoh ottawa cfcf montreal chbx sault ste. marie cici greater sudbury cito timmins ckny north bay cklt saint john ckcw moncton cjch halifax cjcb sydney ctv two civi victoria cftk terrace cjdc dawson creek chwi windsor cfpl london ckvr barrie chro ottawa specialty pay tv channels ctv two ctv two alberta ctv two atlantic ctv news bnn cp24 ctv news channel ctv specialty animal planet discovery channel discovery science discovery velocity espn classic rds rds2 rds info tsn tsn2 much mtv comedy the comedy network comedy gold mtv mtv2 much maple leaf sports & entertainment1 leafs tv nba tv canada premium and ppv cin pop the movie network hbo canada the movie network encore super cran vu 1 venus1 other booktelevision bravo canal d canal vie e fashion television gusto investigation investigation discovery space tv12 vrak z bell media radio am cfax cfgo cfra cfrb cfrn cfrw cfte cftk cham chum cior cjad cjbk cjdc cjor ckfr ckgm ckhj cklw ckmx ckoc ckor cksl ckst cktb ckww fm cfbr cfbt cfca cfei cfix cfjr cfly cfmg cfvm cfwm cfxy cfzz chbd chbe chey chik chom chor chqm chrd chre chrx chsu chtk chtz chum chvr cibk cibx cicf cidr cigb ciki cikx cilk cimf cimo cimx cioo ciqm cite montreal cite estrie citf cjab cjat cjay cjbx cjch cjcj cjdm cjfm cjfw cjmg cjmj cjmm cjmv cjoi cjpt ckbc ckfm ckgr ckkc ckkl ckkw cklc cklh ckly ckmf ckmm cknl ckpt ckqm ckrx cktf cktk ckto ckty ckxa ckx ckxr networks tsn radio bob fm boom fm ez rock nergie rouge fm 24 7 comedy ca distributor virgin radio ca licence broadcasting studios vancouver toronto 9 channel nine court 299 queen street west 250 richmond street west other bmi assets cravetv the loop predecessors telegram corporation baton broadcasting mid canada communications electrohome craig media chum limited access media group ctvglobemedia astral media defunct properties baton broadcast system wtsn ckx tv cknx tv viewers choice goltv nhl network m3 notes 1owned or part owned by bce separately from its ownership of bell media . 2community channels owned by bell canada fibe tv and bell aliant fibreop ; also not part of bell media . bce inc. associated foundations bravofact muchfact some of the assets listed above are only partially owned by bell media . refer to full asset list for detailed information . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mtv2 canada & oldid 731677673 categories english language television stations in canadacanadian digital cable television networksbell mediatelevision channels and stations established in 2001hidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia 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 deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 26 july 2016 at 20 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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