uses see galaxie disambiguation . stingray music stingray music logo launched september 10 1997 owned by stingray digital country canada broadcast area national headquarters montreal quebec website stingray music stingray music formerly galaxie 1 is a canadian multilingual digital pay television audio service owned by stingray digital . contents 1 programming 1.1 channels 1.1.1 rock 1.1.2 pop 1.1.3 extra 1.1.4 jazz 1.1.5 classical 1.1.6 country 2 history 3 international expansion 4 artist development 5 references 6 external links programming edit stingray music consists of 100 commercial free music based audio channels each devoted to a particular genre distributed through digital television platforms . each channel consists of a continuous stream of music or audio using no live on air disc jockeys . stingray music channels are programmed in english french and a variety of other languages . each channel has its own unique programmer a professional from the music industry with experience and knowledge in the genre of music the channel caters to . channels edit rock edit adult alternative canadian indie classic rock franco attitude headbangers rock rockalternative pop edit dance clubbin easy listening flashback 70 s franco pop franco r tro greatest hits hip hop hit list jukebox oldies latino urbana le top d tente maximum party nostalgie nothin but 90 s pop adult remember the 80 s soul n r & b souvenirs swinging standards the light today s latin pop urban beat extra edit arabic around the world bollywood hits celtic eclectic electronic folk roots guangdong hindi gold jammin kids stuff latino tropical mando pop mousses musique nature punjabi sounds of south india the asian flavour the chill lounge the spa world carnival jazz edit big band jazz masters jazz now smooth jazz the blues classical edit baroque chamber music classic masters classical india op ra plus pop classics country edit country classics franco country hot country history edit galaxie launched on september 10 1997 under the ownership of the canadian broadcasting corporation . 2 because of service duplication in 2002 galaxie and max trax a similar television service owned by corus entertainment at the time agreed to provide a joint 40 channel audio distribution service to satellite and digital cable television providers called galaxie max trax . the package consisted of 20 galaxie and 20 max trax channels . galaxie logo used from 2009 to 2014 . on october 1 2009 the max trax brand was discontinued as its owners stingray digital who purchased max trax from corus in february 2009 and the cbc merged the two services together under the galaxie brand . stingray digital who had been operating as the exclusive sales and development agent for galaxie since late 2007 officially took over as managing partner in the service upon completion of merger . 3 4 according to canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc records stingray purchased galaxie from the cbc in may 2011 . 5 on november 18 2011 stingray announced it had expanded the number of galaxie channels available to be offered to distributors to 100 . 6 on january 10 2012 shaw cable was the first distributor in canada to launch 15 of those additional channels the majority of which were focused on various genres of multicultural and multilingual music . 7 the full slate of new channels were rolled out to consumers when sasktel became the first distributor to carry all 100 channels in may 2012 . 8 on september 30 2014 stingray announced it was uniting all of its properties under the stingray brand effective immediately with galaxie rebranded as stingray music 1 albeit with audio channels still galaxie branded until early 2015 and the ondemand music video service is still branded galaxie with only some music videos stingray branded . international expansion edit stingray music is also carried in both the united states and the caribbean via various television providers . expansion began in 2009 with the addition of stingray to various smaller market television providers in the u.s. and in 2010 galaxie was added to wiv cable tv in the turks and caicos 9 as well as trinidad and tobago . 10 in april 2011 galaxie further expanded their reach in the us when american cable company insight communications chose galaxie as their new cable radio provider to replace the defunct mtv networks urge tv cable radio service across their service area in indiana kentucky and ohio . 11 galaxie further expanded into the caribbean with the launch onto jamaican television provider telstar cable . 10 in october 2011 galaxie was further added to more us television services . 12 galaxie furthered its expansion into the caribbean and latin american regions with its launch on various television providers in a number of different countries including st. marteen costa rica dominican republic guatemala and 10 others . 13 stingray s main competitor in the u.s. market is music choice . on october 29 2014 stingray and at & t inc. announced the launch of stingray music on at & t s u verse service ranked 3rd in the united states in wired pay tv television content providers . 14 stingray s at & t u verse launch increased stingray s distribution by over six million customers in the united states . 15 16 artist development edit stingray music sponsors a number of stingray rising stars awards formerly galaxie rising stars presented at a variety of music festivals and awards presentations each year including canadian music week s indie awards the east coast music awards and the western canadian music awards among numerous others . 17 stingray also sponsors an annual songs from the heart competition for new and emerging songwriters . the colleen peterson songwriting award is presented to the winner of the competition . references edit a b stingray press release 2014 09 30 . stingray unveils a new visual identity and launches a new version of their mobile app . marketwired . retrieved 2014 10 01 . galaxie celebrates its 10th anniversary with record number of listeners cbc press release 2007 09 10 https twitter.com galaxiemusic status 4528049589 http www.maxtrax.com crtc ownership chart for stingray digital galaxie doubles music channels broadcaster magazine 2011 11 18 new music channels online on tv from shaw mediacaster magazine 2012 01 10 sasktel s max tv to add additional galaxie channels broadcaster magazine 2012 05 16 wiv cable tv expands their musical universe with galaxie music tv service pr.com 2010 12 24 a b galaxie music service launched in jamaica on telstar cable . playbackonline.ca . http iptv.tmcnet.com topics iptv articles 163871 insight communications offering galaxie music service digital cable.htm galaxie music mediaroom launches with three telcos pr.com 2011 10 27 galaxie music service rapidly expands in the caribbean and latin america stingray digital group press release via pr.com 2013 01 30 major pay tv providers lost about 150 000 subscribers in 3q 2014 . leichtman research group . november 14 2014 . retrieved january 12 2015 . stingray and at & t inc. october 29 2014 . stingray music brings all good vibes to at & t u verse customers . yahoo finance . retrieved january 12 2015 . sean silcoff october 27 2014 . stingray scores at & t music streaming deal targets directv . the globe and mail . retrieved january 12 2015 . galaxie rising stars program of the cbc external links edit stingray music 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 music & oldid 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