october 1 2009 owned by blue ant media picture format 1080i hdtv 2013 present 480i sdtv 2009 present slogan real . music . television . country canada broadcast area national headquarters toronto ontario website aux availability satellite shaw direct channel 585 269 sd cable cogeco channel 415 sd channel 834 hd eastlink channels vary sd channel 759 hd rogers cable channel 107 sd shaw cable channel 138 sd source cable channel 206 sd iptv bell fibe tv channel 572 sd channel 1572 hd mts channel 321 sd aux stylized as aux is a canadian english language category b specialty channel and corresponding website owned and operated by blue ant media . aux is programmed to offer music video and music related programs profiling new and emerging artists in alternative hip hop indie rock indie pop and other genres . contents 1 history 2 aux hd 3 programming 4 collaborations 5 references 6 external links history edit aux originally started out as a website built on an internet television model and a programming block on another glassbox owned television channel bitetv which became makeful in august 2015 . both the website and the programming block launched on november 24 2008 . 1 glassbox television received approval by the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc to launch aux as a national english language category 2 specialty channel on march 6 2009 . 2 the channel was launched on october 1 2009 exclusively on rogers cable 3 in ontario and new brunswick and shortly thereafter in newfoundland and labrador . later other providers such as shaw cable shaw direct eastlink and source cable launched the channel on their systems . in april 2010 the crtc denied an application by glassbox to launch a french language version of aux as astral media had filed an intervention against the glassbox application suggesting that the channel would be in competition with the established music video networks musiqueplus and musimax . 4 aux hd edit on june 4 2013 aux hd was launched as a high definition simulcast of aux s standard definition feed on eastlink . it is also available on bell fibe tv and cogeco . programming edit original programming on aux has included exploremusic with alan cross master tracks aux weekly talk show night at juicebox manor cypher band foto strange notes hosted by george pettit of alexisonfire volume camera music the alt.sessions hard something new garageland . collaborations edit in february 2009 aux participated with cbc radio 3 and exclaim to launch x3 a new collaborative cross promotional platform which sees all three outlets air or publish feature content spotlighting a particular artist of the month . x3 artists of the month have included k naan malajube thunderheist japandroids apostle of hustle and the rural alberta advantage . 5 references edit great auxpectations ; torontoist ; 2009 09 24 broadcasting decision crtc 2009 121 ; crtc ; 2009 03 06 aux music television debuts october 1 on rogers cable with 24 series devoted to music and music culture cnw press release 2009 09 23 crtc denies french language version of aux tv . exclaim april 23 2010 . x3 artist of the month external links edit official website v t e blue ant media specialty channels aux cottage life hifi love nature makeful radx smithsonian channel travel escape magazines canadian home workshop cottage cottage life outdoor canada international choice tv new zealand hgtv new zealand 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 aux tv channel & oldid 729365417 categories music video networks in canadatelevision channels and stations established in 2009canadian digital cable television networkscanadian music websitesinternet television channelsenglish language television stations in canadahidden 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 fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 11 july 2016 at 18 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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