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Television
If it's a rainy day and you've already visited the underground
shopping malls, the Biodôme
and Olympic
stadium's tower, the Place des
Arts (there isn't much to see there except when there are shows
but the is the Contemporary
art museum), etc.... by the way all these sights are directly
connected to a metro station or part of the underground or very close
to it so you don't have to be exposed to the elements... or you're
just tired of visiting, here's your choice of television stations
you can watch in Montreal :
- English (without cable) :
- CBC, channel 6, cable 13 (public
television - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, good local news
and documentaries)
- CTV, channel 12, cable 11
(private television, 90% american television shows)
- Global, channel 5, cable 3 (new private television station based
in Quebec city, 99% american television shows)
- English (with Videotron cable service - east) :
- CBS, cable 21 (american television network)
- PBS, cable 20 and 24 (yes two PBS - Public American Television
- stations, we can't get enough of those pledge drives)
- NBC, cable 23 (american television network)
- ABC, cable 22 (american television network)
- CBC Newsworld, cable 25 (24 hrs canadian news station)
- CTV/Global, cable 45 (shows mostly american television shows,
Ottawa based station)
- French (without cable):
- Radio-Canada, channel
2, cable 4 (french service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
it has it's own shows and news).
- Quatre-Saisons, channel 35, cable 5 (private television
stations that shows local programming, translated american shows
and is well known for its Saturday night -at around midnight -
soft-porn movie of the week).
- TVA, channel 10, cable 7 (private
television stations that shows local programming, translated american
shows, better known for its talk shows).
- Télé-Québec,
channel 17, cable 8 (Quebec's public television that shows uncut,
uncensored european and independant movies, documentaries and
public affairs shows, etc... It has the best selection of independant
films on television... anywhere).
- French (with cable, Videotron) :
- TV5, cable 15 (shows and news
from french speaking countries around the globe)
- Musique Plus, cable
30 (music videos from local and international english and french
speaking artists)
- RDI, cable 19 (24 hrs french language news station, has great
live coverage).
There are other specialty channels on cable
(weather, classified ads, houses for sale, etc). There's also Videotron
cable service in the western section of the island but the service
is a little different (more english stations). Of course, if you have
access to a digital and regular satellite dish, then you have even
more choices.
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