- The Cave (TV channel)
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The Cave 
The Cave logo Launched September 7, 2001 Owned by Groupe TVA (51% & managing partner)
Shaw Media (49%)Slogan Tv's Den for Men. Country Canada Broadcast area National Formerly called mentv (2001 - 2010) Website The Cave Availability Satellite Bell TV Channel 629 Shaw Direct Channel 570 Cable Available on many Canadian cable systems Check local listings IPTV Bell Aliant TV Channel 279 Bell Fibe TV Channel 629 MTS Channel 291 Optik TV Channel 151 SaskTel Channel 165 The Cave is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel dedicated to airing lifestyle and entertainment programming aimed at men. It is currently owned by Groupe TVA and Shaw Media.
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History
Original logo as mentv, 2001-2010
Licensed as Men TV by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on November 24, 2000;[1] it was launched as mentv on September 7, 2001.
Despite Canwest's minority interest in the service, Canwest was the managing partner for the channel from its inception until September 2008, when managing operations were handed over to Groupe TVA.
Mentv was renamed The Cave on August 2, 2010.
On October 27, 2010, Shaw Communications completed its acquisition of Canwest, giving it control of Canwest's 49% interest in The Cave.[2]
Noted series
- Auto Mundial
- Body Fuel
- City Commando
- Dream Car Garage
- Four Wheeler TV
- It Only Hurts When I Laugh
- Motorsport Mundial
- Soccer Shrines
- The Casino Rama Grill Room
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- World's Most Amazing Videos
- Note: Series list is current as of March 2011.
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Quebecor Inc. Corporate Directors Françoise Bertrand • Jean La Couture • Jean-Marc Eustache • Pierre Laurin • Brian Mulroney • Pierre Parent • Pierre Karl PéladeauGroupe TVA addikTV • Argent • Casa • The Cave (51%) • Évasion (8.3%) • Mlle • Mystery TV (50%) • LCN • Prise 2 • Shopping TVA • Sun News Network • TVA Sports • YoopaOther assetsTélé Inter-Rives (45%) • TVA Films • TVA Productions • TVA PublishingSun Media 24H • Barrie Examiner • Belleville Intelligencer • Brantford Expositor • Brockville Recorder and Times • Calgary Sun • Chatham Daily News • Cobourg Daily Star • Cornwall Standard Freeholder • The Daily Herald Tribune (Grande Prairie) • Daily Miner and News (Kenora) • Edmonton Sun • Fort McMurray Today • Kingston Whig-Standard • Le Journal de Montréal • Le Journal de Québec • London Free Press • Niagara Falls Review • North Bay Nugget • Northern News • Ontario Farmer • Orillia Packet and Times • Ottawa Sun • Owen Sound Sun Times • Pembroke Daily Observer • Peterborough Examiner • Port Hope Evening Guide • Stratford Beacon-Herald • St. Catharines Standard • St. Thomas Times-Journal • Sarnia Observer • Sault Star • Sudbury Star • Timmins Daily Press • Toronto Sun • Trenton Trentonian • Welland Tribune • Winnipeg SunOther assets See Also Many of the assets listed above are only partially owned by Quebecor Inc. Refer to each individual article for detailed information.Corporate Directors Adrian Burns · Jim Dinning · George Galbraith · Ronald Joyce · Charles Keating · Don Mazankowski · Michael O'Brien · Harold Roozen · Jeffrey Royer · Bradley Shaw · Jim Shaw · J.R. Shaw · J.C. Sparkman · John S. Thomas · Bill YuillBroadcast television CFRE Regina • CFSK Saskatoon • CHAN Vancouver • CHBC Kelowna • CICT Calgary • CIHF Halifax • CIII Toronto • CISA Lethbridge • CITV Edmonton • CKMI Montreal • CKND WinnipegCTV affiliateCable television/
specialty channelsAction • BBC Canada • Cable 141 • CPAC • DejaView • DIY Network • Dusk • Food Network • Fox Sports World Canada • Global Reality Channel • HGTV • Historia • History Television • IFC • MovieTime • Mystery TV • National Geographic Channel • Séries+ • Shaw PPV • Shaw TV1 • Showcase • Showcase Diva • Slice • The Cave • TVtropolis • Twist TVOther assets Shaw Broadcast Services · Shaw Business Solutions · Shaw Direct · Shaw Media · Shaw Rocket Fund · Shaw TrackingHistorical brands and predecessors Related companies 1Community channels owned by Shaw Cablesystems.
Annual Revenue: $2.46 billion CAN (
Many of the assets listed above are only partially owned by Shaw. Refer to full asset list for detailed information.
11% FY 2006) · Employees: 8,200 (FY 2006) · Stock Symbols: TSX: SJR.A NYSE: SJR · Website: www.shaw.caCategories:- Canadian digital cable television networks
- Quebecor
- Television channels and stations established in 2001
- Shaw Media
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