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This chronology is indicative only.
Context is provided by the broader communications and
media timeline on this site.
1961 Angreen Photo founded
1963 acquires Bellevue Photo labs in Montreal
1967
Greenberg gets concessions for Montreal Expo
1968 acquires three stores of Centre Photographique de
Montréal
1968
acquires Pathé-Humphries processing lab and recording
studio
1969 acquires Associated Screen News Industries film production
centre
1971 Astral Communications IPO
1973 Greenberg interests consolidated as Astral Bellevue
Pathé through merger of Bellevue Pathé and
Astral
1981 launch of Pathé Video videocassette reproduction
operation
1983 acquires control of First Choice Canadian Communications'
FirstChoice and Premier Choix pay-per-view
networks
1983 Astral ceases direct involvement in film and program
production
1984 launch of Ciné-Maison Bellevue (wholesale
distributor of videocassettes), later Ciné-Maison
Astral
1988 launch of youth channels Family Channel
and Canal Famille (later VRAK.TV)
1991 launch of Viewer's Choice channel
1994 establishes AstralTech Americas CD reproduction operation
in Florida
1995 acquires 35% of Artech Digital Entertainment software
and video game developer
1995 launch of Canal D and Moviepix (later Mpix)
channels
1996 launches Canal Indigo channel
1997 sells AstralTech Americas
1997 acquires a 25% share in Radiomutuel inc.
1997 increases stake in Les réseaux Premier Choix
(Super Écran, Canal Famille/VRAK.TV,
Canal D) to 100%
1997 takes 14.95% stake in The Comedy Network (other shareholders
include Shaw and Baton Broadcasting)
1998 marketer TV Plus Media (later Astral Media TVPlus)
founded as joint venture between Astral and Radiomutuel
1998 launch of English- and French-language channels TELETOON/TÉLÉTOON
1999 Astral acquires 63% of Groupe Covitec, merged with
AstralTech
1999 agrees to acquire Radiomutuel (eight FM radio stations,
three AM radio stations, 50% of the Radiomédia
network, Canal Vie, Canal Z, Télé-Annonces,
50% of MusiquePlus and MusiMax, 72% of Omni outdoor advertising
company)
2000 Astral Communications becomes Astral Media
2000 AstralTech video reproduction and distribution assets
and interest in Covitec sold to Technicolor
2000 liquidation of Ciné-Maison
2000 launch of Ztélé channel
2000 launch of jointly owned Historia and Séries+
channels
2001 acquires remaining 50% of The Family Channel from
Corus Entertainment
2001 sells 14.95% interest in The Comedy Network to Corus
2001 acquires CFOM-FM Quebec City, CFEI-FM Saint-Hyacinthe
and CHRD-FM Drummondville
2002 acquires remaining 14% interest in Astral Media Outdoor
2002 regulators approve acquisition of 17 Télémédia
radio stations for C$255m
2003 Télémédia sells stake in Astral
Media for C$130m
2005 exchanges a number of radio stations with Corus,
gaining five FM radio stations in Quebec (two in Rimouski,
Amqui, Drummondville and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) and
transfers CFOM-FMAM and Quebec AM operations to Corus
2005 acquires Passeport Média (advertising at Montreal-Trudeau
and Calgary International Airports)
2006
Astral and Corus agree to acquire remaining 20% of TELETOON
network from shareholders of The Cookie Jar Group for
C$96m
2007 Astral announces agreement to acquire Standard
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