Yoopa
Yoopa (stylized YOOPA) is a Canadian French language specialty channel owned by Groupe TVA, a division of Quebecor Media. Initially aimed at preschoolers, Yoopa now broadcasts programming targeted toward children, aged 2–11.
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Country | Canada |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec |
Programming | |
Language(s) | French |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Groupe TVA |
History | |
Launched | April 1, 2010 |
Links | |
Website | yoopa |
A magazine for parents using the Yoopa name was launched on April 1, 2010 in conjunction with the launch of the television channel. The magazine replaced EspaceParents.ca, owned by TVA Publications, a division of Groupe TVA.
History
In February 2010, TVA Group was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called TVA Junior, described as "a national French-language Category 2 specialty programming undertaking aimed exclusively at children from two to six years old."[1]

The channel was launched on April 1, 2010 in as Yoopa.[2]
Dispute with Vrak.TV Junior
Before Yoopa's launch and its approval by the CRTC, fellow broadcaster Astral Media had been approved for a similar channel in March 2006 called Vrak.TV Junior.[3] Prior to its launch, Astral Media claimed that it had secured carriage on a number of other television providers, except Vidéotron — who has a hold of 51% of the Quebec market, the largest French market in Canada — owned by Quebecor Media, the parent of TVA Group. Astral claimed Vidéotron's refusal to carry the channel was to avoid competition for its upcoming channel, Yoopa.[4] Astral attributed the delay in the launch of Vrak Junior to Vidéotron's refusal to carry the channel. Vidéotron categorically denied the accusation.[4]
Vrak.TV Junior was launched on July 5, 2010 as Playhouse Disney Télé (now Télémagino) on Bell Satellite TV. Vidéotron launched the channel on March 1, 2011.[5]
Current programming
- 44 Cats
- L'académie secrète
- The Adventures of Chuck and Friends
- Abby Hatcher
- Ask the StoryBots
- The Adventures of Paddington
- Annie Brocoli autour du monde
- Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks
- Les Astucieux[6]
- Boj
- Blue's Clues & You!
- Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
- Bouli
- Bouiing
- Blaze and the Monster Machines
- Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese
- Bubble Guppies
- La cabane à histoires[6]
- Care Bears: Unlock the Magic
- Cars Toons
- Cars on the Road
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
- Curious George
- Corn & Peg
- Dino Dan
- Dino Dana[6]
- Daisy & Ollie
- Deer Squad
- The Doozers
- Drôles de bettes
- Dora and Friends: Into the City!
- Doki
- Dino Ranch
- Esme & Roy
- Floogals
- Fresh Beat Band of Spies
- La fée coquillette
- Les étoiles de Fred
- Littlest Pet Shop
- The Little Mermaid
- Les étoiles du dodo
- Hank Zipzer
- Henry Danger[6]
- It's Pony
- Julius Jr.
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
- Kangaroo Beach
- Lazytown
- Miam!
- Miss Moon
- Mecha Builders
- Miss Zazie
- Middlemost Post
- My Big Big Friend
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
- Nella the Princess Knight
- The Octonauts
- The Other Kingdom
- Percy's Tiger Tales
- Peppa Pig[7]
- Rusty Rivets
- Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave
- Ricky Zoom
- Shaun the Sheep
- Silver Spoons
- Santiago of the Seas
- T'es où Théo?
- Team Umizoomi
- Topsy and Tim
- Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy
- True and the Rainbow Kingdom
- Timmy Time
- Thomas & Friends
- Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
- Tree Fu Tom
- The Tales of Wonder Keepers
- Trip and Troop
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
- YaYa and Zouk
- Yétili
- Zack Storm: Super pirate[6]
- Zoom the White Dolphin
International distribution
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French overseas collectivity) - distributed on the SPM Telecom system.
References
- Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) (2010-02-22). "ARCHIVED - TVA Junior - Category 2 specialty". crtc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- "Yoopa: la petite enfance chez Groupe TVA - actualites". 2010-02-28. Archived from the original on 2010-02-28. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) (2006-03-27). "ARCHIVED - Vrak Junior - Category 2 specialty service". crtc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- Dumas, Hugo (2010-02-27). "Un youpi pour le Yoopa de TVA?". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- "PLAYHOUSE DISNEY TELE | PLAYHOUSE DISNEY TÉLÉ LAUNCHES ON VIDÉOTRON". 2011-03-24. Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- "Sports et plein air : Respirez la nature | Salut Bonjour".
- "Yoopa - Héros - Peppa". 2015-01-06. Archived from the original on 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
External links
- Official website (in French)