NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Galaxie (radio)

Galaxie is a Canadian digital broadcasting or digital television radio service, which offers 45 commercial-free music channels, each devoted to a particular genre of music, using no live, on-air disc jockeys. It is distributed with digital cable or direct broadcast satellite services such as Rogers Digital Cable, Bell ExpressVu and StarChoice. Digital broadcasting is the practice of using digital data rather than analog to transmit broadcasts over television or radio. ... Digital television radio (or DTR) is an informal term which describes the music channels that are provided with a digital television service. ... Advertising, generally speaking, is the promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas, usually performed by an identified sponsor. ... Music is a form of expression in the medium of time using the structures of tones and silence. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Digital cable is a term for a type of cable digital television that delivers more channels than possible with analog cable by using digital video compression. ... Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception, also refered to as direct-to-home signals. ... Rogers Cable Inc. ... Bell ExpressVu is the division of Bell Canada that sells digital television services in Canada. ... StarChoice is Canadas second direct broadcast satellite television distributor (the other being Bell ExpressVu), and is majority-owned by cable TV operator Shaw Communications Inc. ...

Galaxie is owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the countrys national radio and television broadcaster. ...

Because of service duplication, MaxTrax (another music provider) and Galaxie agreed in 2002 to provide a joint 40-channel audio distribution service to satellite and digital cable television providers. This service is known as the "Max Trax Galaxie Package". MaxTrax is a Canadian digital broadcasting service, which offers music channels, each devoted to a particular genre of music, for distribution with digital cable or direct broadcast satellite services. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Galaxie services have also sometimes aired on CBC Radio One and CBC Radio Two as substitute programming in situations such as the 2005 Canadian Media Guild labour dispute. CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... CBC Radio Two is an FM radio network in Canada, operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Canadian Media Guild (CMG) is a trade union for Canadian journalists and other employees working for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, and TVOntario. ...

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Rock

Rock and roll (also spelled rock n roll, especially in its first decade), is a genre of music that emerged as a defined musical style in the Southern United States in the 1950s, and quickly spread to the rest of the country, and the world (rhythm sample). ...

Pop

For Popular music (music that is popular, rather than of a specific genre or style), see Popular music. ... Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music. ...

Country

Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: country In political geography and international politics a country is a geographical territory. ...

Jazz

Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ...

Classical

Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... Sydney Opera House: one of the worlds most recognisable opera houses and landmarks. ...

GalaxiePLUS

Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica. ... An instrumental is, in contrast to a song, a musical composition or piece without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. ...

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