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Cardinal is a Canadian crime drama television series, which was first broadcast on January 25, 2017, on CTV (in English) and Super Écran (in French). The series adapts the novels of crime writer Giles Blunt , focusing on police detective John Cardinal ( Billy Campbell ) and his partner Lise Delorme ( Karine Vanasse ), who investigate crimes in the fictional city of Algonquin Bay.

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36-500: Across six episodes, the first season adapts the first John Cardinal novel Forty Words for Sorrow (2000), which focuses on the investigation of the murder of a young girl. On February 28, 2017, CTV renewed Cardinal for a second and third season, each containing six episodes. The second season adapts Blunt's third Cardinal novel, Blackfly Season , while the third adapted the novels By the Time You Read This and Crime Machine ,

72-551: A serial killer may be active in the area. A young woman suffering from amnesia after having been shot in the head appears in Algonquin Bay. Soon mutilated bodies, in accordance with some occult religious rituals, are discovered. The bodies are members of a local group of bikers known for trafficking drugs. John Cardinal and the team suspect that someone is trying to replace the gang in the drug trade. The mental health of his wife still worries him. Musgrave thinks he has finally found

108-432: A Drama Program or Limited Series (Campbell), Best Lead Actress in a Drama Program or Limited Series (Vanasse), Best Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series (Matthew Anas), Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series (Renfroe), Best Music in a Fiction Production (Kobakov) and Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series ( Sarah Dodd for the episode "Red"). Forty Words for Sorrow Forty Words for Sorrow

144-425: A Limited Program or Television Film (Campbell), Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Program (Macdonald), Photography in a Drama Series ( Steve Cosens ), Editing in a Drama Series (Teresa De Luca), Music in a Fiction Program or Series ( Todor Kobakov ) and Best Casting ( Jon Comerford and Lisa Parasyn ). At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the series won the awards for Best Limited Series , Best Lead Actor in

180-611: A new job in Toronto. The first season was directed by Daniel Grou , and produced by Sienna Films and eOne Entertainment . It commenced production in Sudbury , Ontario in February 2016, with some additional location filming taking place in North Bay , Nipissing First Nation and Atikameksheng Anishnawbek . The first season was given a production budget of $ 1,800,000 per episode. Locations included

216-577: A new sports channel, and another program for men. Canal 9 was free for Canal+ Sport and Canal+ Total customers on cable, satellite and IPTV and shared many sports rights with Canal+ channels, along with its independently purchased rights commissioned by TV4 Gruppen. The station was modeled on the Finnish MTV3 Max. There have been discussions to rename MTV3 Max as Canal 9 Suomi. In November 2011 Canal 9 also launched in Norway. On 1 October 2009 Canal+ launched

252-529: A similar service called YouBio. The Filmnet-branded services were moved to the main C More website on 30 June 2015. On February 28, 2022, C More's streaming service was discontinued in Norway in favour of TV 2 Play . The C More brand was discontinued in Sweden on August 14, 2023, the service were merged into TV4 Play . The service closed in Finland on October 10, 2023 and merge into MTV Katsomo . On December 31, 2023,

288-550: A television adaptation, Cardinal , was in development. The six-episode series, starring Billy Campbell as John Cardinal and Karine Vanasse as Lise Delorme, premiered on CTV and Super Écran on January 25, 2017 and on Hulu in the US in July 2017. This article about a crime novel of the 2000s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See guidelines for writing about novels . Further suggestions might be found on

324-493: Is Québécoise and had previously appeared in the American television series Pan Am and Revenge , commented that Cardinal is the first time in which she is playing a Québécoise rather than a European character in an English-language television programme. Episodes from the second season premiered a day in advance of their television broadcast on on-demand service Crave TV. Filming on the third season completed in July 2018, and

360-603: Is a 2000 crime novel from Canadian novelist Giles Blunt , and the first to feature his protagonists John Cardinal and Lise Delorme. Blunt had previous published one other novel, Cold Eye , but this was his first crime novel, and the first to be a critical and commercial success. The novel won the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger in 2001, and was shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel . In 2015, Sienna Films and eOne Entertainment announced that

396-520: The FA Premier League and National Hockey League . The channels were redesigned on 1 May 2004. The three colour-coded mixed channels were replaced with four themed channels. The Canal+ line-up consisted of the main Canal+ channel, Canal+ Film 1 and Canal+ Film 2 showing new movies, the all-sports channel Canal+ Sport, and C More Film, a channel showing older films. C More Film was the first channel to use

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432-687: The SF-kanalen , a channel which broadcasts Swedish movies and miniseries from the libraries of Svensk Filmindustri . After TV4's purchase of the company, Canal+ and Svensk Filmindustri became part of the same corporation. SF-kanalen replaced Canal 69, which ceased operations the day before. On 1 April 2010 Canal+ Comedy was replaced by Canal+ Series. It was similar to Canal+ Hits, but it showed series from 8pm to midnight instead of movies, while from midnight to 8pm it showed movies. On 14 May 2010 C More Entertainment launched three sports channels named Canal+ Sport 3, Canal+ Football and Canal+ Hockey. Canal+ Sport 3

468-652: The C More channels in Finland are bundled with MTV Oy's premium channels. The combined package was initially named MTV3 Total (later MTV Total) but was changed back to C More in 2017. South African company MultiChoice launched the Nordic version of FilmNet in 1985, and SuperSport followed in 1995. The channels were renamed Canal+ in 1997 after MultiChoice sold most of its European operations to French company Groupe Canal+ . In 2003, two private equity firms, Baker Capital and Nordic Capital , acquired 100% of Canal+ Television from

504-502: The C More name. The line-up was extended on 1 September 2005, when Canal+ Film 3, C More Film 2, and C More HD were launched. C More HD was the first HD channel for the Nordic region. Canal+ Film 1 was renamed "Canal+ Film". Canal+ Sport was split into country-specific channels. Canal+, which had been country-specific, became pan-Nordic. At the same time, IPTV operators in association with satellite operator Canal Digital launched an interactive VOD service called "Canal+ Play", accessed from

540-542: The Nordic region and eleven HD channels in September 2012. C More Entertainment was originated from the Filmnet channel created in 1985. In the early 1990s, Filmnet became two channels: Filmnet Plus and The Complete Movie Channel: Filmnet. They were later rebranded as Filmnet 1 and Filmnet 2. Canal+ bought Filmnet in 1996 and the two channels were renamed on 1 September 1997. Filmnet 1 became "Canal+" with localized versions for

576-477: The Premier League, previously only possible on FTA channels. Canal+ also launched a new channel for Finnish viewers called "Canal+ Urheilu". HD versions of the channels have since appeared on all platforms. On 1 June 2011 Canal+ launched two movies and series channels named Canal+ Family and Canal+ Emotion. Canal+ Family consists of family-oriented movies and children’s programmings. At the same time, Canal+ Drama

612-456: The TV series premiered on Universal+ , streaming belonged to Universal TV, NBCUniversal's channel. John Doyle of The Globe and Mail praised the series, calling it "a gripping, superbly made crime drama" which ultimately lands as "landmark Canadian TV". The series received 12 Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018. It won six awards, including Best Actor in

648-459: The ability to watch live streams of all Canal+ Sport's channels. The service is still available in all countries except for Finland, where the content of the service is now available through parent company MTV3 's VOD service Katsomo. The channel were again redesigned on 1 November 2007. The movies and series channels were all renamed and recategorised. Canal+ Film 1 became "Canal+ First", specialized in new movies, as well as series and Canal+ Film 2

684-666: The article's talk page . This article about a Canadian novel is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See guidelines for writing about novels . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . C More Entertainment C More Entertainment AB was a pay television company that previously operated as Canal+ . It targets Nordic countries and has a separate channel in Sweden (C More Film). The main competitors of C More Entertainment are Viasat Film and Viasat Sport , which are part of Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) since 2018. Since 30 October 2012,

720-503: The customer's set-top box, letting the viewers watch any seasons from any show ebroadcast on Canal+ and any movie that was showing on the channels. On satellite it has since been merged to the Canal Digital Go service, covering every channel on the platform and also available without a box online (much like its British equivalent Sky Go ). On 1 November 2006 the C More Film and C More Film 2 channels were merged with Canal+ Film 2 and

756-454: The death of her sister, tries to reason with another prospective suicide and is devastated when she fails to prevent him killing himself. After a prominent politician's husband is abducted and then left to die from exposure, Cardinal and Delorme suspect that a hired killer is targeting those close to four people, out of revenge for a cover-up in their past. Cardinal and Delorme grow closer but this case will be their last together as Delorme takes

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792-524: The different Nordic countries and Filmnet 2 became the pan-Nordic " Canal+ Gul/Canal+ Kulta " ( transl. "Canal+ Yellow/Canal+ Gold," following the colour naming pattern used by Canal+ in France and other countries). A third channel " Canal+ Blå/Canal+ Sininen " (Blue) was created on 3 September 1999. " Canal+ Zap/ Rød/Punainen " (Red) was launched on 22 September 2001, allowing cable and satellite viewers to choose an alternative match to watch during fixtures of

828-401: The evidence he is looking for. The suspicious death of Cardinal's wife Catherine coincides with a double murder, and Delorme is ordered to take the lead in the murder investigation. Reluctant to believe that Catherine committed suicide, Cardinal begins investigating other possibilities, whilst dealing with a succession of anonymous letters blaming him for the event. Noelle Dyson, recovering from

864-542: The former studios of CBC Northern Ontario and the North Bay Public Library, which served as the Algonquin Bay police station. The second season was directed by Jeff Renfroe, and was produced primarily in North Bay. The show's theme music is adapted from the song "Familiar" by Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel . Background music featured in the series is composed by Toronto-based Todor Kobakov . Vanasse, who

900-452: The fourth and fifth novels in the series. The fourth and final season adapts the sixth novel, Until the Night . John Cardinal ( Billy Campbell ) is a troubled and brooding police officer in Algonquin Bay, who was removed from the homicide squad as a result of chief Noelle Dyson's ( Kristen Thomson ) belief that he had become obsessed with his investigation of a missing Native Canadian girl. When

936-412: The girl's body finally turns up, he is reassigned to the case with a new partner, Lise Delorme ( Karine Vanasse ). What he does not know is that Delorme has been assigned to investigate him as part of a corruption probe that has identified Cardinal as possibly collaborating with a local drug dealer. The investigation widens when another missing person case with similar patterns leads Cardinal to believe that

972-854: The international media conglomerate Vivendi Universal . At the same time, the company changed its legal name to C More Entertainment, but it retained the right to use the “Canal+” trademark. On 9 February 2005 SBS Broadcasting Group announced the acquisition of C More Entertainment. Belgian SBS channels VT4 and VIJFtv launched their VOD offering under the C-More brand in October 2006. On 16 June 2008 Swedish TV4 Gruppen announced it had acquired C More Entertainment from German ProSiebenSat.1 Media (which acquired SBS) for €320 million. In May 2010 Telenor bought 35% of shares in C More Entertainment from TV4 Gruppen for SEK 787 million, but sold them back in 2014. C More Entertainment operated over 20 SD channels in

1008-489: The main Canal+ channel was replaced by a bonus channel Canal+ Mix, showing series, entertainment, music, sports, children’s programmings, documentaries and movies. C More also introduced a new sports channel called Canal+ Sport 2. Three channels were renamed: Canal+ Film was renamed back to "Canal+ Film 1", Canal+ Sport became Canal+ Sport 1", and C More HD became "Canal+ HD". Customers previously could only subscribe to all channels, but customers were now able to only subscribe to

1044-637: The rebrand are Canal 9 and the Danish Canal 8 Sport , which was launched in August 2012 as the successor of Canal+ Sport 1 Denmark. C More Entertainment also announced that it would add documentaries as a new type of programming to complement their film programming. On 30 October 2012, C More channels in Finland were merged with MTV3 Kanavapaketti to form MTV3 Total. C More Urheilu (Sport), C More Aitio and C More Premier HD were renamed MTV3 MAX Sport 1, MTV3 MAX Sport 2 and MTV3 MAX Premier HD, respectively. The package

1080-904: The season began airing on January 24, 2019. The fourth and final season was broadcast in 2020 with its finale airing on May 11, 2020. In the United Kingdom the series was broadcast on BBC Four for the first three seasons and BBC Two for the last season. It was broadcast on C More in Scandinavia , Calle 13 in Spain , Hulu in the United States , SBS in Australia (no longer broadcast), Magenta TV in Germany , Canvas in Belgium and Channel 11 in Israel . In Brazil ,

1116-549: The sports or movie channels. The "Canal+ Film" package consisted of Canal+ Film 1, 2 and 3 and "Canal+ Sport" consisted of Canal+ Sport 1 and 2. The full package was called "Canal+ Total" and contains Canal+ Mix and Canal+ HD as a bonus. On 1 February 2007 Canal+ HD was split to 2 channels in HD: Canal+ Film HD airs movies in HD and Canal+ Sport HD airs sports events in HD. In September 2007 a pay-per-view sports service called C Sports

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1152-483: Was launched in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. It was never launched in Finland or available in Finnish but could also be viewed there. The service initially showed single matches from Canal+ channels on a PPV basis, but soon after launch customers could also subscribe to a season ticket. This allowed them to view all matches from a chosen league during its season. In 2009 it was expanded to cover an archive of all shown matches and

1188-452: Was only available in Norway. At the same time, many new sports rights were announced. Later that year Canal+ announced it would launch a second Finnish-language sports channel called Canal+ Aitio ( transl. Canal+ Skybox) in December, since it retained the Finnish rights to Premier League and UEFA Champions League matches. The new channel allowed broadcasting a second simultaneous match from

1224-467: Was renamed MTV Total in the corporate-wide rebrand at MTV Oy in 2013, and then changed back to C More in 2017. As a result of the 2017 rebrand, MTV Oy's MTV Juniori and MTV Max were renamed C More Juniori and C More Max , respectively. In October 2012, C More launched Filmnet in Sweden, an online streaming service to compete with Netflix and HBO Nordic . Filmnet was available in Norway and Finland in early 2013. In Denmark, C More worked with YouSee on

1260-463: Was renamed as Canal+ Emotion. In May 2012, C More Entertainment announced it would rebrand itself as C More. While most channels kept their previous names (apart from replacing the Canal+ suffix with C More), some sports channels were renamed. Canal+ Sport 1 was changed to C More Sport, Canal+ Sport 2 was changed to C More Tennis, Canal+ Sport Extra to C More Extreme, and Canal+ Extra channels were renamed to C More Live. The only channels unchanged during

1296-544: Was replaced by "Canal+ Hits", specialized in classic and old movies. Canal+ Film 3 and Canal+ Mix were renamed "Canal+ Action", specialized in action movies and series and "Canal+ Drama", specialized in TV shows and movies related to drama and romantic and were joined by Canal+ Comedy which broadcasts movies in different genres. Canal+ Sport 1 and 2 kept their names but were joined by Canal+ Sport Extra which time-shared overnights with Canal 69, specialized in pornographic movies. In July 2009, C More Entertainment launched Canal 9 ,

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