Bell ExpressVu, is the division of Bell Canada Enterprises that provides satellite television service across Canada. It launched on September 10, 1997 and as of 2004 it has been providing "ExpressVu TV for Condos", a VDSL service provided to select multidwelling units (condominiums and apartments) in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. Bell ExpressVu provides over 400 digital video and audio channels to, as of March 2006, over 1.7 million subscribers. Its major competitors include satellite service Star Choice, as well as various cable and communications companies across Canada, such as Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications, and Vidéotron.
Bell Canada constructed the name ExpressVu for its universal recognition by both English and French speakers. Anglophones--and Bell's own English-language advertisements--pronounce the name as "express view", while francophones understand "vu" as the past participle of the word "voir", "to see".
