External links www.bellmedia.ca Bell Media's largest division is Bell Media Television, which owns the following broadcast television assets: The acquisition was primarily centered around Astral's premium services (such as The Movie Network and its stake in HBO Canada) and its French-language radio and television stations. Genre Key channels Foreign partner Sports TSN, TSN2, RDS, RDS2, RDS Info, Leafs TV, others ESPN (part-owner), Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (part-owner) Music / youth / comedy (Much MTV Comedy Networks) The Comedy Network, M3, MuchMusic, MTV, MTV2, Juicebox, others Viacom Media Networks (MTV channels only), Comedy Central (MuchMusic and The Comedy Network only) Factual programming Discovery Channel and various spinoff channels Discovery Communications (part-owner or licensor) Ne… On September 7, 2006, in order to pay for the CHUM acquisition, BGM sold additional shares to its existing shareholders. The CRTC also approved Bell's proposed exemptions for maintaining ownership of Montreal's CKGM. Bell Canada has previously owned stakes in the company's predecessor, CTVglobemedia; it was originally formed when a consortium of Bell (80%) and The Woodbridge Company (owners of The Globe and Mail) bought CTV Inc. in 2000. Following hearings by the CRTC in May 2013, the CRTC approved Bell's acquisition of Astral Media on June 27, 2013. This operation was acquired in 2009 by Since then, Bell has downplayed the branding "Bell Media Radio" in reference to its stations, and has referred to the collective platform, including the terrestrial stations, online outlets (which were all consolidated under iHeartRadio.ca) and other original audio content from Bell Media properties that are distributed under the platform (including Bell's stations broadcast in a variety of formats, although The stations typically air locally produced or voice-tracked programming for the majority of their schedules, although some national network programming also airs. Das Unternehmen produziert aktuelle Fernsehsendungen und betreibt ein Netzwerk von Fernseh- und Radiosender in Kanada. Woodbridge would also regain majority control of the Globe and Mail Inc., with Bell retaining a 15% interest. The company has its origins in CHUM Limited, which was acquired by CTVglobemedia in 2006. On March 18, 2013, the Competition Bureau cleared the revised proposal, which called for the sale of several channels and radio stations to Corus Entertainment and other parties. BCE did not participate in the refinancing; the net effect was an increase in Teachers' ownership to 25%, while BCE's interest was reduced to 15%. In December 2005, Bell announced it would sell an 8.5% interest to Woodbridge (increasing their total ownership to 40%), a 20% interest to Torstar, and a 20% interest to the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. However, the sale of the On March 16, 2012, BCE announced that it had entered in an agreement to acquire Montreal-based broadcaster Astral Media for an estimated value at $3.38 billion; the assets of which were to be incorporated into Bell Media. Bell Media Radio, G.P. On September 10, 2010, BCE announced plans to re-acquire 100% of the company's broadcasting arm, including CTV Inc. The transaction closed on August 30, 2006. Unlike the previous deal, which would have given Bell a 42% share of the English-language television market, the new deal would only give Bell a total market share of 35.7%, but still increase its French-language market share to 23% (in comparison to 8% before). Note that this list does not include BCE's 28% interest in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, which itself owns a majority interest in the digital specialty channels Leafs Nation Network, NBA TV Canada, and GolTV Canada.This interest is held by BCE through a different subsidiary, not through Bell Media. The first logo was originally called Baton Broadcast System, with a logo saying BBS, and rainbow triangles on the outside. Under the deal, Woodbridge, Torstar, and Teachers' would together receive $1.3 billion in either cash or equity in BCE, while BCE would also assume $1.7 billion in debt (BCE's existing equity interest is $200 million, for a total transaction value of $3.2 billion). Soon afterward, Bell and Astral began to negotiate a second proposal that would involve selling most of Astral's English-language television channels in order to quell fears by the CRTC.
The overall deal was expected to close by April 2011. This is a list of assets currently owned by Bell Media, a subsidiary of BCE Inc.. Bell planned to use Astral's premium offerings to enhance its own multi-platform services to compete against the likes of services such as Netflix, and its French media outlets to better compete against the dominant Québecor Média.
(doing business as Bell Media Radio and branding itself as iHeartRadio Canada in its mobile apps and on its websites; formerly known as CHUM Radio) is the radio broadcasting and music events subsidiary of Canadian media conglomerate Bell Media. The merger was notably opposed by a coalition of competing cable providers (which included Cogeco, EastLink, and Vidéotron the last of which is also owned by Québecor Média, who felt that Bell's control of a majority of Canadian media would harm consumer choice, and lead to increased carriage fees which could cripple smaller cable companies. The deal is subject to conditions, including the requirement to provide fair treatment to its competitors, to not impose "restrictive bundling practices" on Astral's premium movie channels, invest $246.9 million over the next seven years on Canadian-produced programming, and to maintain the operation and local programming levels of all of its television stations through 2017. Bell Media Television also owns 44 cable television specialty channels, frequently in partnership with U.S. companies which operate similar channels, and primarily concentrated in the following genres: The company's programming is distributed to other stations across Canada via its syndication division, Orbyt Media, and it is also the local licencee of the As of August 2009, its head office is currently located at CHUM Radio also previously operated CHUM Satellite Services, a multimedia division which provided programming and production services for corporate clients.