BCE Bell Media Discretionary Services (other than Mainstream Sports)

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UPDATE

Update – 2018-05-02 – on 30 April 2018, Business New Network (BNN) was rebranded BNN Bloomberg.

CRTC 2018-230 – approved the acquisition by WOW! Unlimited Networks Inc. of the assets of the national, discretionary service Comedy Gold from Bell Media Inc.

Update – 2019-02-26 – minor change.

Update – 2019-09-16 – The Comedy Network rebranded CTV Comedy Channel; Bravo! rebranded CTV Drama Channel; Gusto rebranded CTV Life Channel; and Space rebranded CTV Sci-Fi Channel.

Update – 2020-04-14 – the licence issued to Viewer’s Choice Canada Inc. expired on 31 August 2019. This pay-per-view programming service was no longer in operation since 2014 no revocation of licence was requested by the licensee at that time.

Update – 2020-04-16 – amalgamtion on 1 January 2020 of Learning and Skills Television of Alberta Limited, 4382072 Canada Inc., Bell Media Radio (Toronto) Inc., 11749366 Canada Inc. and Bell Media Inc. to continue as Bell Media Inc.

Update – 2020-07-03 – minor changes.

CRTC 2021-31 – revoked the licence issued to Bell Media Inc. for the discretionary service Book Television.

CRTC 2021-32 – revoked the licence issued to Bell Media Inc. for the discretionary service Fashion Television Channel.

SEE ALSO

143, 143a, 143d, 143k & 143n

NOTICE The CRTC ownership charts reflect the transactions approved by the Commission and are based on information supplied by licensees. The CRTC does not assume any responsibility for discrepancies between its charts and data from outside sources or for errors or omissions which they may contain.

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Notes: The percentages in this chart refer to voting rights only.

OWNERSHIP

For the ownership of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada, see chart 143.

Bell Canada holds 100% of Bell Media Inc.

Bell Media Inc. holds 100% of:  3578704 Canada Inc.

3578704 Canada Inc. holds 80% in CTV Specialty Television Inc. The other 20% is held by 3167488 Canada Inc. (ESPN Sub), a non-Canadian corporation.

CTV Specialty Television Inc. holds 100% of CTV Specialty Television Enterprises Inc. (see chart 143K).

CTV Specialty Television Enterprises Inc. holds:  100% of 3922120 Canada Inc. (parent corporation of Discovery Science Canada Company described below)  100% of 3922111 Canada Inc. (parent corporation of Animal Planet Canada Company described below) and  80% in 2953285 Canada Inc. (described below)

Discovery Science Canada Company is held as follows:  80% by 3922120 Canada Inc. and  20% by Discovery Civilization North America, Inc., a non-Canadian Corporation, which in turn is 100% held by Discovery Communications, LLC, a non-Canadian corporation held by Discovery Communications, Inc.

Animal Planet Canada Company is held as follows:  80% by 3922111 Canada Inc. and  20% by Canadian AP Ventures Company, a non-Canadian corporation, which in turn is held as follows  50% by 2004370 Ontario Inc., a non-Canadian corporation, which in turn is held by BBC Worldwide Limited, a non-Canadian corporation, and  50% by Animal Planet North America, Inc., a non-Canadian corporation, which in turn is held 100% by Discovery Communications, LLC, a non-Canadian corporation held by Discovery Communications, Inc.

2953285 Canada Inc. is held as follows:  80% by CTV Specialty Television Enterprises Inc., and  20% by Discovery Service Inc., a non-Canadian Corporation, which in turn is 100% held by Discovery Communications, LLC, a non-Canadian corporation held by Discovery Communications, Inc.

LICENSEES

- Bell Media Inc. is licensee of the following national discretionary services:

 BNN Bloomberg (formerly known as Business News Network (BNN))  CablePulse24  Canal D  Canal Vie  CINÉPOP  CTV Comedy Channel (formerly known as The Comedy Network (TCN))  CTV Drama Channel (formerly known as Bravo!)  CTV Life Channel (formerly known as Gusto)  CTV News Channel  CTV Sci-Fi Channel (formerly known as Space)  E!  Investigation  Investigation Discovery  MTV2  MTV (Canada)  Much  Super Écran

#143l Ownership – Broadcasting - CRTC 2021-02-23  VRAK  Z

- Bell Media Inc. is also licensee of the following discretionary services in Eastern Canada:

 Crave (formerly The Movie Network (TMN))  STARZ (formerly The Movie Network Encore (TMN Encore))

- Discovery Science Canada Company is licensee of the following national discretionary service:

 Discovery Science

- Animal Planet Canada Company is licensee of the following national discretionary service:

 Animal Planet

- 2953285 Canada Inc. is licensee of the following national discretionary services:

 Discovery Channel  Discovery Velocity

Bell Media also holds, indirectly through some of the above subsidiaries, interest in Dome Productions Inc. Exploration Production Inc. and Exploration Distribution Inc.

See also charts 143K and 143N for other broadcasting undertakings under Bell Media ownership.

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