Vu!, also operating as Bell TV On Demand, is a Canadian English and French language pay-per-view and

Video on Demand Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of ...

provider that launched in October 1999 and is owned by

Bell Media Bell Media Inc. (French: ) is a Canadian company formed by the amalgamation of several companies. Establishment (2011–13) On December 9, 2011, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announced the sale of its majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports ...

. Vu! is the largest PPV service provider in Canada and is available on Telus Satellite TV,

Bell Satellite TV Bell Satellite TV (french: Bell Télé; formerly known as Bell ExpressVu, Dish Network Canada and ExpressVu Dish Network and not to be confused with Bell's IPTV Fibe TV service) is the division of BCE Inc. that provides satellite television ser ...

, Bell Fibe TV, and

Bell Aliant Bell Aliant is a brand name used by Bell Canada for telecommunications services in Atlantic Canada. Prior to 2015, Bell Aliant Inc. (formerly Aliant Inc.) was a separate company providing telecom services in the Atlantic provinces and a few othe ...

FibreOP. It not only offers pay-per-view content but also features pay-per-day, pay-per-month and pay-per-year on select programming.

History

Vu! started operations in October 1999. On July 5, 2013, Bell Canada's media arm (and Bell TV's sister company),

, acquired control of a competing pay-per-view service, Viewers Choice, which currently primarily serves cable companies, as part of their takeover of Astral Media. In July 2014, industry website Cartt.ca reported that Viewers Choice would be shutting down on September 30, 2014. Vu! was directly unaffected by the shutdown except that it also began to serve

customers in place of Viewers Choice after the channel shut down.

Programming

Vu!'s programming consists of films,

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s, live boxing,

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and

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and other special events. They also consist of select programming from

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as well as various sports packages including NHL Centre Ice,

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, NASCAR In Car,

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, HPItv horse racing, and

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Red Carpet Vu!

In an effort to compete with the

video on demand Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of ...

services offered by cable companies, Vu! has launched Red Carpet Vu!. This service features 8 channels with new releases and hit films playing all day with a film starting every 15 minutes.

Venus

Venus is

's adult pornography pay-per-view service, operated separately from Vu! (but under the same licence) with more expensive prices. Bell receivers can access two channels, one in English and one in French, for information on how to block all pornographic channels, including Venus. There are 15 Venus pay-per-view channels: * 11 English language PPV channels * 3 French language PPV channels * 1 PPV channel featuring gay pornography

References

External links

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{{Canadian movie channels Movie channels in Canada Bell Media networks Pay-per-view television networks in Canada Television channels and stations established in 1999 1999 establishments in Canada