Astral MediaAstral Media Inc. was a Canadian media conglomerate. It was Canada's largest radio broadcaster, with 84 radio stations in eight provinces. Astral was also a major player in premium and specialty television in Canada, with 23 specialty channels and two conventional stations. In addition, Astral had a presence in out-of-home advertising. In March 2012, Bell Media announced its intent to acquire Astral for $3.38 billion.
Disney ChannelDisney Channel is an American pay televisionchannel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Kids & Family, a unit of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. Launched on April 18, 1983, under the name The Disney Channel as a premium channel on top of basic cabletelevision systems, it originally showcased programming towards families due to availability of home television sets locally at the time.YTV (Canadian TV channel)YTV is a Canadian English-language discretionary specialty channel and the flagship property of YTV Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment. The channel launched as a joint venture between Rogers Media and CUC Broadcasting on September 1, 1988. Shaw Communications acquired CUC's 34% stake in 1995, followed by Rogers' remaining interest in 1996, before Shaw's media division was separated as Corus Entertainment in 1999.
Family Channel (Canada)Family Channel (commonly or simply known as Family) was a Canadian English-language specialty channel. Owned by WildBrain, it primarily broadcast children's television series, teen dramas, films, and general entertainment programming targeting a family audience. Its headquarters were located at Brookfield Place in the Financial District of Toronto.
NickelodeonAmerican children's pay television channelTelevision channelNickelodeon (commonly shortened to Nick) is an American pay televisionchannel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Skydance. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children, it is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2 to 17, along with a broader family audience through its programming blocks.
Rogers Sports & MediaRogers Media Inc., operating asRogers Sports & Media, is a Canadian subsidiary of Rogers Communications that owns the company's mass media and sports properties. OperationsCurrent television brands owned by Rogers include two television systems: the English-language Citytv, and the multicultural-oriented Omni Television.
Bell MediaBell Media Inc. (French: Bell Média inc.) is a Canadian media conglomerate that is the mass media subsidiary of BCE Inc. (formerly known as Bell Canada Enterprises, the owner of telecommunications company Bell Canada).
Television in CanadaTelevision in Canada officially began with the sign-on of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by media in the United States and the United Kingdom, perhaps to an extent not seen in any other major industrialized nation. As a result, the government institutes quotas for "Canadian content".
BCE Inc.BCE Inc., an abbreviation of its former name Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., is a publicly tradedCanadianholding company for Bell Canada, which includes telecommunications providers and various mass media assets under its subsidiary Bell Media Inc. Founded through a corporate reorganization in 1983, when Bell Canada, Northern Telecom, and other related companies all became subsidiaries of Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., it is one of Canada's largest corporations.
Specialty channelA specialty channel (also known in the United States as a cable channel or cable network) can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic.CUC BroadcastingCUC (Conway Upper Canada) Broadcasting was a Canadian media company, active from 1968 to 1995. Active primarily as a cable television distributor, the company also had some holdings in broadcast media and publishing. The company was founded in 1968 by chairman Geoffrey Conway, with shareholders including Jerry Grafstein, Michael Koerner and Ken Lefolii.
French languageFrench (français or langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, French and its closest relatives—the langues d'oïl, historically spoken in northern France and southern Belgium—descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. It was influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the GermanicFrankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.