List of assets owned by Bell Media

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This is a list of assets currently owned by Bell Media, a subsidiary of BCE Inc. 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. This list also does not enumerate the various telecommunications or retail assets owned by BCE. For further information on those properties, refer to the article on Bell Canada.

Bell Media Television

Bell Media owns 30 local television stations led by CTV Television Network; 29 specialty channels, including TSN and RDS; and four pay TV services, including Crave (formerly The Movie Network) and Super Écran. Bell Media owns and operates the following stations, specialty channels, and pay-per-view & video-on-demand services. Bell Media's predecessors, including CTVglobemedia, previously held most of their television assets through a subsidiary, CTV Inc. (the former Baton Broadcasting Inc.). This entity was amalgamated with CTVglobemedia and other subsidiaries in early 2011, and briefly carried the "CTV Inc." name until being renamed Bell Media Inc. later that year. All of Bell Media's conventional television licences are currently held directly by Bell Media Inc.

Conventional television

Stations are arranged alphabetically by city of licence. Dates when the respective station was purchased by Bell Media or a corporate antecedent (CHUM, Baton, CTVglobemedia) are recognized; this does not include instances of when a station was sold from one antecedent to another, ex., CHRO-TV being sold from Baton to CHUM in 1997.

CTV

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Noovo

Specialty channels

CTV

These are the channels listed that were once formerly owned by Baton Broadcasting, Inc.

CTV Specialty

CTV Specialty Television Inc. is jointly owned by Bell Media and ESPN Inc., with 70% and 30% voting interests respectively, and approximately 70% and 30% equity interests respectively. ESPN itself is 80% owned by The Walt Disney Company and 20% owned by Hearst Corporation.

Premium and PPV

Channels formerly owned by CHUM Limited

Other channels

Other assets

Bell Media Radio

Bell Media Radio (branded as iHeartRadio Canada) is the wholly-owned radio broadcasting division of Bell Media. Through iHeartRadio Canada, Bell Media also owns iHeartRadio Canada Sales and operates a localized version of the iHeartRadio online radio platform owned by iHeartMedia. Bell Media owns the following radio network brands:

Current stations

Former stations

Other assets

Environics Analytics

Environics Analytics is a Canadian marketing and analytical services company, established in 2003, by founder and current President Jan Kestle, owned by Bell Media. The company is based in Toronto, Ontario. Environics Analytics Group Ltd. is owned by Bell Media, separate from Environics Research Group. All staff report to Nauby Jacob, SVP of Products and Services at Bell Media. Environics Analytics experts, studies and data are often cited in Canadian news media. Founder Jan Kestle is one of Canada's leading experts on the use of privacy-friendly data. Environics Analytics was one of a group of companies to object to the removal of the Canada 2011 Census long form.

Dormant or shuttered businesses

The following companies are divisions of Bell Media that are no longer active or been absorbed into another part of the company

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