S-VOX Foundation

Last updated
S-VOX Foundation
Type Non-profit company
Industry Foundation/Charity
Founded1998
Defunct2010
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
Key people
Andrea Nemtin, President & CEO
ProductsYouth and spirituality/pluralism

S-VOX Foundation was a Canadian non-profit media organization dedicated to producing content on spirituality.

The organization is the successor to the non-profit entity that operated VisionTV, and later other related Canadian speciality channels, from 1988 to 2010. In June 2009, the company announced it would sell its broadcasting assets to ZoomerMedia, a company controlled by Moses Znaimer. [1] The sale was approved by the CRTC on March 30, 2010. [2] ZoomerMedia assumed control of S-VOX's broadcasting assets on June 30, 2010. [3]

After the sale of VisionTV, S-VOX's board of directors undertook to use the funds to found the Inspirit Foundation. Inspirit is a national grant-making organization that supports Canadians, particularly young adults, in building a more inclusive and pluralistic society. One way the foundation does this is by funding initiatives that foster engagement and exchange between young Canadians of different secular, spiritual and religious beliefs. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 VisionTV Board agrees to ZoomerMedia purchase of television properties, VisionTV press release, June 15, 2009
  2. "ARCHIVED - Vision TV - Acquisition of assets - CHNU-TV Fraser Valley and CIIT-TV Winnipeg - Change in effective control - ONE: The Body, Mind and Spirit Channel - Change in effective control Classical Digital, CFZM, CFMZ-FM, CFMZ-DR-1 Toronto, and CFMX-FM Cobourg - Corporate reorganization". 30 March 2010.
  3. ZoomerMedia Limited Completes Acquisitions and Financing