| Access Media Group | |
| Company type | Broadcasting/Multimedia |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | Edmonton, Alberta (1994) |
| Defunct | 2008 (independent) April 16, 2020 (dissolved) |
| Fate | Subsumed into Bell Media |
| Successor | Bell Media Television |
| Headquarters | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Products | Media, Broadcasting |
| Owner | BCE, Inc. |
| Parent | Bell Media |
Access Media Group, legally Learning and Skills Television of Alberta Ltd., which also served as the corporate brand until 2005, was a privately held Canadian broadcasting and multimedia group based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada specializing in learning-based media, originally majority-owned (and later wholly owned) by CHUM Limited. It owned four television channels, a multimedia distribution company, and a school for continuing education and personal growth. AMG's headquarters are situated at Enterprise Square in Edmonton, Alberta.
At the time of the company's founding in 1994, it was 60% owned by CHUM Limited. On February 15, 2005, CHUM purchased the remainder of the company. The company had been owned by CTVglobemedia (later became as Bell Media since June 22, 2007 as a result of its takeover of CHUM; and AMG was wound up into CTV Limited (the renamed CHUM Limited) in 2008. [1] CTVglobemedia continued to own the majority of AMG's assets, broadcasting and otherwise.
BookTelevision and CourtTV Canada was relocated to the CTVglobemedia headquarters in Toronto, Ontario [ citation needed ] while Access TV was relocated to CFRN-TV's studios.
CTVglobemedia was acquired by Bell Canada in 2011 resulting in the company renamed into Bell Media. [2] AMG continued to exist within Bell Media's corporate structures until its dissolution on April 16, 2020, when Bell Media reorganized its subsidiaries into Bell Media Television. [3]
All assets remain under the ownership of CTVglobemedia (now Bell Media) unless otherwise noted.