Channel Zero (company)

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2308740 Ontario Inc.
Channel Zero
Company type Private company
Industry Media
Founded2000
Headquarters,
Key people
Cal Millar, President & COO
Romen Podzyhun, Chairman & CEO
Products Broadcasting, Television Production
Website www.chz.com

2308740 Ontario Inc., doing business as Channel Zero, is an independent Canadian broadcasting and media group, which holds assets in television broadcasting and film distribution. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, with its main office in the Junction.

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Ownership structure

After a settlement following a lawsuit in 2011 with former co-owners Harold Balde and Anthony D'Andrea, "Channel Zero" created a new simplified ownership structure for all of "Channel Zero" licences, under the name 2308740 Ontario Inc. [1]

Assets

Television

Channel Zero owns six specialty television channels, including three pornographic channels. CHCH Hamilton is the company's sole over-the-air station, which it acquired from Canwest [2] and took control of on August 31, 2009. It is an independent station licensed to Hamilton, Ontario, and was previously an owned-and-operated station of the Canadian E! television system. As part of the same transaction, Channel Zero also acquired CJNT Montreal, which it later sold to Rogers Media in 2012. [3]

Ouat Media

Ouat Media, established in 2006, specializes in distribution and worldwide sales of short films.. [5]

General Managers:

Previously owned assets

References and notes

  1. "Channel Zero licence renewals: It's not just about CanCon pornography | Fagstein". 6 March 2014.
  2. Channel Zero Inc. agrees to purchase CHCH-TV Hamilton and CJNT-TV Montreal from Canwest; CNW Group; 2009-06-30
  3. "CRTC increases the diversity of voices in the Montreal market". Archived from the original on 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
  4. https://crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/cht191.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  5. "Home". ouatmedia.com.
  6. 60 Years Strong! CHCH announces all that's in store for Fall 2013 Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine Newswire press release 2013-06-11
  7. CHCH PRESENTS andPOP, A NEW WEEKLY POP CULTURE SHOW CHCH.com 2018-03-15
  8. "Shows - CHCH".
  9. "Bell Media and Bloomberg Media Partner to Create Canada's Leading Multi-Platform Business News Brand, BNN Bloomberg - Bell Media".
  10. 1 2 "Ownership Chart 246 - FDR Media - Specialty Services" (PDF). CRTC. March 2, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  11. 1 2 Paddon, Natalie; Buist, Steve (March 15, 2016). "CHCH bankruptcy: Channel Zero and its web of companies trigger federal investigation". The Hamilton Spectator . Metroland Media Group . Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  12. Channel Zero Inc. agrees to purchase CHCH-TV Hamilton and CJNT-TV Montreal from Canwest CNW Group (2009-06-30)
  13. Channel Zero Inc. agrees to purchase CHCH-TV Hamilton and CJNT-TV Montreal from Canwest (Video News Coverage) (2009-06-30)
  14. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-536
  15. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-537
  16. Channel Zero loads up on U.S. network series, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2010
  17. http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=115859021792151&id=119179104768932 [ user-generated source ]
  18. Channel Zero rebrands, repositions, CJNT Montreal Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine , Cartt.ca 2011-02-02

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