Glassbox Television

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Glassbox Television Inc.
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Media
Founded2001;24 years ago (2001)
FounderJeffrey Elliott
Defunct2012
2013 (Glassbox name ceased)
FateCompany was purchased by Blue Ant Media
Headquarters Mississauga, Ontario,
Canada
Key people
Jeffrey Elliott, Raja Khanna, Rick Pyman, Sharon Stevens, Greg Hull and Joseph Arcuri
Products Broadcasting, Television Production
Parent Blue Ant Media

Glassbox Television Inc. was an independent Canadian broadcasting and media company specializing in the operation of multi-platform Broadcast and video-on-demand (VOD) channels, content production, and digital publishing. [1]

Contents

The company was formed in 2001 by Jeffrey Elliott and was a Broadcasting and digital content company. The launch of its first television channel, BiteTV was on April 20 2005 at 4:20 pm was headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Assets

Glassbox also owned a production division, creating original television content and a digital publishing division that operated various digital properties including blogs, broadband portals, mobile sites.

History

Sale

On April 11, 2011, it was announced that Blue Ant Media, an upstart media company headed by former Alliance Atlantis executive Michael MacMillan, would acquire Glassbox Television through his company Blue Ant Media. Blue Ant Media would require Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approval, which was approved on September 14, 2011. [2]

References

  1. AUX Program Roster Expands Featuring Eight Original Series and ExploreMusic with Alan Cross Leading the Lineup; CNW Group; 2009-01-27
  2. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-585 CRTC 2011-09-14