Bell rebranding channels

[Noah12]

Specialty TV channel updates

In January, some of the specialty channels will have new names. Plus, there will be some exciting new shows. Here's what's happening Home of charismatic characters, gripping dramas, thrilling reality competition, live sports entertainment and more. Continue enjoying The Mighty Franchise...

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Bell changing their channels, they lost Discovery to Rogers and are rebranding their channels which seems to be allot Canadian content, I guess more streaming in my future

Specialty TV channel updates

In January, some of the specialty channels will have new names. Plus, there will be some exciting new shows. Here's what's happening Home of charismatic characters, gripping dramas, thrilling reality competition, live sports entertainment and more. Continue enjoying The Mighty Franchise...

forum.bell.ca

 

[KyL416]

It isn't just Canadian content. Both USA Network (ex-Discovery) and Oxygen (ex-ID) will have first dibs on their original US programming. USA Network Canada will also simulcast NASCAR Xfinity racing from CW and AEW Collision from TNT.

Corus is changing a bunch of their channels too because of that Rogers/Discovery deal:
HGTV -> Home
Food Network -> Flavour
Cooking Channel -> Shutting down at the end of the year
Magnolia Network -> Shutting down at the end of the year
OWN -> Shutdown in September

And because of the Rogers deal with NBCU to rebrand OLN as Bravo in September, Slice had to revamp their schedule with imports from WEtv along with The Daily Show

Rogers is launching new versions of Discovery, ID, HGTV, Food Network and Magnolia, but as of now it seems only Rogers, Shaw Direct and Citytv+ via Prime Video Channels will have day 1 carriage. The Canadian feeds of TLC and AHC will still be available on most providers as those are distributed directly by Discovery.

Those aren't the only changes though. Paramount is pulling more of their content to get Canadian viewers to use Paramount+ and Pluto instead, so Bell's MTV Canada is shutting down, along with the Canadian feeds of BET and CBS Sports Net. The Canadian feed of Parmount Network was discontinued at the end of 2023, and Bell's MTV2 Canada shutdown in March. Bell lost their rights to the Comedy Central library last year, and CTV Sci-Fi might be losing their Star Trek library rights next year. Rogers is also losing their WWE rights to Netflix, so WWE Network via SportsNet is shutting down at the end of the year.

 

[Joe The Dragon]

simulcast NASCAR Xfinity racing from CW? when they also get on WGN9 (they have the OTA feed in Canadian systems)

 

[KyL416]

The superstations aren't part of the base package on all providers in Canada. Prior to the rebrand, those races were on TSN or TSN+

BTW, for anyone who wants to know how these channels changed over the decades:
Discovery Channel -> USA
Court TV Canada -> Investigation Discovery -> Oxygen
MuchMoreMusic -> M3 -> Gusto -> CTV Life
Bravo! -> CTV Drama (CTV still owns the domain, so Rogers's Bravo is a subsection on CityTVPlus)
The Comedy Network -> CTV Comedy
Outdoor Life Network -> OLN -> Bravo
Discovery HD Theatre -> Discovery HD -> Discovery World -> Discovery Velocity -> CTV Speed
Space -> CTV SciFi
Star! -> E!
Animal Planet -> CTV Wild
HGTV Canada -> Home Network
Food Network Canada -> Flavour Network
TalkTV -> MTV Canada -> Defunct
Canadian Learning Television -> Viva -> OWN -> Defunct
SexTV: The Channel -> W Movies -> Cooking Channel Canada -> Defunct
Fine Living -> DIY -> Magnolia -> Defunct