Fiktiv Canada - Channel Zero

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.

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.:
C.J. ("Cal") Millar - President and C.O.O; 39.3%
Romen Podzyhun - Chairman and C.E.O; 39.3%
Christopher J. Fuoco - Vice-President, Sales and Marketing; 21.4%

Channel Zero owns seven specialty television channels, including three pornographic channels. CHCH Hamilton is the company's sole over-the-air station, which it acquired from Canwest 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.

Assets:
Television:
Conventional Television
CHCH-DT - Hamilton, Ontario

Specialty Television Channels
AOV Adult Movie Channel
Bloomberg TV Canada
Halla Bol! Kids TV
Maleflixxx Television
Rewind
Silver Screen Classics
XXX Action Clips Channel

Distribution
Ouat Media (pronounced "what media") is a film sales and distribution company founded in 2006 that specializes in short-form content.

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AOV Adult Movie Channel or more commonly referred to as AOV TV is a Canadian exempt English language Category B specialty channel. It is a premium television channel consisting of explicit feature pornographic films, scheduled by genre specifically for each viewing demographic. It is owned by Channel Zero Inc. in conjunction with Adults Only Video (a chain of pornographic video retailers in Canada), as well as other investors. AOV programs and operates the service.

AOV TV also operates a subscription video on demand (VOD) service called AOVTV On Demand. This service offers many of the same films available on AOV TV. It is currently available on MTS and Rogers Cable in Ontario.

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Bloomberg TV Canada is a Canadian English language Category B television channel owned by Channel Zero. It is a localized version of the U.S. financial news channel Bloomberg Television; its programming is largely identical, but also features opt-outs for domestic programs covering Canadian business news. The channel launched on November 17, 2015, replacing the American version that was readily available in Canada.

On February 26, 2015, Channel Zero announced it had reached an agreement with Bloomberg L.P. to launch a localized Canadian business news channel as an offshoot of its original Bloomberg Television channel, later announced to expect to launch on November 16, 2015 with its studios located in downtown Toronto in the city's financial district.

The channel launched one day later than expected on November 17, 2015. At the time of launch, the American service was withheld from being distributed by Canadian television service providers at the request of its owners, although it remains as a legally authorized channel for distribution in Canada by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

Programming on the service largely mirrors the American channel's schedule, with the additional programs such as Bloomberg North and The Daily Brief.

Originally launched as an exempt discretionary service that did not require a CRTC-granted television licence as it did not at launch have the required 200,000 subscribers, the channel was granted a CRTC licence on August 17, 2017 after reaching that subscriber level in 2016.

Bloomberg TV Canada delivers the best of Bloomberg’s global markets information, essential Canadian business and financial news, and dynamic lifestyle programming to influential Canadian decision-makers. With input from our journalists in six news bureaus in major markets across Canada, and international access to 154 bureaus and 2,700 professionals worldwide – Bloomberg TV Canada becomes the first business and financial information source for Canadians, providing its audience with a critical edge by connecting them to a vital network of information, people and ideas. Bloomberg TV Canada operates from the heart of Toronto's financial district with studios at Brookfield Place and TSX.

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Halla Bol! Kids TV is a Canadian Category B-exempt Hindi language specialty channel owned by Channel Zero. Halla Bol! Kids TV broadcasts programming primarily aimed at children in addition to select family-oriented programming.

On January 9, 2012, FDR Media Group was given approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a specialty channel named "Hindi Children Channel", described as "a national, niche third-language ethnic Category 21 specialty programming undertaking that would consist of programs focussing on South Asian culture and entertainment catering to Canadian children of South Asian ethnicity from 3 to 10 years of age."[1] Later that month, the channel was officially named Halla Bol! Kids TV.

At an undisclosed point, FDR's broadcast licenses were acquired by Channel Zero. Halla Bol! Kids TV debuted exclusively on Bell Fibe on January 16, 2014. On August 4, 2014, the channel launched in the United States through Dish Network and Sling TV. It was later made available on Rogers Cable and Telus Optik TV.

At the request of Channel Zero, the CRTC revoked the channel's Canadian broadcast license on February 21, 2018.[8] The company continues to operate the channel under exempt status.

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Maleflixxx Television is a Canadian exempt English language Category B specialty channel. It is a premium adult entertainment television channel, with programming consisting of gay male pornography. It is also noted as the first 24-hour channel of its kind in the world. Maleflixxx Television also has plans to be distributed internationally in the future, including the United States and Europe.

Maleflixx Television is owned by Channel Zero Inc. in conjunction with Sureflix Digital Distribution (a provider of gay adult programming) who program and operate the service.

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Rewind is a Canadian English language specialty channel majority-owned by Channel Zero Inc. The channel primarily broadcasts feature-length films from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, targeted toward the Generation X demographic.

In November 2000, Channel Zero (through its subsidiary known at the time as Late Night Vidiots) was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a channel called Moviola, described as "a national English-language Category 2 specialty television service dedicated to the broadcast of short films ranging in length from 30 seconds to 40 minutes".

The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as Movieola, specializing in short film content in various genres such as animation, comedy, and drama.

Less than a month after the channel's launch, Stornoway Communications, also a new broadcaster, owner of recently launched ichannel and bpm:tv, announced that it was purchasing a majority interest in the channel, subject to conditions and CRTC approval. However, the deal fell through in April 2002, when due to financial difficulties, Stornoway Communications laid-off two of the four founding members of Movieola in February, and a third in April. The fourth member resigned in April. The four founding members were hired by Stornoway in September 2001 when the purchase agreement was made. The agreement stated that all four members were to remain as Stornoway employees after the transaction closed. Due to Stornoway's reluctance to rehire the employees, the deal was severed in April and the four founding members decided to run Movieola alone.

In June 2007, Movieola signed a deal with Joost, agreeing to provide short film content to the online TV service. Movieola later signed a similar deal with the online service, Hulu.

In September 2008, Movieola announced it was purchasing a majority stake in Propeller TV, at the time, a British-based television channel featuring films and television series from primarily new and emerging artists. However, the deal was abandoned at a later date and did not finalize.

In an interview with C21 Media in November 2011, Cal Millar, Channel Zero's President and COO, revealed the company's intentions of possibly shifting the channel's focus away from exclusively airing short film content, citing "short film hasn’t translated as well as we’d have liked it to on TV”.

On September 25, 2012 at the annual Canadian Cable Systems Alliance Conference in Huntsville, Ontario, Millar announced that Channel Zero would be shuttering Movieola on December 1, 2012 and move it to an exclusively online brand through Hulu in the United States and an app in Canada. Through cable, satellite, and IPTV systems in Canada, Channel Zero would be launching a new television channel in its place called Rewind, a film channel targeted to the Generation X demographic with films from 1970s and 1980s for example. It was later revealed that Movieola's broadcast licence would be used to launch Rewind. On December 1, 2012 Movieola was rebranded as Rewind and the Movieola brand shifted to an online-only service. Rewind continues to broadcast short film content in non-peak viewing hours.

In August 2014, Channel Zero was successful in its application with the CRTC to be relieved of its requirement to broadcast short-form programming and its nature of service was amended to state the channel shall be "dedicated to short films and to action and adventure programming. Its action and adventure programming will “run the gamut” from contemporary “popcorn” action and adventure films and series to classical westerns." In addition, 15% of the channel was sold to a variety of investors through a corporate restructuring.

On June 11, 2013, Channel Zero launched a high definition channel simulcasting the standard definition feed called Rewind HD on EastLink. The channel has been subsequently picked up by other television service providers such as Telus Optik TV.

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Silver Screen Classics is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Channel Zero Inc. Silver Screen Classics broadcasts films primarily from the 1930s to the 1960s; including feature films, silent films, serials, shorts, and more.

The channel launched in high definition in September 2018 with its launch on IHR Telecom.

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XXX Action Clips Channel (also referred to as XXX TV) is a Canadian exempt English-language Category B specialty channel. It is a premium adult entertainment television channel consisting of 5 to 20 minutes clips from adult feature films from various adult film genres. It is owned by Channel Zero Inc. in conjunction with AOV Adult Movie Channel which programs and operates the service.