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    Astral Media Inc. was a Canadian media conglomerate. It was Canada's largest radio broadcaster, with 84 radio stations in eight provinces. Astral was...
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    snaps up Astral Media for $3.38-billion". Financial Post. Retrieved April 29, 2012. Johnson, Julia. "Cable company opposition to Bell's Astral purchase...
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  • on 104.3. In 2011, Astral Media proposed the takeover of CHHR from Shore Media Group, a move initially rejected by the CRTC. Astral tried again and announced...
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    release). TORONTO: Astral Media. CNW Telbec. March 3, 2011. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014. "Astral launches French-language...
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  • WildBrain (redirect from Dhx media)
    XD. The networks were being sold as a condition of Bell Media's 2013 acquisition of Astral Media; its purchase of the networks marked DHX's first foray...
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  • The channel first launched on June 1, 2011, under the ownership of Astral Media. It initially operated as a localized version of Disney XD, under license...
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    Vrak (category Former Bell Media networks)
    by Bell Media in 2013 upon the acquisition of Astral Media, while the English counterpart and its sister channels were divested to DHX Media (now WildBrain)...
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  • Look up astral in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Astral may refer to: Astral body, a subtle body posited by many religious philosophers Astral journey...
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  • successor Astral Media acquired CHUM's stake in MusiMax, marking its separation from common ownership with its English counterpart. When Astral was acquired...
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    Canada, Inc., a consortium of Western International Communications and Astral Media (via their specialty channel Family Channel), Shaw Communications (via...
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    Canada, Inc.; a consortium of Western International Communications and Astral Media (via their specialty channel Family Channel), Shaw Communications (via...
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    Atlantis Communications (AAC) and Premier Choix Networks (a division of Astral Media) were granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications...
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    Media, giving it control of CW Media's 50% interest in Historia. On March 4, 2013, Corus Entertainment announced that it would acquire Astral Media's...
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    Astral Media and Corus Entertainment. By 2001, Astral had acquired full ownership of the network; after the 2013 acquisition of Astral by Bell Media,...
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    counterpart. After the 2013 acquisition of Astral by CTVglobemedia's successor Bell Media, MusiquePlus was sold to V Media Group, parent company of Quebec's V...
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  • Porky's (section Home media)
    Clark and produced by Harold Greenberg, who founded Astral Communications (now known as Astral Media). Following the success of Porky's in North America...
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    Z (TV channel) (category Bell Media networks)
    January 31, 2000 as Canal Z by Astral Media, the channel was rebranded to Ztélé in 2005 and was acquired by Bell Media in 2013, which by that point becoming...
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  • properties of Astral Media in 2013; many of these were former Standard Radio stations that were acquired by Astral in 2007. In 2016, Bell Media reached a...
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    Super Écran (category Bell Media networks)
    across Canada in 1996. On October 30, 2006, Astral Media launched an HD simulcast of Super Écran. Later, Astral launched HD feeds for all three remaining...
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  • and TV broadcasting assets to Astral Media in 2007. Today, all of Standard Radio stations are either owned by Bell Media or Stingray Radio. The company...
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    In 2013, Bell acquired Astral Media, changing the tower's name to Bell Media Tower when it became regional offices for Bell Media. Place Montreal Trust...
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    CFRB (category Bell Media radio stations)
    was acquired by Slaight Broadcasting in 1985, before being acquired by Astral Media in 2007 and ultimately sold to Bell Canada, rival company of Rogers Communications...
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    CRTC in October 2012, but was restructured to allow the sale of certain Astral Media properties in order to allow the purchase to clear regulatory hurdles)...
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  • singer-songwriter (died 1994) 1942 – Ian Greenberg, Canadian broadcaster, founded Astral Media (died 2022) 1942 – John E. McLaughlin, American diplomat 1942 – Peter...
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    specialty channels in Canada, Corus sold its stake in Family Channel to Astral Media for $126.9 million, making it a sister channel to The Movie Network and...
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    HBO (Canadian TV channel) (category Bell Media networks)
    programming to Bell Media. Prior to October 2008, much of HBO's programming aired in Canada on the various multiplex channels of both Astral Media's The Movie Network...
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  • was built and signed on by Bell Media or a corporate antecedent (CHUM, Baton, CTVglobemedia). Acquired from Astral Media. Acquired from Larche Communications...
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  • was replaced by Disney Junior on May 7, 2011. On November 30, 2007, Astral Media launched a Canadian version of Playhouse Disney Channel under a brand...
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    (at the time, an equal joint venture between Corus Entertainment and Astral Media) was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications...
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  • stations were sold to either Rogers Communications or Astral Media. In October 2007, Astral Media purchased much of Standard's assets, including CJEZ....
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