2308740 Ontario Inc.,

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Channel Zero, is an independent Canadian broadcasting and media group, which holds assets in television broadcasting and film distribution. The company is headquartered in

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, with its main office in

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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. * 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%

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

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and took control of on August 31, 2009. It is an

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station licensed to

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, 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

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in 2012. *Conventional Television *

CHCH-DT CHCH-DT (channel 11) is an independent television station in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Channel Zero (company), Channel Zero, the station maintains studios on Innovation Drive in the west end of Hamilton; prior to 2021, it was located ...

- Hamilton, Ontario *Specialty channels * Rewind * Silver Screen Classics * Halla Bol! Kids TV *Pornographic channels * AOV Adult Movie Channel * Maleflixxx Television *XXX Action Clips Channel (also referred to as 'XXX TV') - a

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exempt

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Category B

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. XXX TV is a premium

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television channel consisting of 5- to 20-minute clips from adult feature films from various adult film genres. It is owned by Channel Zero in conjunction with AOV, which programs and operates the service.

Ouat Media

Ouat Media, established in 2006, specializes in distribution and worldwide sales of short films.. General Managers: * Jennifer Chen – 2006 to 2009 * Frederic Joubaud – 2010 to 2015 * Inga Diev – 2016 to present

Previously owned assets

* andPOP - In June 2013, Channel Zero announced that it had acquired a majority interest in ANDPOP Inc., the owners of ANDPOP.com, a pop culture entertainment website, and Chart Attack, a website devoted to independent and alternative music. Both Chart Attack and ANDPOP.com have since been shuttered, while a television series based on andPOP began broadcasting on CHCH-DT on March 22, 2018. The series' show page has since been removed, as of January 2020. *

Bloomberg TV Canada Bloomberg TV Canada was a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by Channel Zero. It served as a localized version of the U.S. financial news channel Bloomberg Television, while its programming was largely identical, but also featured ...

- a business news and information specialty channel established in November 2015. The channel was discontinued in October 2017. After dissolving the partnership with Channel Zero because of poor ratings, Bloomberg went on to partner instead with Bell Media to launch BNN Bloomberg on Canadian television service provider's systems. * Bollywood Times - a Hindi-language specialty channel that showed

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films encompassing a variety of genres. Originally launched by FDR Media Group, the channel was later operated by Channel Zero at an undisclosed point by 2016. Bollywood Times ceased broadcasting in January 2018. *

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/ Metro 14 - On June 30, 2009, Channel Zero acquired CJNT, a

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-based operation from Canwest after the latter filed

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for CJNT. The CRTC approved the sale on August 28, 2009. The station adopted a new schedule featuring a mix of music videos and already existing local ethnic programming during the day, and foreign movies at night, and reverted to branding itself as simply CJNT. **On June 14, 2010, Channel Zero announced it would be rebranding CJNT as ''Metro 14'' in the fall, to appeal to a wider urban audience; the "14" represents its cable slot on

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in the Greater Montreal area. On February 2, 2011 at 6:00 a.m. EST, the station officially rebranded as ''Metro 14'', behind the original announced date of fall 2010.Channel Zero rebrands, repositions, CJNT Montreal
, Cartt.ca 2011-02-02 In 2012,

announced its acquisition of CJNT from Channel Zero, to convert the station into an owned-and-operated station of

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. * Fight Now TV - An American

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s specialty channel broadcasting programming related to

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, and other combat sports. The channel launched in May 2011 and ceased broadcasting in June 2014. * Mehndi TV - a Hindi-language specialty channel that broadcast programming aimed at women. Originally launched by FDR Media Group, the channel was later operated by Channel Zero at an undisclosed point by 2016. Mehndi ceased broadcasting in January 2018. * Movieola - Originally launched on September 1, 2007 as a Category B specialty channel dedicated to short films from various genres including action, comedy, drama. The channel was eventually shuttered on December 1, 2012, replaced by Rewind on television, and relaunched as an online film service. Ultimately, the Moveiola website was shut down months after Rewind's launch.

References and notes

External links

Official Channel Zero Inc. websiteOuat MediaCRTC chart of Channel Zero's assets
{{ChannelZero Canadian companies established in 2000 Television broadcasting companies of Canada Television production companies of Canada Companies based in Toronto Mass media companies established in 2000 2000 establishments in Ontario