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 CTV Specialty Television's headquarters at 9 Channel Nine Court | |
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| Company type | Subsidiary and Joint Venture |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded |
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| Headquarters | 9 Channel Nine Court, , Canada |
Area served | Canada |
Key people |
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| Owner | BCE Inc. (80%) The Walt Disney Company/Hearst Corporation (20%) |
| Parent | Bell Media (80%) ESPN Inc. (20%) |
| Divisions | Dome Productions, Inc. |
| Website | bellmedia espn |
CTV Specialty Television Inc. is a Canadian company that is a joint venture between Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. (also known as Bell Canada Enterprises, the owner of telecommunications company Bell Canada) and ESPN Inc. that operates a number of specialty channels The Sports Network (TSN) and Discovery Channel.
The company was formed in 1984 as Labatt Communications, Inc. by brewer John Labatt Ltd.; but long after its acquistion by Interbrew in 1995, LCI was sold to four local investors and ESPN Inc. in 1996 which changed the name of the company to NetStar Communications Inc. NetStar was then acquired by CTV Inc. in 2000 and later merged with Bell Canada alongside The Globe and Mail to form Bell Globemedia and renamed to its current entity afterwards.