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Bravo!
Bravo!
Bravo!
(U.S.)’s recent original programs have been reality series which have little to do with the performing arts, many of which are aired in Canada by competing channels.
History
Launched Owned by Country Broadcast area Headquarters Website January 1, 1995 CTVglobemedia
CTV Limited
Canada National Toronto, Ontario Bravo! Availability Satellite
Bell TV Shaw Direct Cable Available on most Canadian cable systems
Channel 620 Channel 523
Check local listings, channels may vary
Bravo! is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia. It concentrates on the arts, including; music, ballet, literature, drama, visual arts, modern dance, opera, architecture. Bravo! also features well-known American series such as NYPD Blue, Law & Order and Sex and the City. It originally used the tagline "NewStyleArtsChannel". The "Bravo" name is used under licence from NBC Universal, which owns the U.S.based service Bravo (without the exclamation mark). However, aside from the name and the interview series Inside the Actors Studio, there has been essentially no connection between the two channels since 2001, when the American Bravo network (then under the ownership of Cablevision’s Rainbow Media) changed its direction away from focusing on performing arts towards a general programming direction. While both channels air feature films and drama series, most of Bravo
In the 1980s, C Channel, a Canadian cultural pay-TV (non-commercial) channel, operated from February 1, 1983 till June 30, 1983. It was licensed as a national service. It went into bankruptcy however, when it did not attract enough cable subscribers willing to pay $16/month for the service. Several years had passed before there would be another Canadian performing arts network on television, until Bravo! was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in June 1994 for CHUM Limited.[1] Bravo! went on-air for the first time on January 1, 1995. As a condition of licence, the fund Bravo!FACT (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent) was established to provide grants for the production of Canadian short films covering a wide range of arts-related disciplines, which air on the channel. On June 22, 2007, CTVglobemedia gained control of Bravo! as a result of a takeover of CHUM Limited.
Original programs
Between programs, Bravo! often airs short films by Canadian artists, funded by its foundation Bravo!FACT, which may range from comedy to drama to opera to jazz to animation. Many of these also air on Bravo!’s weekly series Bravo!Fact Presents. • Arts & Minds • Live at the Rehearsal Hall • Bathroom Divas • Bravo!Fact Presents • Bravo! Videos • Godiva’s • In the Mind of... • On Screen • Page to Screen • Scanning the Movies • TaLkin bLuEs
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• The Actors • The Directors • The Producers • What a Circus! • Literature Alive Bravo! has also produced a number of notable specials, including a telecast of Canadian rock band Spirit of the West’s Open Heart Symphony concert with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
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References
[1] CRTC Decision 1994-281
External links
• Bravo!
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