– Key entertainment channels ride historic audience levels to improved ratings and rankings, powered by fan-fave programs including original Canadian series –

TORONTO, Oct. 25, 2018 /CNW/ - With data from the 2017/18 broadcast year now final, analysis from Numeris confirms that Bell Media's entertainment specialty channels have bucked industry trends and delivered audience growth. Space, Comedy, Bravo, Much, MTV, and Gusto have all increased their rankings among the key advertising demo A25-54, as well as the more representative A18-54 demo.

Additionally, Space, Bravo, Comedy, and Discovery are all Top 10 Canadian entertainment specialty channels, based on an exclusive lineup of blockbuster series like STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, KILLING EVE, CORNER GAS: ANIMATED, and HIGHWAY THRU HELL.

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Bell Media is Canada's leading content creation company with premier assets in television, radio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media. Bell Media owns 30 local television stations led by CTV, Canada's highest-rated television network; 30 specialty channels, including TSN and RDS, and four pay TV services, including The Movie Network and Super Écran. Bell Media is also Canada's largest radio broadcaster, with 215 music channels including 109 licensed radio stations in 58 markets across the country, all part of the iHeartRadio brand and streaming service. Bell Media owns Astral, an out-of-home advertising network of more than 30,000 faces in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Québec, and Nova Scotia. Bell Media also operates more than 200 websites; delivers TV Everywhere with its CraveTV and GO video streaming services; operates multi-channel network Much Digital Studios; produces live theatrical shows via its partnership with Iconic Entertainment Studios; owns a majority stake in Pinewood Toronto Studios, one of the largest purpose-built production studios in Canada; and owns Dome Productions Inc., a multi-platform production company. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (((TSX, NYSE:BCE), Canada's largest communications company. For more on Bell Media, please visit www.bellmedia.ca.

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