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| Launched | January 1, 1995 |
| Owned by | Bell Media |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (2011-present) 480i (SDTV) (1995-present) |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Website | Bravo |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 620 (SD) Channel 1734 (HD) |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 523 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Available on most Canadian cable systems | Check local listings, channels may vary |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant TV | Channel 203 (SD) |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 620 (SD) Channel 1620 (HD) |
| MTS | Channel 123 (SD) |
| Optik TV | Channel 171 (SD) |
| SaskTel | Channel 73 (SD) |
Bravo (formerly styled as Bravo!) is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. Bravo is an entertainment channel with a particular focus on television dramas and films, as well as art-related programming.
The channel was originally founded as a Canadian version of the U.S. channel Bravo (which is now owned by NBCUniversal). However, both channels have since diverged from their original formats; Bravo in the U.S. shifted to airing programming related to fashion and pop culture in 2003, while Bravo in Canada began to add more dramatic series to its lineup. Nonetheless, it still airs the few remaining arts-related programs its American counterpart airs, such as Inside the Actors Studio and Work of Art.
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History [link]
In the 1980s, a precursor to Bravo! existed called C Channel. It was a national commercial-free pay television channel that focused on arts programming. C Channel launched on February 1, 1983 before it when bankrupt and ceased operations on June 30, 1983 due to its inability to attract a sufficient number of subscribers at a price of $16 per month.
Over 10 years later, another attempt at an arts-based channel was proposed when CHUM Limited applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for Bravo!. In June 1994, CHUM's application for Bravo! was approved, citing its nature of service as focusing on "performance and drama programming, as well as documentary and discussion."[1]
Bravo! launched on January 1, 1995 with the tagline, "NewStyleArtsChannel". It focused on arts programming, including music, ballet, literature, television and film drama, visual arts, modern dance, opera and architecture. As a condition of licence, Bravo! was to contribute a predetermined amount or percentage of its revenues to ArtsFACT (now called Bravo!FACT), a fund established to provide grants for the production of Canadian short films covering a wide range of arts-related disciplines. Films funded by Bravo!FACT have regularly aired on the channel.
In July 2006, Bell Globemedia (later called CTVglobemedia) announced that it would purchase CHUM for an estimated $1.7 billion CAD, included in the sale was Bravo![2] The sale was subject to CRTC approval and was approved in June 2007,[3] with the transaction completed on June 22, 2007.
After CTVglobemedia's purchase of Bravo!, the channel increasingly shifted its focus toward more television and film dramas such as Mad Men and Criminal Minds, and lessening its focus on arts programming.
On September 10, 2010, BCE (a minority shareholder in CTVglobemedia) announced that it planned to acquire 100% interest in CTVglobemedia for a total debt and equity transaction cost of $3.2 billion CAD.[4] The deal which required CRTC approval, was approved on March 7, 2011[5] and closed on April 1 of that year, on which CTVglobemedia was rebranded Bell Media.[6]
While under Bell Media ownership, the shift toward television and film dramas and general entertainment was extended and is the point at which the channel exists today. This was further emphasized with a new logo introduced on May 14, 2012, rendering the channel's name as simply Bravo, dropping the previous "square" logo that it had used since its original launch, and no longer resembling any logo that its American counterpart had used.
Logos [link]
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| Regular Bravo logo, 1995–2012 | Bravo HD logo, 2011–2012 | Current Bravo logo, 2012–present |
Original programs [link]
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
- At the Concert Hall
- Bravo!Fact Presents
- Bravo!NEWS
- Bravo! Videos
- Live at the Rehearsal Hall
- The O'Regan Files
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.
Bravo HD [link]
On October 6, 2011, a high definition simulcast of Bravo's standard definition feed was launched. It is currently available on Bell TV, Bell Fibe TV, Shaw Cable and Videotron.
References [link]
- ^ CRTC Decision 1994-281
- ^ Bell Globemedia acquires CHUM; Fasken Martineau; 2006-07-12
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-165; CRTC; 2007-06-08
- ^ Bell Canada (2010-09-10). "Bell to acquire 100% of Canada's No.1 media company CTV". CNW Group. https://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2010/10/c8677.html. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ^ CRTC approves BCE's purchase of CTVglobemedia
- ^ Bell completes acquisition of CTV, launches Bell Media business unit CNW 2011-04-01
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Bravo (UK TV channel)
Bravo was a British television channel, owned by Living TV Group, a subsidiary of BSkyB. Its target audience was males in their 20s to early 40s and it showed a variety of both archive programming (such as Knight Rider and MacGyver) and original productions.
The Bravo channel closed on 1 January 2011, its most popular programmes moved to other Sky channels including: Spartacus: Blood and Sand (now on Sky1), Chuck, Leverage (now on Fox), Dog the Bounty Hunter (now on Pick), Star Trek (now on CBS Action), TNA Wrestling (now on Challenge), Sun, Sea and A&E, Motorway Patrol, Highway Patrol, Brit Cops and Caribbean Cops (now on Pick and Sky Livingit).
History
Bravo was launched on December 31, 1985, as a cable only channel, created by United Artists Programming and broadcasting mainly black & white B-movies from the 1950s and 1960s. Initially, the channel was a cassette-delivered service delivered to cable headends for automatic play-out.
In 1991, United Artists merged with their largest shareholder TCI (now Liberty Media), to form the largest cable operator in the US. TCI and US West announced a joint venture, and in 1992, the joint venture company became Telewest Communications. In 1993, talks were held with Tele-Communications Inc. which resulted in Flextech acquiring TCI's European programming business in exchange for shares. By January, the deal was complete with TCI, which allowed TCI to acquire 60.4% of Flextech while Flextech acquired 100% of Bravo, 25% of UK Gold, 31% of UK Living, and 25% of the Children's Channel which increased its share in that channel.
Bravo (U.S. TV network)
Bravo Media, LLC, more commonly known as Bravo, is an American basic cable and satellite television network and flagship channel, launched on December 1, 1980. It is owned by NBCUniversal and headquartered in the Comcast Building in New York City. The channel originally focused on programming related to fine arts and film; it currently broadcasts several reality television series targeted at females ages 25 through 54, acquired dramas, and mainstream theatrically-released feature films.
As of July 2015, approximately 90,891,000 American households (78.1% of households with television) receive Bravo.
History
Bravo originally launched as a commercial-free premium channel on December 1, 1980. It was originally co-owned by Cablevision's Rainbow Media division and Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment; the channel claimed to be "the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts". The channel originally broadcast its programming two days a week and—like Bravo's former sister network Nickelodeon, which shared its channel space with Alpha Repertory Television Service—shared its channel space with the adult-oriented pay channel Escapade, which featured softcore pornographic films. In 1981, Bravo was available to 48,000 subscribers throughout the United States; this total increased four years later to around 350,000 subscribers. A 1985 profile of Bravo in The New York Times observed that most of its programming consisted of international, classic, and independent film. Celebrities such as E. G. Marshall and Roberta Peters provided opening and closing commentary to the films broadcast on the channel.
Babe (Take That song)
"Babe" is a song by boyband Take That. It was the fourth single from Take That's second album, Everything Changes. Written by Gary Barlow, it features Mark Owen on lead vocals. The production was led by David Clayton who later spent 10 years as keyboard player and backing vocalist with Simply Red.
Background
Released on 13 December 1993, it became Take That's third single in a row to go straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart, knocking Mr Blobby's self-titled novelty single from the number one slot in the process. The following week however, Mr Blobby's single climbed back to number one, denying Take That the Christmas number one place. The single sold 350,000 copies in 1993, and was that year's 14th biggest-selling single. The song was certified platinum on 1 January 1994 for shipments of over 600,000 copies in the UK. The song was featured in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Fatal Extraction" broadcast on 25 December 1993, the day that the song had been knocked off number one in the singles chart.
Babe (film)
Babe is a 1995 Australian-American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Noonan, produced by George Miller, and written by both. It is an adaptation of Dick King-Smith's 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig, also known as Babe: The Gallant Pig in the USA, which tells the story of a pig who wants to be a sheepdog. The main animal characters are played by a combination of real and animatronic pigs and Border Collies.
After seven years of development,Babe was filmed in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia. The talking-animal visual effects were done by Rhythm & Hues Studios and Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
The film was a box office success and grossed $36,776,544 at the box office in Australia. It has received considerable acclaim from critics: it was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, winning Best Visual Effects. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film.
Babe (comics)
Babe was a four-issue comic book mini-series published by American company Dark Horse Comics under their Legend imprint, from July 1994 to October 1994. It was written by John Byrne, with pencils and inks by Byrne, and covers by Gary Cody.
Babe was set in the same universe as Hellboy, The Torch of Liberty, and Danger Unlimited.
Plot
In the first issue, Babe, a super-strong woman, appears to Ralph Rowan, with no memory of where she came from, how she ended up on the beach, where her force comes from, or why nothing hurts her. In issues #2 and #3, she is snatched up by aliens, and teams up with guest The Blonde Bombshell (former partner of Torch of Liberty). After escaping the alien spacecraft in issue #3, Babe and company come back to Earth along with the survivors of a mysterious plane crash, who have some strange connection to Babe. Issue #3 also feature the first appearance of John Byrne's creation, the Prototykes. Babe's origin is finally revealed in issue #4, which features the Prototykes again, and Babe's final showdown with villain Gideon Longshadow.
