| Bravo! | |
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| Bravo! logo | |
| Launched | January 1, 1995 |
| Owned by | CTVglobemedia CTV Limited |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Website | Bravo! |
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| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 620 |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 523 |
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| Available on most Canadian cable systems | 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 and architecture. 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 (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.
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History
In the 1980s, C Channel, a Canadian cultural pay-TV (non-commercial) channel, operated from February 1, 1983 to 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
- 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.
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