“This is the bare minimum that a service that is called The Movie Network should make to Canadian films,” Amarshi told the CRTC, alluding to Astral Media’s pay TV operation, which depends on ...

Its other pay TV channels include the Movie Network, animation web Teletoon (co-owned jointly with rival broadcaster Corus), Super Ecran, Canal Vie and MusiquePlus.

Bell tried to shake up the Canadian media landscape last year by acquiring Astral Media, but it ran into a CRTC-sized roadblock -- regulators didn't want 25 TV stations moving to one provider ...

TORONTO -- Canadian premium pay TV and specialty channel operator Astral Media Inc. on Wednesday launched Mpix OnDemand, Canada's first subscription VOD service offering classic movies.

Astral declined to provide specific subscriber targets. Last November, one month ahead of schedule, The Movie Network and Super Écran reached a combined subscriber base of one million. Moviepix ...

TORONTO - Subscribers to The Movie Network can now watch Hollywood movies and HBO Canada shows on their smartphones and tablets, Astral Media Inc. announced Wednesday.

Astral Media finally launched its much-anticipated The Movie Network GO this week, giving subscribers access to about 1,500 hours of content on mobile devices and computers.

Astral Media Inc's second-quarter profit rose 10 percent, helped by steady but uninspiring growth in television revenue.

Astral CEO Ian Greenberg noted that this is the 12th consecutive year of profitable growth for the Montreal-based company, which owns a slew of pay outlets including the Movie Network, Teletoon ...

That's changing today, since Astral Media is bringing its The Movie Network Go app for iOS and PCs out of beta (an Android version is "in the works and launching shortly") with access to movies ...

Originally Bell had wanted to buy all 25 Astral cable channels but in the new deal, it only picks up 12, including the Movie Network, HBO Canada, Canal D and Canal Vie. It will sell the Astral ...

2009: Astral launches The Movie Network OnLine, Family OnLine and Playhouse Disney OnLine in collaboration with Bell TV. 2012: Astral agrees to be acquired by BCE in a C$3 billion deal. Sign up here.