Report on Business Television
| Business News Network | |
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| Launched | September 1, 1999 |
| Owned by | Bell Media |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV/4:3 letterbox) |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Formerly called | Report on Business Television (1999–2007) |
| Sister channel(s) |
CTV News Channel CP24 |
| Website | BNN |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 504 (SD) Channel 1568 (HD) |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 508 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Available on most Canadian cable systems | Consult your local cable provider for channel availability |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant Fibe TV | Channel 238 (SD) Channel 514 (HD) |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 504 (SD) Channel 1504 (HD) |
| Bell MTS | Channel 142 (SD) Channel 1142 (HD) |
| Optik TV | Channel 9815 (SD) Channel 815 (HD) |
| SaskTel | Channel 53 (SD) |
| VMedia | Channel 186 (HD) |
| Zazeen | Channel 43 (HD) |
Business News Network (BNN) is a Canadian English language Category A cable and satellite specialty channel that is owned by Bell Media. BNN broadcasts programming related to business and financial news and analysis. The channel is headquartered at 299 Queen Street West in Downtown Toronto; day-to-day operations for BNN are run by CTV News.
The network was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 1996 to a joint venture of Thomson Corporation (50%), Western International Communications (25%) and Cancom (25%). It launched on September 1, 1999 as Report on Business Television (although using the abbreviation ROBTv), borrowing the name from The Globe and Mail's financial section "Report on Business".
In 2000, Canwest acquired WIC and its interest in ROBTv. As part of the agreement transferring WIC's interests in Cancom to Shaw Communications, CanWest acquired Cancom's share of the channel as well.
The same year, the partners came into conflict with each other: CanWest acquired the Southam newspaper chain, including the National Post, the Globe's chief rival. Around the same time, Thomson transferred the Globe and its shares of ROBTv to Bell Globemedia, a newly formed media company which also included CTV, in which Thomson held a 20% interest. Following threats of legal action from both sides, in 2001, CanWest agreed to sell its 50% interest to BellGlobemedia, in exchange for Bell ExpressVu agreeing to carry a new CanWest-owned digital business news channel Financial Post Television. That channel never went on the air.
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