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Originally Posted by greerb
It doesn't look like MM and other specialty stations are part of the deal. It would be a sad day in Canada TV if MM ever was axed.
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The deal is for all of CHUM, which includes Much, Space, and Bravo.
Much is pretty well established, where MTV Canada is on its second incarnation in less than 5 years.
I'm sure CTV will keep Much around in some form, they kept TSN around even though they changed its entire on-screen presence to look and sound nearly identical to ESPN. Because of its CRTC mandate, it has to show more music programming than MTV in the US.
It'll be interesting to see if the CRTC allows CTV to keep its CITY stations, or if they'll force them to be sold off. I wonder if there's anyone who would be willing to buy them. The only name I can think of is Rogers, which is really the only major media company without much of a local tv presence. I guess Corus would be a possibility too.