Crave’s management is eyeing a breakthrough into the top three streaming services in Canada, as its parent Bell unveiled its 2024 season Upfronts slate today.
In an exclusive interview with Deadline, Bell Media VP, Content Development & Programming Justin Stockman outlined a “multi-pronged, multi-year” plan to break into the top three by subscriber numbers, which is currently occupied by Disney+, Prime Video and Netflix. Crave has around 3.1 million subs at the moment, which has ticked up slowly over the past 24 months, but Stockman and Bell President Sean Cohan are aiming for bigger and better things.
“Crave is doing well, but we think it could do better, which was Sean’s statement,” said Stockman. “This is a growing country and there’s lots of opportunity. We are a country on the rise so how do we tap into that new market as well. We continue to roll out original content, lock in the deals we have,...
In an exclusive interview with Deadline, Bell Media VP, Content Development & Programming Justin Stockman outlined a “multi-pronged, multi-year” plan to break into the top three by subscriber numbers, which is currently occupied by Disney+, Prime Video and Netflix. Crave has around 3.1 million subs at the moment, which has ticked up slowly over the past 24 months, but Stockman and Bell President Sean Cohan are aiming for bigger and better things.
“Crave is doing well, but we think it could do better, which was Sean’s statement,” said Stockman. “This is a growing country and there’s lots of opportunity. We are a country on the rise so how do we tap into that new market as well. We continue to roll out original content, lock in the deals we have,...
- 6/6/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
“We’ll launch Fast channels pretty darn soon” Sean Cohan told Deadline back in March and the Bell Media President has delivered on that pledge with the rollout of ten new channels.
The Canadian media giant has launched English and French-language offerings across the entertainment, factual, news, comedy and sports categories. They are initially available on LG Channels, and will launch on Samsung TV Plus later this quarter.
The English channels include lifestyle net CTV@Home, Corner Gas Channel featuring eps of the classic comedy and its animated spin-off. Shows including Highway Thru Hell will be on CTV Gridlock, while news will be covered on CTV News. Niche sports will be the order of the day on the Tsn The Ocho channel.
The French-language offering includes reality net Noovo télé-réalités, film channel Noovo cinema and comedy service Noovo comedies.
Fast channels have become a way for media companies that own...
The Canadian media giant has launched English and French-language offerings across the entertainment, factual, news, comedy and sports categories. They are initially available on LG Channels, and will launch on Samsung TV Plus later this quarter.
The English channels include lifestyle net CTV@Home, Corner Gas Channel featuring eps of the classic comedy and its animated spin-off. Shows including Highway Thru Hell will be on CTV Gridlock, while news will be covered on CTV News. Niche sports will be the order of the day on the Tsn The Ocho channel.
The French-language offering includes reality net Noovo télé-réalités, film channel Noovo cinema and comedy service Noovo comedies.
Fast channels have become a way for media companies that own...
- 4/25/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
Bell Media CEO Sean Cohan, the veteran American TV exec newly-hired to lead Canada’s top-rated broadcaster and local streamer Crave, says he’s open to working with American streaming giants to produce TV shows.
Asked whether Bell Media would consider taking the Canadian rights to an indie series that Netflix or other major American streamers may launch stateside and in other international territories, Cohan told The Hollywood Reporter he’d be open to such cost-saving partnerships.
“Whether we would collaborate with the streamers to take Canadian rights to their rest-of-world, it’s a scenario I’m not aware whether Bell has undertaken before now, but it’s something we absolutely have to consider. I don’t know why we wouldn’t consider such a scenario if the story was right,” Cohan said.
The veteran American TV executive spent 15 years at A+E Networks, including as president of international and digital media,...
Asked whether Bell Media would consider taking the Canadian rights to an indie series that Netflix or other major American streamers may launch stateside and in other international territories, Cohan told The Hollywood Reporter he’d be open to such cost-saving partnerships.
“Whether we would collaborate with the streamers to take Canadian rights to their rest-of-world, it’s a scenario I’m not aware whether Bell has undertaken before now, but it’s something we absolutely have to consider. I don’t know why we wouldn’t consider such a scenario if the story was right,” Cohan said.
The veteran American TV executive spent 15 years at A+E Networks, including as president of international and digital media,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Canadians are consuming as much or more content than ever and Sean Cohan’s job is to make sure that one of Bell Media’s services is where they go to for it. “I know that from three years of working in measurement and data analytics that sleep is losing and consumption is winning,” he says. The analytics reference speaks to his time as Chief Growth Officer & President at Nielsen, which followed a stint as President of Pawn Stars prodco Wheelhouse, and before that, 15 years at A+E.
Cohan is in New York when he speaks to Deadline – his first interview since joining Bell Media as President last November – but is about to up sticks and relocate to Toronto.
He isn’t a poker player but quizzed about content spending at Bell Media at a moment when many are reining in costs, he says the company is “pot committed.
Cohan is in New York when he speaks to Deadline – his first interview since joining Bell Media as President last November – but is about to up sticks and relocate to Toronto.
He isn’t a poker player but quizzed about content spending at Bell Media at a moment when many are reining in costs, he says the company is “pot committed.
- 3/20/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran TV executive Sean Cohan is set to lead Bell Media in Canada.
His hire was announced on Wednesday and follows 15 years spent at A+E Networks, including as president of international and digital media, and a stint as chief growth officer and president at global measurement and data analytics company Nielsen.
Cohan, who was named president of Bell Media and will step into the new post on Nov. 1, will replace Wade Oosterman, who is retiring as president of the Canadian media player at the end of the year. There’s no word on whether Cohan will relocate from New York City to the Canadian company’s headquarters in Toronto as he takes the helm at Bell Media on the programming front.
“I look forward to working with Sean as he leads the Bell Media team in delivering the most compelling content across every platform. Sean and his leadership team will...
His hire was announced on Wednesday and follows 15 years spent at A+E Networks, including as president of international and digital media, and a stint as chief growth officer and president at global measurement and data analytics company Nielsen.
Cohan, who was named president of Bell Media and will step into the new post on Nov. 1, will replace Wade Oosterman, who is retiring as president of the Canadian media player at the end of the year. There’s no word on whether Cohan will relocate from New York City to the Canadian company’s headquarters in Toronto as he takes the helm at Bell Media on the programming front.
“I look forward to working with Sean as he leads the Bell Media team in delivering the most compelling content across every platform. Sean and his leadership team will...
- 10/4/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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