Bell Media Announces Unprecedented, Sweeping Content Pact with Warner Bros. Discovery

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– Crave becomes the Canadian home of content from Warner Bros. Discovery, including HBO Originals, Max Originals, Warner Bros. films, the DC universe, and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter –
– Long-term deal includes English and French rights for all HBO and Max Originals on Crave –

TORONTO (May 2, 2023) – Bell Media, Canada’s leading media company, announced today a landmark long-term and exclusive licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery that makes Crave the home of programming from the Studio for years to come. The agreement also feeds CTV, CTV.ca, the CTV app, and Bell Media’s suite of Specialty channels with Warner Bros. Discovery’s iconic content. The deal ranges across many parts of Warner Bros. Discovery’s vast portfolio including HBO and Max Originals; the DC universe; the Wizarding World of Harry Potter; new cable series; library television series; pay and post-pay window rights for Warner Bros. films; and library films. French-language rights are secured for HBO and Max Originals, Pay 1 films, FRIENDS, the Harry Potter collection of films, and other select content. “We are thrilled to work with our partners at Warner Bros. Discovery to build upon our already strong relationship with this unprecedented agreement – a true landmark deal for the Canadian media industry,” said Karine Moses, Senior Vice-President, Content Development & News, and Vice Chair, Québec for Bell. “Bell Media is committed to providing Canadians with the most compelling content, and this deal, which secures the biggest titles on screens today, does just that.” “Bell Media is one of our most important and long-standing partners,” said David Decker, President of Content Sales at Warner Bros. Discovery. “This new multi-year deal will ensure Canadians have full and easy access to our fan-favorite shows and movies and the spectacular new programming coming from HBO and Max. All of us at WBD are excited to deepen our relationship with Bell Media and look forward to exciting viewers in Canada for years to come.” Further details about the licensing agreement are below:

New Max Original programming comes to Crave, expanding on the licensing agreement announced in 2019. This includes the recently announced Harry Potter series, and titles from the DC Universe including the recently announced drama THE PENGUIN, starring Colin Farrell.
Crave remains the exclusive Canadian home of new, current, and library HBO programming, including recently announced GAME OF THRONES prequel A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS: THE HEDGE KNIGHT, drama series THE SYMPATHIZER, TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY, and THE REGIME, and returning fan-favourites including THE LAST OF US, HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, and THE WHITE LOTUS.
The deal includes popular Warner Bros. library series such as FRIENDS and THE BIG BANG THEORY for Crave, CTV.ca, and the CTV app.
Also announced as part of the deal is new Warner Bros. Discovery network and cable series and post-pay movies for CTV and the CTV channel portfolio
Bell Media’s pay and post-pay window rights for first-run feature films from Warner Bros. Pictures are extended. Films coming to Crave and CTV following their theatrical and home entertainment windows include THE FLASH, DUNE: PART TWO, MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE, and SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS.
Library films in the agreement include THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, the Harry Potter collection, Christopher Nolan’s BATMAN trilogy, GOODFELLAS, THE SHINING, THE DEPARTED, INCEPTION, and more.

About Bell Media

Bell Media is Canada’s leading content creation company with premier assets in television, radio, digital and out-of-home media, including 35 television stations that are part of the CTV and Noovo networks; 27 specialty channels, including sports leaders TSN and RDS; bilingual TV and streaming service Crave; the iHeartRadio Canada brand encompassing 215 music channels, including 109 radio stations in 58 Canadian markets; and the Astral out-of-home advertising network. Bell Media is also a partner in Pinewood Toronto Studios, Montréal’s Grande Studios, Just for Laughs and Dome Productions, one of North America’s leading production facilities providers. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. Learn more at BellMedia.ca.

About Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film and streaming. Available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Warner Bros. Discovery inspires, informs and entertains audiences worldwide through its iconic brands and products including: Discovery Channel, discovery+, CNN, DC, Eurosport, HBO, HBO Max, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Games, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, Discovery en Español, Hogar de HGTV and others. For more information, please visit www.wbd.com.