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Bell Media Claims Its Highest Share on Record in Key Demo Across its Entertainment Specialty Channels

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– Discovery is the #1 Canadian English entertainment specialty channel with total viewers, while CTV Comedy Channel is the most-watched with A25-54 –
– CTV Comedy Channel, CTV Drama Channel, CTV Life Channel, and CTV Sci-Fi Channel all rank in the Top 10 with total viewers and A25-54 for the first time on record –

TORONTO (Dec. 5, 2023) – Throughout 2023 Canadian viewers have tuned into Bell Media’s roster of entertainment specialty channels, including Discovery, CTV Comedy Channel, CTV Drama Channel, CTV Life Channel, and CTV Sci-Fi Channel, increasing Bell Media’s share of the Canadian English entertainment specialty market among A25-54 to its highest share on record, increasing 6% over 2022. This year has also seen CTV Comedy, CTV Drama, CTV Life, and CTV Sci-Fi all rank in the Top 10 for the first time on record with total viewers, and in the A25-54 demo. Additionally, CTV Comedy and CTV Drama are the two most-watched Canadian English entertainment specialty channels, with Bell Media also claiming three channels in the Top 5, and five of the Top 10, among A25-54 (Discovery at #3, CTV Sci-Fi at #7, and CTV Life at #10). Maintaining its #1 status for the second year in a row, Discovery is the most-watched Canadian English entertainment specialty channel among total viewers. Notable original programs supporting Discovery’s standing are HEAVY RESCUE: 401 with more than 4.5 million Canadians tuning in, making it the #3 Canadian series across all Canadian English entertainment specialty networks in the key A25-54 demo, and EAST HARBOUR HEROES ranking as the #3 Canadian Series on Discovery among A25-54, this year. CTV Life ranks in the Top 10 for the first time among total viewers, growing 38% compared to the same period last year. CTV Sci-Fi has also seen growth, up 27% over 2022, with CTV Drama moving up two spots to sit at #10. In the key A25-54 demo, CTV Comedy is the #1 Canadian entertainment specialty channel for the fifth consecutive year, tying the record previously held by Discovery for the longest a channel has been in the most-watched spot. With Season 2 of CTV Comedy Original ACTING GOOD underway (Mondays at 10:30 p.m. ET on CTV Comedy, CTV.ca, and the CTV app), the hit series is already CTV Comedy’s #1 series this year with A25-54. Currently on track to have its best year in A25-54, CTV Life has experienced significant growth in the demo up over 50% compared to the same period last year, with Season 3 of beloved CTV Life Original MARY MAKES IT EASY quadrupling its Season 2 audience. Discovery, CTV Comedy, CTV Drama, CTV Life, and CTV Sci-Fi programming is also available for live streaming and on demand on CTV.ca and the CTV app. – Bell Media – Source: Numeris, CY 2022 (1/01/2022 to 10/31/2022), CY 2023 (1/1/2023 to 10/31/2023), A25-54. Ranking based on Canadian English Entertainment Specialty Stations. Numeris, CY 2023 (1/1/2023 to 10/31/2023), Program ranking based on series with 3+ airings, Reach with total viewers for premiere and repeat airings.

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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; 26 specialty channels, including sports leaders TSN and RDS; bilingual TV and streaming service Crave; the iHeartRadio Canada brand encompassing 215 music channels, including 103 radio stations in 58 Canadian markets; and the Astral out-of-home advertising network. Bell Media is also a partner in 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. 1 Learn more at BellMedia.ca.

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