Mario Clément named Vice-President, Content of Bell Media in Québec

MONTRÉAL (July 11, 2013) – Charles Benoît, President, Television and Radio, Québec, Bell Media, appointed Mario Clément to his leadership team as Vice-President, Content for Bell Media’s Québec properties.

Based in Montréal, Mario Clément will oversee programming and content for French-language properties in specialty and pay TV, radio and digital in Québec, including Canal Vie, Canal D, Super Écran, Cinépop, VRAK TV, Ztélé, NRJ and Rouge FM, as well as their affiliated digital properties. He brings to Bell Media extensive experience and a reputation that is unmatched.

“I am extremely pleased to welcome Mario to the new Bell Media”, said Charles Benoît. “His extraordinary track record and vision in content and programming in Québec made him a must-have candidate for our team and we are immensely proud to call him one of us.”

Mario Clément is a seasoned and highly-regarded professional throughout the television industry in Québec, having held senior management positions at Groupe Coscient, Télé-Québec and Radio-Canada. Since 2011, he has led up business development (Radio, TV, Web) at Attraction Média.

This announcement is part of a major round of leadership team appointments at Bell Media in Québec, which also saw Charles Benoît name Pierre Rodrigue as Vice-President, Communications, Marketing and Industry Relations; Martin Spalding as Vice-President of Radio Operations and Local Sales, Québec; and confirm Odile Méthot in her role as President, Harold Greenberg Fund.

“These three Montréal-based industry veterans are authorities on TV, radio and film in Québec”, said Charles Benoît. “They bring to Bell Media the perfect blend of experience, strength, stability and dynamism.”

Clément, Rodrigue, Spalding and Méthot will assume their new responsibilities on July 15.

About Bell Media

With passion and an unrelenting commitment to excellence, Bell Media creates content and builds brands that entertain, inform, engage, and inspire audiences through the platforms of their choice. Bell Media is Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media. Bell Media owns 30 local television stations led by CTV, Canada’s #1 television network; 34 specialty channels, including TSN and RDS, Canada’s most-watched specialty channels in English and French; four pay TV services, including The Movie Network and Super Écran; and is managing shareholder of premium pay-per-view service Viewers Choice Canada. Bell Media is also Canada’s largest radio broadcaster, with 107 licensed radio stations in 55 markets across Canada. Bell Media owns Astral Out-of-Home, one of Canada’s most dynamic and innovative out-of-home advertising companies. Bell Media also operates more than 200 websites, delivers TV Everywhere with its innovative GO video streaming services, including TMN GO and Bravo GO, and owns Dome Productions Inc., a multi-platform production company. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. For more on Bell Media, please visit www.bellmedia.ca.

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