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The Movie Network, HBO Canada, and CraveTV Programming Secures 146 Nominations for the 68th PRIMETIME EMMY® AWARDS

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– GAME OF THRONES, the most-watched series in Canadian Pay and Specialty history, leads the Emmy’s once again with 23 nominations –
– Hit SHOWTIME series RAY DONOVAN, THE AFFAIR, MASTERS OF SEX, and PENNY DREADFUL all up for awards –
– GREASE: LIVE!, KEY & PEELE, SOUTH PARK, COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE, and upcoming event series ROOTS among CraveTV’s Emmy-nominated programming –
– CTV’s ETALK delivers full coverage of the nominee announcement, tonight at 7 p.m. ET/PT –

To tweet this release: http://bit.ly/29b57Ka TORONTO (July 14, 2016) – Premium programming available on The Movie Network, HBO Canada, and CraveTV continues to garner top industry accolades with an impressive 146 Primetime Emmy nominations this year, as announced earlier today by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. HBO/Cinemax once again led the nominations this year, with a total of 98 nominations, the most of any network. Highlights of Emmy-nominated programming available on HBO Canada includes: GAME OF THRONES (23), VEEP (17), SILICON VALLEY (11), LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (6), and REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER (1). Additional buzzworthy HBO films, documentaries, and specials which secured nominations include: ALL THE WAY (8), CONFIRMATION (2) AMY SCHUMER: LIVE AT THE APOLLO (3), and LEMONADE (4). SHOWTIME-nominated programming available in Canada exclusively on The Movie Network and CraveTV includes RAY DONOVAN (5), PENNY DREADFUL (5), MASTERS OF SEX (3), THE AFFAIR (1). The SHOWTIME documentary LISTEN TO ME MARLON was also nominated for Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special. Movie Network and HBO Canada subscribers can catch up on Emmy-nominated SHOWTIME and HBO programming now on TMN GO. Emmy-nominated SHOWTIME programming is also streaming now to subscribers of CraveTV, in addition to exclusive hit programs: GREASE: LIVE! (10), KEY & PEELE (7), SOUTH PARK (3), COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE (1), and THE SEVENTIES (1). Additionally, previously announced event series ROOTS garnered eight Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Limited Series, and comes to CraveTV subscribers this fall. The 68th PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS airs live Sunday, Sept. 18 exclusively on CTV. For full coverage of THE 68TH EMMY AWARD nominees announcement, tune in to CTV’s ETALK tonight at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and CTV GO  as L.A. Correspondent Jessi Cruickshank reports on television’s most-anticipated night from the Wolf Theatre at the Academy’s Saban Media Center in Los Angeles. For a full list of nominees, click here.

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About The Movie Network

The Movie Network is a national pay television service delivering premiere access to Hollywood hit movies, new and exclusive HBO content, critically acclaimed SHOWTIME series and first-rate Canadian programming to subscribers. The Movie Network and TMN Encore service includes six 24-hour multiplex channels – TMN 1, TMN 2, TMN 3, HBO Canada 1, TMN Encore, and TMN Encore 2. All seven multiplex channels are simulcast in High Definition and joined by TMN GO, a multi-platform video streaming service, and The Movie Network OnDemand. The Movie Network is a division of Bell Media, which is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. More information about The Movie Network is available at www.themovienetwork.ca

 

About HBO Canada
HBO Canada brings Canadians HBO’s current slate of signature dramatic and comedic programs, together with new and never-before-seen programming including comedy series, live specials, sporting events, behind-the-scenes content and titles from HBO’s extensive library – all in an uncut and commercial-free environment. HBO Canada is available in high definition on HBO Canada HD, and on HBO Canada OnDemand, a Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) service. Throughout Canada HBO Canada programming is accessible on TMN GO, as well as on demand and online where available by service provider. For more information, please visit www.hbocanada.com. HBO Canada is a division of Bell Media, which is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company.

About CraveTV

Created for TV lovers and devoted to television, CraveTV is Canada’s premium TV streaming service, providing the most robust lineup of superior television content in the country. From TV’s most-acclaimed dramas and beloved comedies to documentaries, music, and factual programming, CraveTV features thousands of hours of premium non-kids TV programming, representing hundreds of unique titles including the entire off-air library of HBO’s iconic programming catalogue and hundreds of hours of acclaimed SHOWTIME series and specials. CraveTV is available directly to all Canadians with access to the Internet, as well as to customers of Eastlink, TELUS Optik TV, Bell Fibe TV, Bell Satellite TV, Bell Aliant FibreOP TV, Access Communications, Northwestel, SaskTel, Cable Cable, Hay Communications, Mitchell Seaforth Cable TV, Tuckersmith Communications, Wightman Telecom subscribers, NRTC Communications, WTC Communications, Tbaytel, Execulink Telecom, and VMedia. Available through traditional set-top boxes, mobile apps on iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Xbox One, the web, Apple TV, Chromecast, and select Samsung Smart TVs. CraveTV is from Bell Media, Canada’s premier multi-media company with more than a decade of leadership delivering Canada’s most-watched and most-acclaimed television programming across the Pay, Specialty, Digital, and Network TV landscapes. For more on CraveTV, visit www.CraveTV.ca.

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