Viewers Choice (Pay Per View)
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| Type | Pay-per-view television service |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | Viewers Choice Canada Inc. (Astral Media CTV Speciality Television Inc. Rogers Communications) |
| Launch date | 1991 |
| Website | viewerschoice.ca |
Viewers Choice is a Canadian English language pay-per-view and Near Video on Demand service that launched in 1991.
Viewers Choice is owned by Viewers Choice Canada Inc. which in part is owned majority owned by Astral Media (50.1% & managing partner) CTV Speciality Television Inc. (24.95%) and Rogers Broadcasting Limited (24.95%).
[edit] Channels and content
Viewers Choice PPV service consists of 45 standard definition channels and 2 High Definition channels. Programming on Viewers Choice includes hit movies, concerts, live boxing, UFC, WWE and TNA wrestling, World Series of Poker and other special events. Adult content is also available through the Adam and Eve services. Adam features content for gay men while Eve features content of interest to straight men.
In an effort to compete with the video on demand services offered by cable companies, Viewers Choice has launched "All Day Ticket". It allows the viewer to purchase a movie for a 24hr time period until 6am the next day. They are allowed to view it as often as they wish until the time period expires.
Viewers Choice is carried by various Canadian digital television companies including Rogers Digital Cable and Star Choice.
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Astral Media- Information about Viewer's Choice
- CRTC flowchart illustration of Viewer's Choice Canada ownership structure (PDF file)
| Astral Media Inc. |
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Corporate Directors: Normand Beauchamp | Austin Beutel | Paul Bronfman | André Bureau | Jack Cockwell | George Cohon | Paul Godfrey | Edith Greenberg | Ian Greenberg | Sidney Greenberg | Sidney Horn | Timothy Price |
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Television Assets: Canal D | Canal Indigo | Canal Vie | cinépop | Family | Historia | The Movie Network | Mpix | MusiquePlus | MusiMax | Séries+ | Super Écran | TATV | TELETOON (English) | TÉLÉTOON (French) | Viewers Choice | VRAK.TV | Ztélé |
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Corporate directors: Geoff Beattie (Chairman) | David Binet | Ronald Close | Ivan Fecan (President and CEO) | Gordon Lackenbauer | James Leech | Robert Prichard | Pamela Wallin |
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Television Assets: ASN | CTV | TQS | Animal Planet | ARTV | Business News Network | CTV Newsnet | The Comedy Network | Discovery Channel | Discovery Civilization Channel | ESPN Classic | MTV | NHL Network | OLN | RDS | RIS | travel + escape | TSN | Viewers Choice |
