- Channel Zero (company)
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Channel Zero Inc. 
Type Private company Industry Media Founded 2000 Headquarters Toronto, Ontario Key people Cal Millar, President & COO
Romen Podzyhun, Chairman & CEOProducts Broadcasting, Television Production Website www.tvchannelzero.com Channel Zero is an independent Canadian broadcasting and media group, which holds assets in television broadcasting and film distribution.
The company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Ownership structure
Although there is a company named "Channel Zero", most of the group's assets are held through a set of related companies with the same owners:[1]
- Harold Balde – 25%
- Anthony D'Andrea – 25%
- C.J. ("Cal") Millar – 25%
- Romen Podzyhun – 25%
A similar situation exists for the group's over-the-air stations, although the ownership differs slightly:[2]
- Christopher J. Fuoco and Kimberly S. Train – jointly own 30%
- Romen Podzyhun – 23.4%
- Anthony D’Andrea – 23.3%
- Cal Millar – 23.3%
Assets
Specialty channels
Channel Zero owns and operates three specialty television channels:
- Fight Now TV - an American sports channel devoted to combatant sports including boxing, wrestling, mixed-martial arts, and more.
- Movieola - Short film channel, featuring content from around the world
- Silver Screen Classics - Movie channel devoted to classic films from the 1930s through to the 1960s.
Channel Zero also has an interest in three adult category 2 digital cable channels:
- AOV Adult Movie Channel
- XXX Action Clips Channel
- Maleflixxx Television
The 3 channels are a joint venture between Channel Zero, Adults Only Video & Sureflix Digital Distribution.
Channel Zero also provides Fight Network, a Canadian digital television service, with use of its broadcasting facilities to output its signal and operate the service. The two companies signed a deal in 2005 that allows Fight Network access to Channel Zero's broadcast facilities.[3]
Over the air stations
Channel Zero also owns two over the air stations which it acquired from Canwest[4] and took control of on August 31, 2009. Both stations are independent and were previously O&Os of the E! system:
- CHCH Hamilton - Airs all local news during the day and movies at night
- CJNT Montreal - Airs music videos and local ethnic programming during the day, and foreign movies at night
Both since re-added US programming in fall 2010.
Distribution
Ouat Media [pronounced "what"] is a company specializing in the worldwide distribution of short films to various multi-platform mediums including broadcast television, internet, mobile devices, and other newly-developed media.
It features such Canadian short films as "I Do, Do I?", which won a Remi Gold Award at the 43rd WorldFest-Houston Independent International Film Festival. The score was composed by acclaimed producer Vikas Kohli at Fatlabs studios.[5][6]
Ouat Media is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was created in 2006.
References and notes
External links
Specialty channels AOV Adult Movie Channel • Fight Now TV • Maleflixxx Television • Movieola • Silver Screen Classics • XXX Action Clips ChannelOther assets Ouat Media
Categories:- Television broadcasting companies of Canada
- Television production companies of Canada
- Companies based in Toronto
- Channel Zero (company)
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