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Bell Media’s Sean Cohan Is “Pot Committed” On Content Spend, Plans FAST Channels, Wider Distribution For Crave And A Push On Program Sales


Bell Media's Sean Cohan Is "Pot Committed" On Content Spend, Plans FAST Channels, Wider Distribution For Crave And An International Program Sales Push

The cards he holds at Bell Media include the CTV broadcast network, French-language service Noovo, sports nets TSN and RDS, a raft of specialty channels, a sizeable advertising business, radio stations, and the local streamer Crave. Two rounds of cuts included layoffs at the Media division, which has a headcount of about 5,000, irking politicians who had allowed consolidation with the expectation of continued investment, notably in news. On regulation, the controversial Online Streaming Act is aiming to bring SVODs and digital platforms more into line with traditional media, though the levy that will dictate how much the likes of Netflix will be forced to pay on local content hasn’t been set.

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