TORONTO – Bell Media’s TV streaming service CraveTV celebrated its first birthday Friday, describing the past 365 days as “mission accomplished”.
In addition to completing distribution deals with television providers including Bell, Eastlink, and Telus plus launching on new platforms including Apple TV and Chromecast, the service also highlighted its exclusive content deals for HBO and Showtime programming, in addition to its exclusive first-run series like Manhattan, Bosch, and Happyish, among its many highlights.
Based on number of views, CraveTV’s most popular series is Entourage; favourite Canadian series is Orphan Black; the most-binged program is The Affair; the biggest single-day launch is the Seinfeld episode called The Strike (the "Festivus" episode) on December 23, 2014; and its most viewed special is The Roast Of Donald Trump.
"Looking back on a remarkable first year, it was mission accomplished," said CTV Networks and CraveTV programming SVP Mike Cosentino, in the news release. "We're proud of the incredible CraveTV lineup and even prouder to see how many Canadians have signed on in our first year. We can't wait for the entire country to join us next month."
