Bell, Bloomberg, to launch "BNN Bloomberg" by spring after Channel Zero shutters Bloomberg TV Canada

TORONTO – Bell Media and Bloomberg Media announced today they will join forces to build a new multi-platform business news brand called BNN Bloomberg that will debut this spring.The two companies said Monday that the partnership will blend Bloomberg’s 2,700 business journalists and analysts in 120 countries with Canada’s lone all-business news channel.BNN Bloomberg will use Bloomberg’s five Canadian news bureaus in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Montreal, and Vancouver, plus offer several hours of live evening television coverage of Asian markets, early morning programs from Europe, and contributions from Bloomberg reporters in North America and worldwide throughout the business day.Readers will...