Bell Media confirms Jan. 1 rebranding and programming lineup for its Discovery channels

Bell Media announced Monday the official rebranding and programming slate for its suite of currently branded Discovery channels and Animal Planet, which will sport their new channel names as of Jan. 1. Bell Media’s Discovery is rebranding as USA Network in Canada, while Bell Media’s Investigation Discovery rebrands as Oxygen True Crime. Both channel rebrandings are a result of a major content and licensing agreement Bell Media recently secured with NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution, giving them the rights to those channel brands in Canada. In addition, Bell Media’s Animal Planet, Discovery Science and Discovery Velocity are rebranding as CTV Wild Channel, CTV Nature Channel and...