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Bell Media kicks off French-language free preview


MONTREAL - Bell Media is making ten of its French-language specialty channels available for free to subscribers of Bell Satellite TV, Bell Fibe TV, Cogeco Cable, Shaw Direct, Videotron, and select other service providers.The month-long free preview, dubbed Le Grand Débrouillage (The Great Freeview), runs from December 12 to January 12, 2014 and includes Canal Vie, Canal D, Ztélé, Historia, Séries+, VRAK TV, Disney Junior (French), MusiquePlus, MusiMax, and RDS Info.The event also includes a contest where viewers have a chance to win $25,000.  Bell Media is promoting Le Grand Débrouillage with a multi-platform campaign on television, radio, out-of-home, and online....