Bell Media to shutter Book Television and Fashion Television

GATINEAU and TORONTO – The CRTC officially revoked, at Bell Media’s request, the broadcasting licences of Book Television and Fashion Television Channel on Thursday. Both will cease operations at 11:59 p.m. on February 21. Fashion Television Channel and Book Television were launched in 2000 by CHUM Ltd. at a time when specialty television was exploding in Canada and around the world. Book TV was a place to, well, learn about the written word and featured author and broadcaster Daniel Richler as a host and editor in chief when it launched. Fashion Television Channel built on the extraordinary international success of...