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Rogers Media grows in Q2; has no interest in A-Channels

TORONTO – "We have no particular interest in the assets that have been publicly announced as being for sale, i.e. the A-Channels," Rogers Media president Tony Viner said this morning, addressing the CHUM Ltd. assets that will be divested, assuming the Bell Globemedia bid for the TV company passes regulatory tests. As reported, BGM has said it will sell CHUM's A-Channel mini-broadcast network after it purchases the company but while Viner isn't interested in the TV assets, he did say he would look at any other assets that came up. "We'll see if they fit our overall strategy," he said....