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– Bell Media expands its industry-leading content
production role with a minority investment in Grandé Studios, a
Montréal-based multipurpose TV, film, and equipment company –
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MONTRÉAL, Nov. 18, 2020 /CNW
Telbec/ - Bell Media and Grandé Studios announced today a new
partnership that will bring increased resources to Québec's
French-language content creation and production communities. Bell
Media has acquired a minority investment in the Montréal-based
company, which provides production facilities, camera and
lighting equipment rentals in Montréal and Toronto, and technical services to the local
and international TV and film production industry. Terms of
the transaction were not disclosed.
Grandé Studios facilities have already been home to several Bell
Media original productions including TRANSPLANT, LA SEMAINE DES 4
JULIE, and the Crave Original Film The Song of Names, in
addition to several Hollywood
blockbuster movie productions such as X-Men: Dark
Phoenix, Jack Ryan,
and Moonfall, one of the biggest productions currently
filming in Canada.
"When we started out, Andrew
Lapierre, Mitsou Gélinas, Paul
Hurteau and I dreamed of one day having a complete service
offering that would rival with the big ones and the construction of
Grandé Studios was a crucial step in achieving this vision,"
explained Iohann Martin, President,
Grandé Studios. "This partnership with Bell Media is a source of
pride. Together, we are committed to contributing to the influence
of creators here and across the country."
"This partnership accelerates Bell Media's ongoing commitment to
the Québec economy and increases our ability to help bring more
Québécois content to market," said Karine
Moses, Bell's Vice Chair, Québec, and President, Bell Media
Québec. "With their real estate, Grandé Studios has the opportunity
to meet the increased demand for production facilities in Montréal,
and we look forward to working with creators to increase the number
of productions in the city."
The partnership with Grandé Studios is just one of Bell Media's
many recent investments in Canada's French-language film and television
industry, including the acquisition of conventional channel V,
recently rebranded as Noovo, and the addition of
French-language content to Crave, the leading Canadian subscription
streaming service.
About Groupe Dazmo and Grandé Studios
Founded in 1997
by Iohann Martin, Mitsou Gélinas and
Andrew Lapierre, Groupe Dazmo is a
multidisciplinary Montréal company working in the film, television
and advertising industry. The convergence of its subsidiaries,
Grandé Studios, Grandé Camera and Dazmo, allows the company to
offer a wide range of creative and technical services. The business
model focuses on all-in-one rental, offering rental of studio space
and equipment for filming, music and sound design, as well as pre
and post-production. Grandé Studios, camera, lighting offers
all types of structures for provincial, national and international
television and film productions in both Montréal and Toronto.
About Bell Media in Québec
Bell Media is a leading
content creation company with premier assets in Québec in
television, radio, digital media, out-of-home, and more. Bell Media
operates a number of French-language TV services in Québec
including Noovo (with five corporate-owned local stations, three
network affiliates, and Noovo.ca), as well as eight specialty and
pay TV services - Canal D, Canal Vie, Z, VRAK, Investigation, SUPER
ÉCRAN, Cinépop, and RDS, Québec's #1 sports channel. Bell Media
currently has three of the Top 5 most-watched shows on French
Entertainment Specialty in key demos, including six of the Top 10
original productions. Bell Media also operates CTV Montreal (the #1
English news outlet in Québec), and develops and operates websites,
apps, and online platforms for its news, sports, and entertainment
brands, including RDS Direct. Bell Media owns Crave, the only
Canadian bilingual video streaming service, offering more than
6,000 hours of exclusive French-language content. Bell Media is
Québec's leading radio broadcaster, with 25 stations in 13
communities, all part of the iHeartRadio Canada brand and streaming
service. Bell Media owns Montréal-based Astral, an out-of-home
advertising network of 50,000 faces in five provinces. Bell Media
is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada's largest communications company. Learn
more at BellMedia.ca.
For more information, please contact:
Bell Media: Vanessa Damha, 514 870-6663,
vanessa.damha@bell.ca
Grandé Studios: Emilie Bélanger-Auclair, 514 938-5990,
ebauclair@dazmo.com
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