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| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto,Ontario |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bell Media |
| History | |
| Launched | October 1999 |
| Links | |
| Website | Vu! |
Vu!, also operating asBell TV On Demand,[1] is a Canadian English andFrench languagepay-per-view andVideo on Demand provider that launched in October 1999 and is owned byBell Media. Vu! is the largest PPV service provider in Canada and is available on Telus Satellite TV,Bell Satellite TV,Bell Fibe TV, andBell AliantFibreOP. It not only offers pay-per-view content but also features pay-per-day, pay-per-month and pay-per-year on select programming.
Vu! started operations in October 1999.
On July 5, 2013, Bell Canada's media arm (and Bell TV's sister company),Bell Media, acquired control of a competing pay-per-view service,Viewers Choice, which currently primarily serves cable companies, as part of their takeover ofAstral Media. In July 2014, industry website Cartt.ca reported that Viewers Choice would be shutting down on September 30, 2014.[2][3] Vu! was directly unaffected by the shutdown except that it also began to serveBell Aliant customers in place of Viewers Choice after the channel shut down.[4]
Vu!'s programming consists offilms,concerts,live boxing,Ultimate Fighting Championship,WWE andTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling,All Elite Wrestling,World Series of Poker and other special events. They also consist of select programming fromAXS TV as well as various sports packages includingNHL Centre Ice,NFL Sunday Ticket,NASCAR In Car,NCAA basketball,HPItvhorse racing, andcricket.
In an effort to compete with thevideo on demand services offered by cable companies, Vu! has launchedRed Carpet Vu!. This service features 8 channels with new releases and hit films playing all day with a film starting every 15 minutes.
Venus isBell Satellite TV's adultpornographypay-per-view service, operated separately from Vu! (but under the same licence) with more expensive prices. Bell receivers can access two channels, one in English and one in French, for information on how to block all pornographic channels, including Venus. There are 15 Venus pay-per-view channels: