private company industry media founded 2000 headquarters toronto ontario key people cal millar president & coo romen podzyhun chairman & ceo products broadcasting television production website channel zero 2308740 ontario inc. doing business as channel zero is an independent canadian broadcasting and media group which holds assets in television broadcasting and film distribution . the company is headquartered in toronto ontario with its main office in the junction . contents 1 ownership structure 2 assets 2.1 specialty channels 2.2 over the air stations 2.3 digital 2.4 distribution 3 previously owned assets 4 references and notes 5 external links ownership structure edit after a settlement following a lawsuit in 2011 with former co owners harold balde and anthony d andrea channel zero created a new simplified ownership structure for all of channel zero licences under the name 2308740 ontario inc. . 1 c.j. cal millar president and c.o.o ; 39.3 % romen podzyhun chairman and c.e.o ; 39.3 % christopher j. fuoco vice president sales and marketing ; 21.4 % assets edit specialty channels edit channel zero owns six specialty television channels bloomberg tv canada news channel devoted to global business market coverage and financial news . rewind movie channel devoted to classic films from the 1970s to the 1990s . silver screen classics movie channel devoted to classic films from the 1930s through to the 1960s . over the air stations edit channel zero owns an over the air station which it acquired from canwest 2 and took control of on august 31 2009 . the station is independent and was previously an owned and operated station of the e system chch hamilton airs all local news during the day and movies and some u.s. programming at night as part of the same transaction channel zero also acquired cjnt montreal which it later sold to rogers media in 2012 . 3 digital edit movieola is an online film service that broadcasts short films from various genres including action comedy drama and animation . in june 2013 channel zero announced that it had acquired a majority interest in andpop inc. the owners of andpop.com a pop culture entertainment website and chartattack.com a website devoted to independent and alternative music . 4 distribution edit ouat media pronounced what is an academy award winning film sales and distribution company providing high profile and award winning short form and now feature film and television content from the world s top emerging filmmakers for all international platforms . it distributes such short films as curfew international audience award clermont ferrand film festival 2012 ; 75 watts nominated for best short documentary genie awards 2012 ; two and two nominated for best short film british academy film awards 2012 ; god of love best live action short film 2011 academy awards ; the lost thing best animated short film 2011 academy awards . some recent documentary feature acquisitions include viva cuba libre rap is war the blockade blokada & param dico . ouat media is run by inga diev general manager ouat media is based in toronto ontario canada and was created in 2006 . previously owned assets edit cjnt metro 14 on june 30 2009 channel zero acquired cjnt dt its only montreal based operation from canwest after the latter filed bankruptcy for cjnt . 5 6 the crtc approved the sale on august 28 2009 7 8 the station adopted a new schedule featuring a mix of music videos and already existing local ethnic programming during the day and foreign movies at night and reverted to branding itself as simply cjnt . on june 14 2010 channel zero announced it would be rebranding cjnt as metro 14 in the fall to appeal to a wider urban audience ; the 14 represents its cable slot on vid otron in the greater montreal area . 9 10 on february 2 2011 at 6 00 a.m. est the station officially rebranded as metro 14 behind the original announced date of fall 2010 . 11 in 2012 rogers media announced its acquisition of cjnt from channel zero to convert the station into an owned and operated station of its citytv television system . fight now tv fight now tv was an american combat sports specialty channel broadcasting programming related to wrestling boxing mixed martial arts and other combat sports . the channel launched in may 2011 and ceased broadcasting in june 2014 . references and notes edit 1 channel zero inc. agrees to purchase chch tv hamilton and cjnt tv montreal from canwest ; cnw group ; 2009 06 30 crtc increases the diversity of voices in the montreal market 60 years strong chch announces all that s in store for fall 2013 newswire press release 2013 06 11 channel zero inc. agrees to purchase chch tv hamilton and cjnt tv montreal from canwest cnw group 2009 06 30 channel zero inc. agrees to purchase chch tv hamilton and cjnt tv montreal from canwest video news coverage 2009 06 30 broadcasting decision crtc 2009 536 broadcasting decision crtc 2009 537 channel zero loads up on u.s. network series the hollywood reporter 14 june 2010 http www.facebook.com permalink.php story fbid 115859021792151 & id 119179104768932 channel zero rebrands repositions cjnt montreal cartt.ca 2011 02 02 external links edit official channel zero inc. website ouat media crtc chart of channel zero s assets v t e channel zero broadcast television chch ind. specialty channels aov adult movie channel bloomberg tv canada maleflixxx television rewind silver screen classics xxx action clips channel other assets andpop.com channel zero digital channel zero world media chart attack movieola ouat media retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title channel zero company & oldid 739289254 categories television broadcasting companies of canadatelevision production companies of canadacompanies based in torontochannel zero company hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 20 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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