picture format 1080i hdtv slogan for the love of movies country canada broadcast area national headquarters toronto ontario website hollywood suite availability satellite bell tv channels 1270 1273 shaw direct 656 659 advanced 156 159 classic cable available on most canadian cable systems check local listings channels may vary iptv bell aliant channels 593 596 bell fibe tv channels 1315 1318 mts channels 1611 1614 optik tv channels 426 429 sasktel channels 480 483 vmedia channels 486 489 zazeen channels 164 167 hollywood suite inc. type private industry media founded 2010 founders david kines jay switzer headquarters toronto ontario canada key people david kines president jay switzer chairman website hollywoodsuite.ca hollywood suite is a group of four canadian category b premium specialty channels each either majority owned or wholly owned by hollywood suite inc. a privately held broadcasting company based in toronto ontario . 1 the four channels are devoted to classic films with each of the four channels devoted to a specific decade and broadcasting solely in high definition . although its channels are separately licensed services with category b licenses in contrast to competing premium television services in canada which are category a licensed and whose additional channels are legally considered multiplex channels that operate under the licensing of their parent channel the four channels are typically bundled together in a single channel package . contents 1 history 2 channels 3 ownership 4 references 5 external links history edit on july 2 2010 jay switzer co founder of hollywood suite was granted approval by the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc for four new specialty channels including velocity and adventure which would be devoted to the entire genre of action and adventure including selections from crime fiction and epic and heroic drama . 2 3 as well as kiss and the love channel which would both be devoted to romance love and relationships . 4 5 the four channels launched on november 23 2011 under the blanket branding hollywood suite with all four channels typically distributed as a single package ; the channels were marketed as providing a pure and high quality service at a lower cost in comparison to other premium television services in canada . 6 channels edit hollywood suite consists of four multiplex channels all broadcasting solely in high definition and focusing on films from the 1970s 1980s 1990s and 2000s respectively . the service also offers a video on demand channel as well as tv everywhere app hollywood suite go . 7 the four channels were previously formatted with either a theme or featuring films from specific studios under brand licensing agreements ; they originally launched as warnerfilms focusing on warner bros. productions mgm channel focusing primarily on mgm films hollywood storm which focused primarily on action oriented films and hollywood festival which focused primarily on romantic films . on may 31 2012 hollywood suite announced it had reached a partnership with sony pictures television to re launch two of its channels under sony brands with hollywood storm utilizing sony s axn brand by becoming axn movies which focused primarily on action films from the sony pictures library and hollywood festival as sony movie channel . at the time of the rebrand axn investments took a 46.66 % ownership in the two channels . 8 the rebrand occurred on september 4 2012 . 9 in september 2015 hollywood suite announced that it would re launch its channels on november 2 2015 dropping the studio based brands in favour of dedicating each network to a specific decade . 7 ownership edit according to crtc records the largest shareholders in hollywood suite inc. are co founder jay switzer at 30.15 % donald sobey former chair of empire company sobeys and an early investor in first choice prior to its acquisition by astral at 15.38 % and thinkfilm founder jeff sackman at 14.23 % with other shareholders holding combined interests of 40.26 % . 10 sony subsidiary axn investments holds a net 46.66 % interest in a subsidiary which owns the 90s and 2000s movies channels formerly axn movies and sony movie channel respectively with the 70s and 80s movies channels remaining wholly owned by hollywood suite . 10 references edit hollywood suite four new canadian movie channels james bawden blog 2012 02 21 better source needed broadcasting decision crtc 2010 450 crtc 2010 07 02 broadcasting decision crtc 2010 449 crtc 2012 07 02 broadcasting decision crtc 2010 451 crtc 2010 07 02 broadcasting decision crtc 2010 452 crtc 2010 07 02 hollywood suite canada s new 24 7 multi platform hd movie service launches with branded hd movie services from both warner bros. and mgm newswire 2011 08 23 a b hollywood suite to go by the numbers in rebranding its movie channels . cartt.ca . retrieved 12 september 2015 . hollywood suite brings sony brands into its stable . cartt.ca . retrieved 31 may 2012 . hollywood suite launches two hd movie channels broadcaster magazine 2012 09 04 a b canadian radio television and telecommunications commission 2015 12 10 . ownership chart 235 hollywood suite pdf . retrieved 2016 08 02 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hollywood suite & oldid 739067191 categories companies based in torontotelevision broadcasting companies of canadamovie channels in canadacanadian digital cable television networkstelevision channels and stations established in 2011commercial free television networkshidden categories all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles lacking reliable references from january 2016official website different in wikidata and wikipedia 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 12 september 2016 at 16 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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