On September 1, Bravo will return to Canada, featuring new seasons of popular unscripted U.S. TV series, through Rogers.
Reality TV shows such as The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (premiering September 18 at 9 p.m. ET/PT), The Real Housewives of New York City(premiering October 1 at 9 p.m. ET/PT), Below Deck Sailing Yacht, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Southern Charm, and The Real Housewives of Potomac will available through a Rogers TV subscription.
Bravo will also continue to air returning seasons from its top unscripted franchises, such as Below Deck, Summer House, Top Chef, and Vanderpump Rules. Canadians can access Bravo through their TV service providers, Citytv.com, and soon via Citytv+ on Amazon Prime Video Channels.
Rogers also announced plans to launch TV channels for HGTV, Food Network, Magnolia, Discovery ID, and Discovery starting January 1, 2025.
Also, on-demand content from Cooking, OWN, Motor Trend, Animal Planet, and Discovery Science will be available through Citytv+ on Amazon Prime Video Channels.
Bravo TV left Canada in 2012 due to a rebranding decision by Bell Media, which owned the Canadian version of the Bravo channel. Bell rebranded Bravo as a Canadian specialty channel focused on premium drama, films, and original programming rather than continuing to air content from the U.S. Bravo network.
This change led to a shift in the channel’s programming strategy, and Bell Media acquired licensing rights to different content that aligned more with its new vision for the channel. As a result, the U.S. Bravo TV content was no longer available on Canadian television.
The Rogers deal for this content means Corus-owned Slice will likely be losing Bravo content as well.
Let’s be honest, people want these insanely crazy reality TV shows, which are like drugs on a TV screen. We want to watch U.S. shows the same day they air down south and not some watered-down Canadian version or schedule.
The announcement follows Rogers’ recent multi-year deals with NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery. Bell has launched a lawsuit to stop Rogers from showing Warner Bros. content.
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Most of these channels already exist and why would anyone want them when they only have five shows each?
What happened to a channel playing a DIFFERENT show in each slot per day?
I don't have cable anymore because of that very reason. You have 16 GlobalTV channels from across Canada and they all show the same thing. It's not worth the money. I have Hayu for my reality fix and other streaming services like PrimeTV and Netflix. Around $20 a month.
Hayu = 6.99$
Netflix = 16.49$
Prime = 9.99$
Total = 33.47$ per month
Let’s be honest, people want these insanely crazy reality TV shows, which are like drugs on a TV screen.
We want to watch U.S. shows the same day they air down south and not some watered-down Canadian version or schedule.
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Like other drugs ie cigarettes and booze, I'm sure Trudeau and his gang are looking for ways to either block or tax it.
You must be a Conservative – or a Trumpian. Conflating one news item and a dislike for a political leader into a nonsensical response. Just like Trump or his Canadian Mini-Me, Poilievre, so often does.
Um wasn't it the Trudeau government that applied nonsensical taxation on streaming services in this country? For what, to support more inane CBC broadcasting?
And don't forget this government was apparently okay with the CBC handing out bonuses to their upper management after mass layoffs across the broadcaster's staff.
Maybe this country needs a little Trumpian Conservative Mini-Me Poilievre for a few years.