In the last year, Bell and Rogers have fought back and forth over third party (Cogeco among others) channels. Rogers took several away from Bell with a distribution deal with a provider. Bell countered with a deal with another provider and their own channels of reruns of properties they own. Viewers were the losers.
As part of the agreement, Bell Fibe TV and Satellite TV subscribers will now have access to Rogers Sports & Media channels HGTV, Food Network, Discovery, Magnolia Network and Investigation Discovery, along with continued access to Bravo.
The Canadian iteration of these channels will be available to all customers in free preview beginning today.
In addition, Rogers Xfinity customers will continue to have full access to Bell Media’s Specialty portfolio, which includes Canada-only channels such as USA Network, Oxygen True Crime, and CTV specialty channels — including CTV Comedy Channel, CTV Drama Channel and CTV Sci-Fi Channel.
Rogers Xfinity customers continue to have access to HGTV, Food Network, Discovery, Magnolia Network and Investigation Discovery.
https://rbr.com/bell-rogers-ok-specialty-channel-distribution-accord/