[Dr.Dave]

Bell Media Announces Long-Term Partnership with UNINTERRUPTED Canada, Expanding Athlete-Driven Storytelling and Content for Canadian Viewers

Bell Media becomes UNINTERRUPTED Canada’s exclusive Canadian media partner, securing a premium content pipeline for Bell Media’s TSN, Crave, and Bell Media’s suite of CTV-branded platforms.

The partnership tips-off with the exclusive world premiere of ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, an original documentary from UNINTERRUPTED Canada’s exclusive first-look deal with Toronto Raptors star Serge Ibaka, airing Thursday, Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN4.

The partnership sees Bell Media platforms premiere a multitude of original projects currently in the works at UNINTERRUPTED Canada, including KNEADING DOUGH CANADA presented by Tangerine Bank, a digital-first, six-episode series focusing on conversations with high-profile athletes about money and personal finances, and AVEC CLASSE presented by Holt Renfrew, which weaves Ibaka’s passion for basketball with his ahead of the curve flair for fashion off the court. Bell Media is also a partner on all UNINTERRUPTED multi-platform executions in Canada, including a multiplatform initiative, COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Specific details on the rollout of additional UNINTERRUPTED Canada content will be confirmed in the coming months.

 

[ticky]

Amusing this went to Bell Media/TSN considering the guy running this in Canada (Scott Moore) was the head of Sportsnet for eons.

 

[hercules130]

To each one's own I suppose, but I watch sports channels for live sports. Drama behind sports is not really my cup of tea.

 

[Dr.Dave]

TSN Celebrates the Nurse Family, One of Canada’s Most Accomplished Sports Households, in the Premiere of the UNINTERRUPTED Canada Documentary FAMILY FIRST, November 25

 

[Dr.Dave]

UNINTERRUPTED Canada and Par-Lay Content, together with TSN, announced the production of PAR-LAY – THE FRED VANVLEET STORY, an original documentary profiling the inspiring story of the Toronto Raptors star, which is set to debut in the fall of 2021, (Press Release)

 

[Dr.Dave]

UNINTERRUPTED Canada announced production and principal photography are currently underway on a full-length original documentary feature titled BLACK ICE, which will explore the journey of Black hockey players. Bell Media will deliver the premiere of Black Ice exclusively to Canadian viewers on TSN, Crave, and CTV platforms. Elevation Pictures will oversee theatrical distribution in Canada. (Press Release)

 

[Dr.Dave]

UNINTERRUPTED Canada in partnership with Bell Media announced an agreement to produce "SINC": The Christine Sinclair Story, an original documentary that charts the rise of Canada’s greatest soccer player through both an athletic lens and a tale of humanity, and compassion. Airing in 2022 on TSN and Crave, production and principal photography will commence in Fall 2021. (Press Release)

 

[ticky]

"Sinc" is all kinds of terrible for the title.

 

[Dr.Dave]

NORTHERN TIES, which profiles the rising Canadian talent in the NFL while celebrating the strong ties between the players and their home country, is slated to premiere on TSN on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, at 7 p.m. ET. It will also be available for streaming on Crave. (Press Release)

 

[Dr.Dave]

Production and principal photography are currently underway on a full-length original documentary feature titled THE GRIZZLIE TRUTH, with a theatrical debut set for Fall 2022 and broadcast debut with Bell Media in Winter 2022. The film explores the mysterious departure of the Vancouver Grizzlies NBA franchise 25 years ago. (Press Release)

 

[Dr.Dave]

UNINTERRUPTED CANADA, Par-Lay Content, and TSN deliver an original documentary about the Toronto Raptors’ point guard Fred VanVleet inspiring story in PAR-LAY: BET ON YOURSELF, airing Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. ET on TSN, TSN.ca, and the TSN app.

Clips of an interview with TSN’s Kayla Grey will air Tuesday, Feb. 15 on SPORTSCENTRE and THE SHIFT WITH KAYLA GREY POWERED BY DELL XPS, with the full interview available on TSN.ca/TheShift and TSN.ca on Thursday, Feb. 17.

PAR-LAY: BET ON YOURSELF becomes the latest installment in the more than 200 documentaries available at TSN Doc Collection. Fans can access the TSN Doc Collection through TSN.ca/DocCollection and the TSN app, as well as on set top box with participating television service providers across Canada. (Press Release)

 

[Dr.Dave]

Bell Media announced the production of WICK, an hour-long UNINTERRUPTED documentary that chronicles the life story of Canadian sports icon Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser and her rise to prominence as one of this country’s most accomplished ice hockey players and national figures. Bell Media delivers WICK exclusively to viewers across Canada on TSN and Crave in Fall 2022.

 

[reidw]

Will anybody really watch these shows? I'm with the guy here who said that they like to watch live sports not docs. about what goes on behind the scenes. One or two such docs. every year is OK but a steady stream of such productions is only going to reveal, I fear, that many of our sports heroes really don't have much going for them beyond the skills they display on the playing field.

 

[Dr.Dave]

UNINTERRUPTED Canada, the Canadian Football League (CFL), Bell Media and OK Tire announced today the production of a new feature documentary, RIVALRIES: THE QEW SERIES, chronicling the longstanding rivalry between the Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats, set to premiere in Fall 2022 on TSN.

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UNINTERRUPTED Canada: CHRIS BOUCHER was mentioned in the upfront - from homeless on the streets of Montréal to NBA Champion.

 

[Dr.Dave]

From Uninterrupted Canada, the TSN and Crave Original documentary GRIND NOW, SHINE LATER: THE CHRIS BOUCHER STORY streams Wednesday, Jan. 25 on Crave and airs at 8 p.m. ET on TSN. (January 19 – 25: Crave Weekly Streaming Overview - Bell Media)

 

[Dr.Dave]

BLACK ICE premieres Thursday, Feb. 2 at 9 p.m. ET on TSN, TSN.ca, the TSN app, and Crave, and is also available in French on RDS and Crave. (Press Release)

 

[Dr.Dave]

THE GRIZZLIE TRUTH streams Monday, Feb. 27 on Crave, so it will probably air on TSN the same day. (February 2023: Crave Streaming Overview - Bell Media)