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Anthem Media Group was founded in December 2010 by former Canwest president Leonard Asper, through his acquisition of a majority stake in Fight Network. [2]On January 10, 2013, Anthem purchased an equity stake in the U.S-based Pursuit Channel. [3]
AXS TV is an American cable television channel majority-owned by Canadian broadcaster Anthem Sports & Entertainment.It is devoted primarily to music-related programming (such as concert films, documentaries, and reality series involving musicians) and combat sports—related programming (including boxing, mixed martial arts and professional wrestling).
Original owners, Anthem Sports and Entertainment, made plans to launch a fantasy sports-related television channel in 2012, when it applied for a Canadian broadcast licence for a channel tentatively named "The League – Fantasy Sports TV," [1] with intentions to launch the channel in both Canada and the United States, however, under separate operations.
On January 5, 2017 Jeff Jarrett was brought back by Anthem to serve as a consultant and later promoted to executive producer and chief creative officer. [132] Anthem re-branded the promotion as Impact Wrestling, after its primary television series two months later. [133]
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An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries.Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short sacred choral work (still frequently seen in Sacred Harp and other types of shape note singing) and still more particularly to a specific form of ...
Beginning January 11, 2019, Anthem's professional wrestling property, Impact Wrestling began airing its weekly television series on Pursuit. [4] After Anthem acquired a controlling interest in AXS TV on September 9, 2019, [ 5 ] Impact! was later announced to be moving to AXS on Tuesday nights beginning in October of that year.
The channel would later launch in November 2005 as Casino and Gaming Television (CGTV) Canada on Rogers Cable instead of initially on Bell ExpressVu. [3] Programming on the channel primarily focused on poker, including live and pre-taped tournaments; however, programming on other casino games and casino-related programming did occur.