Hollywood Suite
television station
Hollywood Suite is a group of four Canadian discretionary specialty channels, each either majority-owned or wholly owned by Anthem Sports & Entertainment (ASE).
The four channels are primarily devoted to commercial-free classic and contemporary films, with each of the four channels devoted to one or more decades, including the 1970s and older (Hollywood Suite 70s+ Movies), the 1980s and 1990s (80s & 90s Movies), the 2000s (2000s Movies), and the 2010s and newer (2010s+ Movies).
Its channels are separately licensed services (in contrast to competing premium television services in Canada, which at the time of launch, were Category A-licensed and whose additional channels are treated as multiplex channels operating under a single CRTC license); the four channels are typically bundled together in a single package.
They were originally founded in 2011 by Hollywood Suite Inc., a privately held company founded by Jay Switzer, Jeff Sackman, Michael McLaughlin, Cathern Tait, and David Kines. On June 1, 2025, a year after an undisclosed deal was announced, ASE completed the acquisition of the company.
History
On July 2, 2010, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, veteran Canadian television executive Jay Switzer was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for four new category 2, high-definition specialty channels. The four channels included "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", as well as "KISS" and "The Love Channel"—which would both be "devoted to romance, love and relationships."
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.
Channels
Hollywood Suite consists of four specialty channels focusing on films, and in some cases TV series, from the 1970s and earlier, 1980s and 1990s, 2000s, and the 2010s and newer respectively. The service also offers a video on-demand channel, and the TV Everywhere streaming service Hollywood Suite Go.
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 primarily on Warner Bros.
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