{"id":2316,"date":"2017-10-18T03:36:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T07:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/bell-media-acquire-series-historia\/"},"modified":"2017-10-18T03:36:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T07:36:37","slug":"bell-media-to-acquire-series-historia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/bell-media-to-acquire-series-historia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bell Media to Acquire S\u00e9ries+, Historia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bell Media has entered into an agreement with Corus Entertainment to acquire the French-language specialty channels S\u00e9ries+ and Historia.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e9ries+ is Qu\u00e9bec&#8217;s most-watched fiction channel, offering popular locally produced drama as well as international series. 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