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Corus focuses on content over broadcast with Historia, Séries+ sale

News | 10/18/2017 6:16 pm EDT
Corus' Series+ was one of two channels the company was trying to sell to Bell Media. /Screenshot via Corus

Corus Entertainment Inc. announced Tuesday it is selling two French-language specialty channels, Historia and Séries+, to BCE Inc.’s Bell Media in a deal valued at approximately $200 million that prompted favourable reactions from financial analysts. 

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