Score Media

Score Media Inc.
FormerlyHeadline Media Group
Company typePublic company
Formerly TSX: SCR
IndustryMedia
Founded1997
Defunct30 April 2013 (2013-04-30)
FateAcquired by Rogers Communications; some assets spun off as theScore Inc.
SuccessortheScore Inc.
Rogers Media
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people
John S. Levy, Founder
ProductsBroadcasting
RevenueIncrease$7.73 million CAD
OwnerLevy family (74.07%)
Alliance Atlantis/Canwest (25.93%)
WebsiteFormerly www.scoremedia.ca

Score Media Inc. was a Canadian media company. Partially owned by Alliance Atlantis and later Canwest, its main asset was The Score, a national specialty television service providing sports news, information, highlights, live events, and other sports-related entertainment programming. The company also owns closed captioning service Voice to Visual Inc., and mixed martial arts promotion The Score Fighting Series.

Prior to 19 October 2012, the company also owned a 20% stake in mobile and web development firm NuLayer,[1] and various interactive properties including ScoreMobile, ScoreMobile FC, SportsTap[2] and TheScore.ca. These properties are now owned by theScore Inc. The company also previously owned and operated The Score Satellite Radio; a satellite radio network available across North America on Sirius Satellite Radio. The station shut down on 1 September 2011.[3]

The company was founded in 1997 as Headline Media Group Inc. by Shaw Communications and Levy family. Shaw Media was spun off to form Corus Entertainment in September 1999 and sold 48% stake to Alliance Atlantis the following month. In February 2005, it changed its name to Score Media Inc. AAC's stake was acquired by Canwest in 2007.

  1. ^ Score Media acquires stake in NuLayer, The Globe and Mail, 16 September 2010
  2. ^ Score Media Acquires Rival Mobile App SportsTap™ Canadian Business 2011-05-12
  3. ^ The Score Satellite Radio Is Going Off The Air TVNewser 2011-08-02