Former type Public company Industry Media Headquarters Toronto, Canada Founded 2000 | Traded as Formerly TSX: SCR Key people John S. Levy, Founder Founder John Levy Ceased operations April 30, 2013 | |
Fate Acquired by Rogers Communications; some assets spun off as theScore Inc. Defunct 30 April 2013 (2013-04-30) Parent organizations Rogers Communications, Rogers Media Inc. Subsidiaries Score Media Ventures Inc., Headline News, Smi International Ltd., Voice To Visual Inc., Mobile1Sports LLC | ||
Score Media Inc. was a Canadian media company. 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, and various interactive properties including ScoreMobile, ScoreMobile FC, SportsTap 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.
The company was previously named Headline Media Group Inc. and in February 2005 changed its name to Score Media Inc.
Sale to Rogers
On 24 August 2012, reports surfaced that Rogers Communications was planning to acquire Score Media for close to $160 million. The next day, those reports became reality when Rogers Media announced that it will acquire Score Media in a transaction valued at $167 million.
The acquisition itself closed on 19 October 2012, at which point Score Media's digital assets were spun off into another company, theScore Inc., in which Rogers Media will retain a 10% interest. Score Media's TV properties were immediately placed into a blind trust, under trustee Peter Viner, pending final CRTC approval, which came on 30 April 2013.