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{{For|the subsidiary company that currently operates|Score Media and Gaming}} {{Infobox company | name = Score Media Inc. | logo = Score Media.png | traded_as = Formerly {{TSX was|SCR}} | foundation = 1997 | owner = Levy family (74.07%)<br>[[Alliance Atlantis]]/[[Canwest]] (25.93%) | successor = [[theScore Inc.]]<br>[[Rogers Media]] | former_name = Headline Media Group | key_people = John S. Levy, Founder | location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada | industry = [[Mass media|Media]] | products = [[Broadcasting]] | revenue = {{profit}}$7.73 million [[Canadian dollar|CAD]] | homepage = Formerly [http://www.scoremedia.ca/ www.scoremedia.ca] | type = [[Public company]] | fate=Acquired by [[Rogers Communications]]; some assets spun off as [[theScore Inc.]] | defunct={{end date|df=yes|2013|04|30}} }} '''Score Media Inc.''' was a Canadian media company. Partially owned by [[Alliance Atlantis]] and later [[Canwest]], its main asset was [[Sportsnet 360|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,<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/score-media-acquires-stake-in-nulayer/article1709760/ Score Media acquires stake in NuLayer], The Globe and Mail, 16 September 2010</ref> and various interactive properties including ''ScoreMobile'', ''ScoreMobile FC'', ''SportsTap''<ref>[http://www.canadianbusiness.com/article/25069--score-media-acquires-rival-mobile-app-sportstap Score Media Acquires Rival Mobile App SportsTap™] Canadian Business 2011-05-12</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the-score-satellite-radio-is-going-off-the-air_b88304 The Score Satellite Radio Is Going Off The Air] TVNewser 2011-08-02</ref> 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.
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