The Financial Post reports in its Friday edition that a swift change between Bell's parent company and Corus Entertainment will see the elimination of pay TV channel Movie Central in Western and Northern Canada as the Movie Network goes national. A Canadian Press dispatch to the Post says the move comes as Corus announced plans to swap its pay TV business for movies. As part of the changes, BCE will expand the Movie Network across the country before the end of March. Corus is also waiving its HBO content licensing rights in Canada to allow Bell Media to become the sole operator of HBO Canada nationally across all platforms. Bell says its new partnership with HBO gives it right to the exclusive right to deliver all current and past HBO programming on streaming platforms like CraveTV in English and French across Canada. The Movie Network, formerly available only in Eastern Canada, will launch as a national pay TV platform in the first quarter of 2016. BCE will pay Corus $211-million, $195-million net of tax benefits, to support the national expansion of TMN and HBO. Corus will also do away with classic movie channel Encore Avenue. Corus will focus on national media brands targeted to kids, women and families.