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holdings
This
page is indicative only.
The CanWest Global group covers -
Canadian broadcasting
The Canadian broadcasting network Global Television reaches
over 94% of English-speaking Canada and like Australia's
TEN Network has not been known for high production standards
or what used to be known as 'moral uplift'.
Major stations include -
CKND-TV
Winnipeg
The Global Television System Ottawa
STV Regina
STV Saskatoon
UTV, Vancouver
CIHF-TV1 Halifax/Dartmouth
CIHF-TV2, Saint John
99.1 Cool FM (Winnipeg)
There
are other television stations in Hamilton, Victoria and
Montreal, CBC affiliate stations in Kelowna and Red Deer,
and specialty channel Prime TV.
broadcasting in Australia and other countries
The group's overseas broadcasting holdings include
Australian
television broadcaster Network TEN (Ten)
- 16% voting interest, 56.6% economic interest
70% of TV3,
New Zealand commercial television network
70% of TV4,
a second commercial network operating from TV3's Auckland
studios
a 45% stake in the TV3,
Eire commercial television network
70% of More FM (More),
a New Zealand commercial FM radio network with 5 stations
a 90.5% stake in RadioWorks NZ Ltd, New Zealand's second
largest radio group with four national and 27 local
stations.
CanWest
was the largest single shareholder in Ulster Television
(UTV),
with a 29.9% stake, from 1997 to 2004.
In the UK it has 95% of Solent radio station The Original
106.
Newspapers
In 2000 CanWest Global acquired all the principal metropolitan
operations of the Hollinger newspaper
chain in Canada, along with Hollinger's Canadian internet
properties, its magazine group, most of the community
publishing operations and a 50% interest in the National
Post (the remaining 50% was acquired in August 2001).
The deal included 13 large metropolitan English language
dailies, around 136 daily and weekly newspapers in smaller
communities, and 85 trade publications and directories.
A number of titles in Southern Ontario were subsequently
sold to Osprey Media Group.
Major
papers include
The
St. John's Telegram
Halifax Daily News
Charlottetown Guardian
Montreal Gazette
Ottawa Citizen
Windsor Star
Regina Leader Post
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Calgary Herald
Edmonton Journal
Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Province
Victoria Times-Colonist
Magazines
Southam magazines include
Automotive Service Data Book
Southam Medical
Auto Vision
Southam Medical Lists
Body Shop
The Drugstore File
Jobber News
Dental Directories
L'automobile
Canadian Health Facilities
Le Body Shop Directory
Service Station and Garage
Rehab Services Guide
Canadian Medical Directory
Jobber News Annual
Pharmacists Directory
Broadcaster
American Mines Handbook
Cablecaster
Canadian Mines Handbook
New Media.pro
Canadian Mining Journal
Mining Source Book
Canadian MineSCAN
Cabling Systems
Northern Miner Newspaper
Canadian Architect
Northern Miner
Combo
Canadian Consulting Engineer
Architectural and Design Solutions
Dental Health
American MineSCAN
Dental Practice Management
Oral Health
Dental Directories
OH&S Canada
New Technology Magazine
Back to Work Petroleum
Explorer Canadian
Nickels Energy Group
Safety News
Daily Oil Bulletin
Canadian Occupational Health & Safety
Canadian Oil Register
Safety Legislation
Energy Analects
Statistics Quarterly
Energy Information Services
Canadian Plastics Directory
Structures Buyers Guide
Petroleum Explorer
Environmental Industry Convention Reporter
Hazardous Materials Management
Les Papetieres du Quebec
Solid Waste Recycling
Pulp & Paper Canada
Ecology Week
Scott's Government Index
Mutual Fund Source Book
Canadian Source Book
Fund Profiler
Scott's Directory of Canadian Associations
Canadian Underwriter
Canadian Underwriter
Statistical Centre Magazine
Gifts and Tablewares
Ontario Insurance Directory
Canadian Industrial Equipment News
Laboratory Product News
Laboratory Buyer's Guide
Canadian Transportation Logistics
Trucking
Motor Truck
Truck News
Truck West
Industrial Sales
Scott's Directories
Canadian Transportation Guide
New Republic
film distribution and development
CanWest has followed the traditional path of new broadcasters
by buying film libraries, trying to break into the distribution
business and developing a film/video production presence.
(For Australian experience see writing about moves
by the 7 and Ten Networks to buy MGM
or other production/distribution houses during the 1990s.)
The highlights are
- licensing
of the Endemol (game show and 'Big Brother') library
- Fireworks
Entertainment, Toronto-based film/tv financier and developer
- Fireworks
Pictures, Los Angeles-based feature film distributor
- Fireworks
Television, also in L.A., television program developer
- Fireworks
International, London-based television program distributor
Multimedia
In the Hollinger purchase CanWest acquired some of Canada's
leading internet portals,such as canada.com and faceoff.com,
along with newspaper portals.
Closer to home the performance of TEN Ventures, the new
media subsidiary, has been underwhelming, with negative
results from online entertainment and leisure destination
SCAPE (a 50% investment with Village
Roadshow).
Advertising
Network TEN has a 100% interest in Eye Corp., Australia's
second largest outdoor advertising company, which competes
with an APN subsidiary.
Eye has a network of outdoor signage, airport advertising,
visual merchandising, and shopping centre advertising
in Australia and has been seeking to extend its presence
in Malaysia and Indonesia.
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