Fact Sheet
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Business: |
Canwest Global Communications Corp. (www.canwest.com) (TSX-V: CGS and CGS.A) is Canada’s largest media company. In addition to owning the Global Television Network, operating 18 industry-leading specialty channels and having ownership in 5 specialty channels, Canwest is Canada’s largest publisher of English language paid daily newspapers and owns and operates more than 80 online properties. |
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Head office: |
The company was founded and headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
3100 Canwest Global Place
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Media Contact: |
John Douglas |
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Investor Contact: |
Hugh Harley |
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Number of Employees: |
8,803 FTEs as of August 31, 2008 |
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Investor Information: |
Canwest Global Communications Corp. is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) under the trading symbols CGS and CGS.A
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Canadian Operations: |
Publishing/Online Canwest is one the largest single employers of journalists in Canada with approximately 1,700 staff and freelance contributors to our newspapers, television operations and online destinations. Canwest journalists reach more Canadians on a daily basis than any other media organization. Canwest Publishing Inc. is one of Canada's largest newspaper publishers reaching 4.6 million engaged readers on a weekly basis.
13 DAILY NEWSPAPERS
26 COMMUNITY PAPERS
ONLINE
Television Canwest is one of the largest owners and operators of commercial broadcast television stations in Canada. Canwest's English conventional network, Global, reaches almost 100% of consumers across Canada. The Gemini Award winning Global National with Kevin Newman is Canada's most-watched weekday national news.
ONLINE
The addition of Alliance Atlantis' specialty channels brings the total number of specialty channels Canwest owns, in whole or in part, to 21. Canwest analog specialty channels combined accounted for 26% of English analog specialty channel viewing and Canwest digital stations accounted for 58% of English digital specialty channel viewing. In the 25 to 54 age demographic, the Company owns 5 of the top 10 analog specialty channels and 8 of the top 10 digital specialty channels.
SPECIALTY CABLE CHANNELS
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