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ommunications Inc
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MANA
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DI
SCUSS
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O
N AND ANALY
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S
August
,
C
anad
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an Broadcast
i
n
gC
or
p
orat
i
on
(“C
B
C
”
)
, as well as
p
r
i
vatel
y
owned stat
i
on
g
rou
p
s and
n
etworks, such as Global and the CTV Television Network (“CTV” owned by BCE Inc.). The
“Specialty and Pay” sector includes Specialty television services, such as Showcase, History
,
HG
TV
C
anada, T
S
N
(
owned b
y
B
C
E Inc.
)
, and
Sp
ortsnet
(
owned b
y
Ro
g
ers
)
,wh
i
ch
p
rov
i
d
e
special interest programming including news, sports, arts, lifestyle and entertainmen
t
p
ro
g
rammin
g
.
Global reaches approximately 95% of Canada’s population through 12 over-the-air (“OTA”
)
convent
i
onal telev
i
s
i
on stat
i
ons.
G
lobal o
ff
ers a
p
ro
g
ramm
i
n
g
m
i
xo
f
enterta
i
nment
p
ro
g
rams
and news that includes hit programs such a
s
B
ones, Glee, NCIS:LA, Hawaii Five-O, Rooki
e
B
lue, Elementary
a
nd the reality serie
s
S
urvivor, Big Brothe
r
a
nd Big Brother Canada
.
G
lobal
off
ers news throu
g
h
i
ts earl
y
-even
i
n
g
network newscast
G
lobal Nat
i
onal and del
i
vers local new
s
programs to a number o
f
markets.
G
lobal expanded
i
ts news l
i
ne-up
i
n
2012
w
i
th the launch o
f
m
orning news programming in Toronto, Regina, Saskatoon and Winnipeg, and in 2013 with the
launch o
f
morn
i
n
g
news
p
ro
g
ramm
i
n
gi
n Montreal and Hal
if
ax.
The
Sp
ec
i
alt
y
telev
i
s
i
on serv
i
ces owned and o
p
erated b
y
the Med
i
ad
i
v
i
s
i
on com
p
r
i
se
19
channels,
i
nclud
i
ng H
i
story, Food Network
C
anada,
S
howcase, H
G
TV
C
anada,
S
l
i
ce an
d
N
ational Geographic Canada. The Company also has an interest in several non-operated
channels
i
nclud
i
n
g
two French lan
g
ua
g
es
p
ec
i
alt
y
telev
i
s
i
on serv
i
ces. In
2012
Med
i
a launched
N
at
i
onal
G
eograph
i
cW
i
ld, a channel ded
i
cated to w
i
ldl
if
e programm
i
ng, rebranded two ex
i
st
i
ng
channels as Lifetime and H2, and acquired the remaining equity interest in Mystery. In 2013
M
ed
i
a launched
G
lobal News: B
C1
, a ded
i
cated
2
4 hour all news
Sp
ec
i
alt
y
channel
i
n the
prov
i
nce o
f
Br
i
t
i
sh
C
olumb
i
a and acqu
i
red the rema
i
n
i
ng equ
i
ty
i
nterest
i
n TVtropol
i
s
(subsequently rebranded DTOUR). During 2013 Media also entered into a number o
f
t
ransact
i
ons w
i
th
C
orus Enterta
i
nment Inc.
(“C
orus”
)
to o
p
t
i
m
i
ze
i
ts
p
ort
f
ol
i
oo
f
s
p
ec
i
alt
y
channels, agree
i
ng to sell
i
ts
i
nterest
i
nAB
CS
park, H
i
stor
i
a and
S
er
i
es+ and to acqu
i
re an
additional 20% interest in Food Network Canada. The ABC Spark and Food Network Canad
a
t
ransact
i
ons were com
p
leted dur
i
n
g
the
y
ear, w
i
th the rema
i
n
i
n
g
transact
i
ons ex
p
ected to close
i
n
201
4
.
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