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Category Television - Global Date 9/8/2006 |
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Entertainment Tonight Canada Celebrates Its First Anniversary
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Canada's Pre-Eminent Source for Entertainment News Toasts Its First Year with Special Anniversary-Themed Features Beginning
Monday, September 18th
Star-packed Birthday Week Includes...
Never-before-seen footage, Interview Hot-Picks, Behind the Scenes on the ET Canada set and more...
ATTN: EDITORS - Complete 2006 ET Canada Press Kit and Artwork is
available at: www.globaltvmedia.com
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(Toronto – September 8, 2006) – Happy birthday, ET Canada! This month, the country’s pre-eminent entertainment news magazine reaches a first-anniversary milestone - and host Cheryl Hickey, along with the ET Canada team of reporters, Rick Campanelli, Kim D'Eon, Rosey Edeh and Roz Weston are celebrating with a week of special anniversary-themed features beginning Monday, September 18th – 7pm ET/7:30pm PT.
Since splashing onto the Canadian television landscape just one short year ago, this fresh north of the border incarnation of the world's most-respected entertainment brand has been setting the industry pace with an energetic, upfront reporting style, and unparalleled celebrity contacts.
With more than 1800 interviews, 224 episodes, 80 exclusive reports, and 202,000 km traveled around the world, ET Canada has quickly earned a solid reputation as the most trusted source amongst celebrities, the industry and viewers alike for high-quality and reliable coverage.
“We're extremely proud of the work that ET Canada has done in truly breaking the genre of entertainment reporting in this country,” said Barbara Williams, Senior VP Programming and Production, CanWest MediaWorks. "The entire team has worked tirelessly to earn the loyalty of audiences nationwide and to showcase our home-grown talent and industry. Now, with a solid foundation in place, year two on ET Canada promises even more breaking news, more exclusives and more in-depth, behind-the-scenes coverage. We're committed to delivering the very best entertainment news package to Canadians every single night.”
On the ratings front, ET Canada delivers another knockout exclusive. Year over year, the show has improved its time period by 111% in total viewers and has captured the top spot as the #1 entertainment news magazine in Canada amongst key demos A18-49 and A18-34. To date, according to BBM Canada over half a million people across the country tune in each night..
ET Canada and ET air on the Global Television Network at the following times:
About Entertainment Tonight
Canada - Launched in September 2005, Entertainment Tonight Canada is the country’s pre-eminent source for entertainment and celebrity news. Over a half a million loyal viewers tune in nationally each night for ET Canada’s in-depth celebrity profiles, breaking news coverage, and behind-the-scenes exclusives. Together with Entertainment Tonight, this “power-hour” is the number one entertainment news authority for Canadians. ET Canada is produced by CanWest MediaWorks for Global Television in association with Paramount Domestic Television. Zev Shalev is Senior Executive Producer. Visit us online at www.etcanada.com.
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Media Contact:
Adrienne Kakoullis
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