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Category Television - Global Date 1/24/2006 |
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Global National and its regional newscasts #1 in British Columbia for election night coverage
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(TORONTO, Tuesday, January 24, 2006) CanWest’s Decision Canada joint national and regional election coverage was the leading broadcast in British Columbia last night as an average of 292,400 British Columbians tuned in to watch the Conservatives win the 2006 elections. Global was also the first network to call a Conservative government at 7:30 p.m. ET to audiences in the Maritimes, based on Ipsos-Reid poll results.
According to BBM meter data, CanWest was 48 per cent ahead of CTV and 15 per cent ahead of CBC. CanWest’s audience peaked at 364,400 viewers at 8:25 p.m. PT and was the most-watched for the two key demographics: adults 18-49 and adults 25-54.*
“This is the longest election campaign in recent history and our teams at Global National and each of our regional newscasts have really stepped up to the plate and delivered amazing coverage,” said Steve Wyatt, senior vice president of news and information at Global Television. “The ratings clearly show that we continue to dominate in BC as we gear up to become a network that Canadians come to first for news that matters most, both nationally and regionally.”
*Source: BBM, January 23, 2006, V2+, 7-10:30 pm PT, Vancouver EMA conventional networks
About Global National with Kevin Newman:
Global National with Kevin Newman is Global Television's national newscast reaching Canadians coast-to-coast (www.globalnational.com). The multi award-winning half-hour newscast is broadcast live seven days a week from its national news centre in Vancouver, B.C. with news bureaus and correspondents in every major city in Canada, as well as Washington, D.C. Global National provides an early evening national news alternative for Canadians and a distinctive voice and approach to the day's top stories.
Global National currently appears at the following times across the country:
5:30 p.m. - B.C. 6:00 p.m. - Manitoba, Saskatchewan
6:30 p.m. - Alberta, Ontario and Quebec 11:15 p.m. - Maritimes
About Global Television:
The Global Television Network is a CanWest MediaWorks Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of CanWest Global Communications Corp. (NYSE: CWG; TSX: CGS.SV and CGS.NV, www.canwestglobal.com), an international media company. CanWest is Canada's largest media company. In addition to owning the Global Television Network, CanWest is Canada's largest publisher of daily newspapers, and also owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in conventional television, out-of-home advertising, specialty cable channels, Web sites and radio networks in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland.
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For further information or to arrange an interview, please contact:
Yvonne Chiang
News Publicist, Global Television
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