CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
TELEVISION
SPECIALTY TV CHANNELS Showcase History Television Life Network HGTV Canada (80.2%) Food Network Canada (57.58%) Fine Living Showcase Action Showcase Diva +10 others full or part ownership
TOTAL BROADCAST REVENUES: $283.4 MILLION CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
TELEVISION RADIO INTERNET OUT OF HOME SPECIALTY TV CHANNELS CFXY the Fox, Fredericton, N.B. Radiolibre.ca 3,700 faces Canal Vie CKTY 99.5 Truro, N.S. Teatv.ca (online classified) in Ontario and Quebec MusiMax Energie 94.3, Montreal, QC Historia +26 others Cinepop +7 others full or part ownership
PAY TV CHANNELS TOTAL REVENUES: $549.6 MILLION The Movie Network Viewer's Choice TV: $391.1 MILLION Super Ecran Radio: $110.4 MILLION Outdoor: +3 others $42.2 MILLION Web not broken out separately CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
TELEVISION NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES INTERNET NETWORK TV The Globe and Mail Report on Business globeandmail.com CTV Globe Television robtv.com ASN ctv.ca TQS (40% ownership) tsn.ca REVENUE FIGURES: N/A mtv.ca SPECIALTY TV CHANNELS workopolis.com (40%) ROB TV +15 others MTV (launched CTV Broadband Dec. 2, 2005: The Comedy Network BGM parent company BCE Inc. reduces its network this summer) TSN (70 %) ownership stake in BCE to 20% from 48.5%. Torstar Discovery Channel (56%) and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan each pay $283 million for a 20% stake in the company, while the Thomson NHL Network (15%) family’s Woodbridge Inc. pays $120 million to increase its ownership +11 others full or partial stake to 40% from 31.5%. On Sept. 7, 2006, Teachers’ acquired an ownership additional 5% stake in the company, with BCE’s stake now 15%. March 20, 2006: Launches MTV Canada. As part of what is billed as “the six arms of MTV”, the service also launches online (MTV Overdrive) and on BGM's main CTV network (as part of a programming block called MTVonCTV), and also offers content both through mobile and video-on-demand platforms.
July 12: Announces a $1.7 billion purchase offer for CHUM Limited, which owns 33 conventional and specialty TV services— including Toronto’s Citytv and MuchMusic— and 33 radio stations across Canada. CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
TELEVISION NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES RADIO INTERNET NETWORK TV METROPOLITAN DAILIES National Post Business 91.5 The Beat, Kitchener- Canada.com Global Television Network National Post TV Times Waterloo dose.ca (10 stations) Ottawa Citizen 99.1 Cool FM, Winnipeg driving.ca Vancouver Sun +41others TV STATIONS Edmonton Journal CH Hamilton +7 others CH Red Deer +3 others LOCAL DAILIES AND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS SPECIALTY TV CHANNELS Nanaimo Daily News, B.C. TVtropolis Alberni Valley Times, B.C. (formerly Prime) Burnaby Now, B.C. Fox Sports World +20 others Cool TV +5 others OTHER Metro (part ownership in Vancouver, Ottawa)
TOTAL REVENUES: $3.1 BILLION* Publication & online: $1.23 BILLION TV: $698.6 MILLION *Total includes foreign assets CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
TELEVISION RADIO INTERNET TV STATIONS CHUM-FM, Toronto citynews.ca Citytv, Toronto KOOL-FM, Halifax achannel.ca A Channel, Victoria Country 105, Peterborough muchmusic.com CKX, Brandon, Man. +30 others full or part ownership +37 others +9 others
SPECIALTY TV CHANNELS MuchMusic Star! Bravo! +18 others full or part ownership
TOTAL REVENUES: $628.4 MILLION TV: $482.6 MILLION Radio: $134.5 MILLION Other: $11.3 MILLION CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
TELEVISION RADIO CONTENT
SPECIALTY TV CHANNELS 102.1 The Edge, Toronto, Nelvana (branded animation) YTV 99.3 The Fox, Vancouver, & Kids Can Press W Network 92.5 FM, Montreal (both 100% owned) Treehouse +48 others CMT Canada (80%) Discovery Kids Canada (54%) Scream (51%) Telelatino (50.5%) Teletoon (50%)
PAY TV CHANNELS Movie Central Encore
OTHER CHEX, Oshawa, Ont. CHEX, Peterborough, Ont. CKWS, Kingston, Ont. Corus Custom Networks Max Trax digital music service
TOTAL REVENUES: $683.1 MILLION TV: $354.2 MILLION Radio: $252.7 MILLION Content: $82.3 MILLION CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES INTERNET La Presse, Montreal Hockey le magazine Cyberpresse.ca Le Soleil, Quebec Paddock (umbrella site for all newspaper Le Droit, Ottawa Styles de vie properties) +6 others LaPresseAffaires.com LOCAL DAILIES/COMMUNITY Livedeal.ca NEWSPAPERS CUSTOM MAGAZINE (part ownership) La Tribune, Sherbrooke VIA Destinations +4 others Le Nouvelliste, Trois Rivieres (whole or part ownership) Le Quotidien, Saguenay Metro Montreal (part ownership) +4 others
TOTAL REVENUES: N/A CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
TELEVISION RADIO CITL TV (CTV), Lloydminster California 103 FM, Calgary CKSA (CBC), Lloydminster Hot 89.9 FM, Ottawa Q104, Halifax +71 others
TOTAL REVENUES: $80.6 MILLION Broadcasting: $77.5 MILLION CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES LOCAL DAILIES/WEEKLY Golfstyle (national) COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS Vines (national) Barrie Examiner Muskoka Magazine Chatham Daily News (central Ontario) North Bay Nugget +45 others Fort Erie Times +53 others SHOPPING MAGAZINES Cornwall Smart Shopper Fort Erie Shopping Times Niagara Shopping News Tilbury Marketplace +3 others
TOTAL REVENUES: $222.5 MILLION CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
TELEVISION NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES INTERNET NETWORK METROPOLITAN DAILIES CONSUMER MAGAZINES Canoe.ca (French & English) 6 of 10 channels in the Toronto Sun 7 jours Autonet.ca TVA network Le Journal de Montreal Derniere heure +13 others London Free Press Lundi TV STATIONS +5 others +15 others Sun TV, Toronto LOCAL DAILIES AND SPECIALTY TV CHANNELS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS LCN Brockville Recorder & Times Mystere Simcoe Reformer Prise2 The Stratford Beacon Herald Argent + 168 others
OTHERS 24 Hours Toronto, 24 Heures, Montreal 24 Hours Vancouver (jointly with Jim Pattison Group)
TOTAL REVENUES: $1.62 BILLION Newspaper: $915.6 MILLION Broadcast: $401.4 MILLION Websites: $50.0 MILLION Leisure & Entertainment (including magazines): $25.4 MILLION CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
TELEVISION RADIO MAGAZINES INTERNET TV STATIONS 680 News, Toronto CONSUMER MAGAZINES Canadianbusiness.com Omni 1 CHFI 98.1, Toronto Maclean’s Sportsnet.ca Omni 2 JACK FM 103.1, Victoria Canadian Business Shoprogers.com Omni 10 Vancouver +43 others Chatelaine Omni 11Winnipeg +18 others The Shopping Channel TRADE MAGAZINES SPECIALTY TV CHANNELS Marketing Rogers Sportsnet Canadian Grocer The Biography Channel Medical Post G4TechTV (67%) +48 others +minority ownership in three others TOTAL REVENUES: $1.097 BILLION TV Revenue: $241.3 MILLION The Shopping Channel: $285.2 MILLION Feb. 6: Radio Revenue: $241.3 MILLION Launches OMNI TV Manitoba, its newest Publishing Revenue: $318.1 MILLION multicultural TV service. Rogers’ OMNI Television service is now comprised of four regional broadcasters covering nine markets in B.C., Manitoba and Ontario.
July 25: Acquires a minority interest in the daily tips and trends web site sweetspot.ca.
August: Launches a Canadian edition of the popular celebrity magazine Hello! This is followed shortly afterwards by the launch of home shopping title Chocolat. The latter will be distributed on newsstands and, through an arrangement with Canada Post, to more than 250,000 Canadians who have recently moved. CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
MAGAZINES
CONSUMER MAGAZINES Toronto Life Fashion Quill & Quire Gardening Life +7 others
CUSTOM MAGAZINES Honda Magazine Expressions
TOTAL REVENUES: N/A CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
SLAIGHT COMMUNICATIONS
TELEVISION RADIO ONLINE NTV in Terrace and CFRB 1010, Toronto IcebergRadio.com Dawson Creek, BC EZ Rock 97.3 FM, Toronto Maplemusic.com (part ownership) Oldies 1150, Hamilton Puretracks.com (part ownership) Part owners of Sirius Radio +49 others (whole or part ownership)
TOTAL REVENUES: N/A CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
TELEVISION NEWSPAPERS INTERNET Shop TV METROPOLITAN DAILIES Thestar.ca Toronto Star Toronto.com Hamilton Spectator e-harlequin.com Guelph Mercury Workopolis.com (40% ownership) The Record (Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge)
LOCAL DAILIES AND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS Barrie Advance Vaughan Citizen Orillia Today +92 others Dec. 2, 2005: FREE WEEKLIES Acquires a 20% stake in Bell Globemedia for $283 million. Ancaster News Sept. 11: Guelph Tribune Merges its Metroland and CityMedia Group Waterloo Chronicle divisions—comprised of 95 community +7 others newspapersMercury plus dailies including the Hamilton Spectator and Guelph —into a single entity OTHERS known as the Metroland Metro Toronto, Media Group. Montreal, Vancouver Sing Tao Port Perry-Uxbridge Free Daily Northumberland News Daily
TOTAL REVENUES: $1.57 BILLION Newspapers: $1.041 BILLION CANADIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2006
NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES INTERNET METROPOLITAN DAILIES CONSUMER MAGAZINES recettes.qc.ca The Telegram, St. John’s Canadian Living trucsmaison.com The Daily News, Halifax Elle Québec Ca.askmen.com (50%) +9 others Canadian Home & Country +20 others TV Guide LOCAL DAILIES AND +39 others COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS Métro Montreal Feb. 14: Partners with IGN Entertainment, a (majority ownership) division of Fox Interactive, to launch a The Beacon, Gander, Nfld. Canadian version of popular men’s web site The Advance, Liverpool, N.S. askmen.com (http://ca.askmen.com). +131 others July 4: Acquires Montreal-based Zoupla Communications, which produces the TOTAL REVENUES: $555.3 MILLION recipe web site recettes.qc.ca and home tips site trucsmaison.com. The acquisition gives Transcontinental 23 consumer- oriented Web sites.
DATA COMPILED BY: MATT SEMANSKY HANDLING EDITOR: CHRIS POWELL Sources: 2005 annual reports, company websites. Some companies, such as Quebecor Media, combine their revenue from two or more media Figures for Bell Globemedia, Gesca, Slaight Communications, St. Joseph Media are unavailable.