86 / Television Specialty Media Names & Numbers 2006 TTelevisionelevision SpecialtySpecialty Astral Media TVPlus John Gunn, Director of Production Canal Indigo Jennifer Lo, Communications Manager French-language national pay-per-view network. Owner: Astral Media Inc. Moses Znaimer, Executive Producer Offers commercial-free movies, sport events and 2100, rue Ste-Catherine, bur 1000, entertainment. Montréal, QC H3H 2T3 CablePulse24 (CP24) Owner: Viewers Choice Canada/TVA/TQS/Cogeco Phone: 514-939-5077 FAX: 514-939-5079 24-hour a day English language news and 2100, rue Ste-Catherine ouest, 9e étage, WWW: www.astral.com information channel for Southern Ontario. Montréal, QC H3H 2T3 Astral Television Networks Distributed via cable systems reaching approxi- Phone: 514-939-5090 FAX: 514-939-5098 mately two million homes. WWW: www.canalindigo.com Astral Télé Réseaux CP24 Operates six English and French pay and pay-per- Johanne Saint-Laurent, VP/Directrice Générale Owner: CHUM Ltd. E-Mail: [email protected] view movie networks: TMN (The Movie Network), Circulation: 2284998 Mpix, Viewer’s Choice, Family, Super Écran, and 299 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON M5V 2Z5 Le Canal Nouvelles TVA Canal Indigo. Phone: 416-591-5757 FAX: 416-593-6397 Owner: Astral Media Inc. 24 hour channel providing 15 minute summaries E-Mail: [email protected] of regional, national and international news. 2100, rue Ste-Catherine ouest, bur 1000, WWW: www.pulse24.com Montréal, QC H3H 2T3 Owner: Groupe TVA Inc. Phone: 514-939-5000 FAX: 514-939-1515 Tina Cortese, Director of News Programming 1600, boul de Maisonneuve est, WWW: www.astralmedia.com Stephen Hurlbut, VP/General Manager Montréal, QC H2L 4P2 Phone: 514-526-9251 FAX: 514-598-6086 Toronto Office Phone: 416-591-7400 Jenny Norush, Director of Advertising and E-Mail: [email protected] BCE Place, 181 Bay St., Ste. 100, Box 787, WWW: www.reseau.tva.ca Toronto, ON M3J 2T3 Promotion Phone: 416-956-2010 FAX: 416-956-2018 Canadian Learning Television (CLT) Canal Savoir André Bureau, Chairman of the Board National adult life-long learning channel, 4750, ave Henri-Julien, bur 100, local 0058, Ian Greenberg, President & CEO Montréal, QC H2T 3E4 Sidney Greenberg, VP Astral Media Inc. featuring credit-based courses via universities and colleges. Phone: 514-841-2626 800-640-2626 Atlantic Satellite Network Owner: Learning and Skills Television of Alberta FAX: 514-284-9363 Ltd. E-Mail: [email protected] Owner: CTV/Bell Globemedia WWW: www.canal.qc.ca 2885 Robie St., Halifax, NS B3K 5Z4 3720-76th Ave., Edmonton, AB T6B 2N9 Phone: 780-440-7777 FAX: 780-440-8899 Lyne Girouard, Adjointe à la direction Phone: 902-453-4000 902-454-3200 E-Mail: [email protected] FAX: 902-454-3302 E-Mail: [email protected] WWW: www.asn.ca WWW: www.clt.ca Sylvie Godbout, Directrice Générale E-Mail: [email protected] Programs Jill Bonefant, Director of Programming Phone: 780-440-7707 Sylvie Parent, Technicienne à la programmation Breakfast Television Joel Goldberg, Managing Dir/Prod E-Mail: [email protected] Co-hosts: Jason Baxter, Liz Rigney and Scott Boyd. E-Mail: [email protected] Canal Vie ATV (South Asian Television Canada Pam Hnytka, Publicist E-Mail: [email protected] French-language network devoted to health and Ltd.) well-being. Targeting young, active and educated Programming in several South Asian languages Canal D women. plus English. Owner: Astral Media Inc. Owner: Asian Television Canada Ltd. 24-hour French-language channel focusing on high quality local and international documenta- Les Chaînes Télé Astral, 130 Pony Drive, Newmarket, ON L3Y 7B6 2100, rue Ste.-Catherine ouest, bur 700, Phone: 905-836-6460 FAX: 905-853-5212 ries, cult series, movie classics and biographies. Owner: Astral Media Inc. Montréal, QC H2H 2T3 E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: 514-939-3150 514-938-3330 WWW: www.asiantelevision.com Les Chaînes Télé Astral, 2100, rue Ste-Catherine ouest, bur 800, Montréal, QC H3H 2T3 FAX: 514-939-3151 Jaya Chandraskar, VP of Programming Phone: 514-939-3150 FAX: 514-939-3151 WWW: www.canalvie.com Shan Chandraskar, President WWW: www.canald.com Lyne Denault, VP Programming Prakash Naidu, General Manager Jean-Pierre Laurendeau, VP Programming E-Mail: [email protected] Bravo! Canal Évasion CBC Newsworld A wide array of fine arts programming, balancing Travel, tourism and adventure programming. 24-hour national and international news longer-form structured shows and shorter pieces. broadcasting. Music, dance, opera, drama, literature, cinema, Owner: Serdy Direct/Groupe TVA 1205, rue Papineau, bur 350, Owner: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation visual art, the art of television and the art of talk, 205 Wellington St. W., P.O. Box 500, Stn. A, from Canada and around the world. Montréal, QC H2K 4R2 Phone: 514-590-0050 FAX: 514-590-0146 Toronto, ON M5W 1E6 Owner: CHUM Ltd. Phone: 416-205-3311 FAX: 416-205-6080 Circulation: 5267325 E-Mail: [email protected] WWW: www.canalevasion.com E-Mail: [email protected] 299 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON M5V 2Z5 WWW: www.cbc.ca/newsworld Phone: 416-591-5757 FAX: 416-591-8497 Serge Arsenault, President Programs E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: 450-674-5145 WWW: www.bravo.ca Chantal Fortier, Director of Programming CBC Newsworld - Halifax Office P.O. Box 3000, Halifax, NS B3J 3E9 Isme Bennie, Director of Programming E-Mail: [email protected] Patrick Bonaldi, Creative Director Newsworld Today Judy Gladstone, Bravo!FACT Executive Director Day-time coverage of breaking news. Paul Gratton, VP, Entertainment Specialty Hosts: Nancy Wilson (Toronto) and Kathleen Petty Channels (Calgary). Phone: 416-205-6302 Media Names & Numbers 2006 Television Specialty / 87 Absolutely Canadian Comedy Network CTV NewsNet Various Hosts Comedy of all genres, including stand-up, sketch, Live coverage of breaking headline news from 1724 Westmount Blvd, Calgary, AB T2P 2M7 improv, and street humour. 72% of programming around the world 24 hours a day, in addition to Phone: 403-521-6037 FAX: 403-521-6004 is dedicated to Canadian content. news summaries every 15 minutes and other E-Mail: [email protected] Owner: CTV Inc. regular reports. News.Real Circulation: 4500000 Owner: CTV Inc. Short news clips aimed at young viewers. 9 Channel Nine Court, Toronto, ON M1S 4B5 Circulation: 6200000 Host: Kristina Barnes. Phone: 416-332-5300 FAX: 416-332-5301 P.O. Box 9, Stn. 0, Toronto, ON M4A 2M9 WWW/Internet: www.cbc.ca/newsreal E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: 416-332-7400 FAX: 416-291-5337 P.O. Box 2640, Calgary, AB T2P 2M7 WWW: www.thecomedynetwork.ca E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: 866-639-7732 Ed Robinson, Senior VP Programming & GM WWW: www.ctvnews.com E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: 416-332-5303 Tom Haberstroh, Executive Producer Fifth Estate E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] Television Hosts: Bob McKeown, Linden MacIntyre, Hana Samara Mootoo, Transcripts Gartner. Country Music Television (CMT) Phone: 416-332-7394 Phone: 416-205-6663 FAX: 416-205-6668 24-hour music and entertainment network E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] combining country music videos with programs Foreign Assignment and features that focus on the artists and their Discovery Channel Hosts: Joe Schlesinger, Ian Hanomansing. music. Non-fiction programming themes of nature, P.O. Box 500, Stn. A, Toronto, ON M5W 1E6 Owner: Corus Entertainment/Viacom science, technology and adventure. Phone: 416-205-3700 FAX: 416-205-7166 64 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 18, Owner: 29533285 Canada Inc. (NetStar/Discovery E-Mail: [email protected] Toronto, ON M6K 3H4 Communications) Play Phone: 416-530-1191 FAX: 416-530-2215 Circulation: 6400000 An arts and culture show featuring interviews and WWW: www.cmtcanada.com 9 Channel Nine Court, P.O. Box 1200, performances. Brian Bolli, VP Sales Toronto, ON M1S 5R6 Host: Jian Ghomeshi. E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: 416-494-2929 800-370-2332 Donna Lee Aprile, Executive Producer John Cassaday, President & CEO FAX: 416-332-4230 E-Mail: [email protected] Jamie Haggerty, VP Operations E-Mail: [email protected] Newsworld Morning Ted Kennedy, Director of Music Programming WWW: www.exn.ca News and information. Gerry Mackrell, VP Sales Corus Television Paul Lewis, President & General Manager Hosts: Suhana Meharchand, Colleen Jones, Karen Kerry Morgan, VP Corporate Communication E-Mail: [email protected] Percy. Peter Moss, VP Programming Manager Steve Rayment, Director of Advertising & Brian Kienapple, Producer Paul Robertson, President TV Communications E-Mail: [email protected] Sally Tindal, Director of Media Phone: 416-490-7398 416-490-2929 The National CPAC (Cable Parliamentary E-Mail: [email protected] Evening national news broadcast. Host: Peter Mansbridge. Channel) Drive-In Classics P.O. Box 14000 Stn. A, Toronto, ON M5W 1E6 Live coverage of the House of Commons during About the whole genre of drive-in movies: Phone: 416-205-7984 FAX: 416-205-6393 Question Period, political and party analysis, blaxploitation, spaghetti westerns, car chase Cynthia Kinch, Executive Producer features and panels about public affairs issues. movies, creature features and gangster flicks. E-Mail: [email protected] Funded by Canada’s cable companies. Owner: CHUM Television Politics Owner: Canadian Cable Co. 299 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON M5V 2Z5 National political news. Host: Don Newman. Circulation: 1600000 Phone: 416-591-5757 Airs weekdays at 10:30 am ET and 5:00 pm ET P.O. Box 81099, Ottawa, ON K1P 1B1 E-Mail: [email protected] on Newsworld. Phone: 877-287-2722 FAX: 613-567-2749 WWW: www.driveinclassics.ca WWW: www.cbc.ca/programs/sites/politics.html E-Mail: [email protected] Paul Gratton, Vice President and General Manager Phone: 613-751-3407 FAX: 613-751-3485 WWW: www.cpac.ca Jennifer C.S.