GlobalNational - most watched national newscast

[tvwest]

Global National With Kevin Newman Delivers More Than

One Million Canadian Viewers in Its New Timeslot

Now Canada’s Most-Watched National Newscast

(VANCOUVER - February 10, 2006) After just three nights in its new timeslot, Global National has become the most-watched national newscast on conventional network television, growing 33 per cent to more than one million viewers* coast-to-coast.

*All data BBM, February 6-8, 2006, P2+ total Canada:

Monday, February 6
Global National: 1,118,000
CBC National: 962,000
CTV National News: 902,000

Tuesday, February 7
Global National: 1,040,000
CTV National News: 970,000
CBC National: 824,000

Wednesday, February 8
Global National: 1,137,000
CBC National: 1,017,000
CTV National News: 919,000

With an all-new set, new look and enhanced package, anchor and executive editor Kevin Newman and the Global National news team continue to provide unique perspective and in-depth analysis to major national and international events, with a firm mandate of helping Canadians break down and make sense of complex issues

“The fact that Canadians are tuning in to watch us at 5:30 p.m. clearly show the nation’s appetite for news, especially at an early suppertime hour,” says Steve Wyatt, senior vice president of news and information for Global Television. “It’s rewarding for the team to know that their hard work and commitment to excellence is appreciated by our viewers and we want to thank Canadians for tuning in to Global National.”

The emphasis on news is part of Global Television’s new brand strategy that will situate the network as the premiere Canadian source for news and entertainment programming.

About Global National:
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 at 5:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. in the Maritimes) 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 with a distinctive voice and approach to the day's top stories.

About Global Television:
Global Television is owned by CanWest MediaWorks Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CanWest Global Communications Corp, (CanWest) (NYSE: CWG; TSX: CGS.SV and CGS.NV, http://www.canwestglobal.com). CanWest, an international media company, 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, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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EDITORS NOTE: New photos of Kevin Newman and the Global National set are available upon request.

For further information, please contact:

Yvonne Chiang
Publicist, Global News
604-422-6736
[e-mail]

Grace Park
Publicity Manager, Global Television
416-446-5331
[e-mail]

[Tim]

Well deserved, in my opinion.

[love4bctv]

yes very well deserved, now i guess CTV has to change there slogon from Canada's #1 newscast to somthing else, what a bunch of liers

[gordon]

These ratings ,although extremely good for Global National, are the first 3 overnights, therefore are just snapshots &do not show a any sort of longterm trend. That will take a couple of ratings books. If these overnights do turn out to be the longterm trend then maybe CTV & CBC may well need to consider a change in time slot for their national newscasts.

[zacharack]

It is good for Global but as Gordon said, it's been 3 overnights. Let's see what it is down the road.

[zacharack]

Is it actually the most watched national newscast? According to CTV, it isn't!

Feb. 10, 2006 - For Immediate Release

CTV National News Remains No. 1
Toronto, ON (February 10, 2006) – Newly released Thursday night data from Nielsen Media Research reconfirms CTV National News is Canada's No. 1 national newscast.

Despite claims to the contrary, CTV National News With Lloyd Robertson remains the Canadian choice for national news.

The following is a snapshot of the National news ratings across Canada last night.

*All data from Nielsen Media Research, for Thursday, Feb. 9:


CTV National News With Lloyd Robertson (11 p.m.): 1.23 million
Global National (5:30 p.m.): 920,000
CBC's The National (10 p.m.): 695,000
With Thursday's ratings data in the books, CTV reports the following 4-day average for each.

*All data from Nielsen Media Research, Feb. 6-9, 2006:

CTV National News With Lloyd Robertson: 1.04 million viewers
Global National: 1.001 million viewers
CBC's The National: 763,000
CTV also notes that its national newscast ranked No. 1 this week, despite the Wednesday night anomaly that saw The Grammy Awards broadcast through the 11 p.m. ET news hour.

"Time is the true equalizer," said CTV News President Robert Hurst. "Amid the on-going ratings peaks and valleys we all experience, the one constant continues to be that when the dust settles, CTV is the preferred national news destination for Canadians coast-to-coast. We are committed to continuing that trend."

CTV News is Canada's most-watched news organization both locally and nationally and has a network of national, international and local news operations including nine foreign and seven domestic network news bureaus. CTV News operations include CTV Newsnet, Report on Business Television and information programming, including CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson, CTV National News with Sandie Rinaldo, Canada AM, W-FIVE and Question Period. With a perspective that is distinctly Canadian, CTV News brings Canadians the international and domestic news stories of the day and is the number-one news organization in Canada. Robert Hurst is President, CTV News.

CTV, Canada's largest private broadcaster, offers a wide range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment programming. It has the number-one national newscast, CTV National News With Lloyd Robertson, and is the number-one choice for prime-time viewing. CTV owns 21 conventional television stations across Canada and has interests in 14 specialty channels, including the number-one Canadian specialty channel, TSN. CTV is owned by Bell Globemedia, Canada's premier multi-media company. More information about CTV may be found on the company Web site at www.ctv.ca.

[love4bctv]

Global and CTV pay off the rating companys

[zacharack]

love4bctv said:

Global and CTV pay off the rating companys

It would look like it! I'm interested in which one is telling the truth! I guess that's asking for too much, isn't it?

[news1]

CTV are liars. I don't believe this for one minute. Im pretty sure Global's are the right numbers.

CTV even got their numbers wrong for the election coverage. They left out several factors like CBC Newsworld in their ratings. Even Kevin Newman admits it in this article

jam.canoe.ca/Television/2006/02/05/1427503.html

[stickguy]

Actually, they're both right. If you look at CTV's press release, multiply the average numbers by four, subtract the Thursday numbers and divide by three to get the Mon-Wed average, Global has the bigger number. I can only conclude CTV got a big Thursday lead-in from CSI / ER.