Week 3

Canadian Industry Overview

Bell TV Holdings….so far

Bell’s radio subsidiaries…

THE BIG TAKEOVER

• Only a few short years after Bell acquired the CTV family, the corporation is now in negotiation talks with the CRTC to take over the properties of one of its largest competitors, ASTRAL.

• *Update- As of June 23, 2013, the CRTC has approved Bell’s takeover bid of $3.4 Billion dollars

• Good for Canadians?

Astral’s TV Holdings:

• TMN, HBO Canada, Family, Super-Ecran, Teletoon, Cartoon Network

• Astral also owns hundreds of radio stations across Quebec and the Maritimes.

*That’s a small but significant chunk of the French market.

AND then there was SHAW• Based mainly in the West• HOLDINGS: Global Television, Food Network, Showcase, HGTV, History, Slice

SHAW MEDIA• Global Television (BC, Okanagan, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge,

Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Maritimes)• BBC Canada• BBC Kids• Dejaview• DIY Network Canada• Food Network• Fox Sports World• Global Reality Channel• HGTV

• Food Network Canada• History Television• Showcase• IFC• Movietime• Mystery• National Geographic• Action• Showcase Diva• Slice• TV Tropolis• Twist TV

• Corus is a Shaw FAMILY thing, not a Shaw corporate thing. Q. What is Corus Entertainment’s current relationship with Shaw?

• A. Corus Entertainment was created from the media assets of Shaw Communications Inc. Corus became a separate and distinct, publicly traded corporation in September 1999. There is no formal ownership or control relationship between Corus Entertainment and Shaw Communications. The Shaw family holds the majority of voting shares in both companies. Shaw Cable is one of Corus Entertainment’s largest customers.

• *If we include Corus’ holdings, Shaw also has hundreds of radio stations.

Rogers, more small time but still a player

• TV Holdings:• CityTV • OMNI • The Biography Channel • Sportsnet ….THEY NOW OWN THE RIGHTS

TO NHL!• G4 Tech TV • The Shopping Channel • Rogers TV • OLN • Dome Productions

Rogers is a big time publisher• Canadian Business, Money Sense, Profit , L'actualité,

Maclean's, baby & toddler, bout de chou, enfants, poupon, newborn, pregnancy, Today's Parent Toronto, Today's Parent , connected, Connected Business, Chatelaine (two publications - English & French), Cosmetiques, Cosmetics, Flare, glow, Hello! Canada, Lou Lou (two publications - English & French), Pure, Advisor's Edge, Advisor's Edge Report, Assurance, Autoplant, Advantages, Benefits Canada, Capital, Canadian Contractor, CCCA, Canadian Directory of Shopping Centres, Canadian Grocer, Canadian Healthcare Manager, Top Broker, Canadian Investment Review, Canadian Manufacturing.com, Canadian Metalworking, Canadian Packaging, CP - Canadian Printer, Card online, Coatings, Conseiller, Design Engineering, ETC.

Rogers also owns…

• Rogers Wireless - Rogers, Fido, Chatr • Rogers Cable • A few dozen radio stations• SPORTS• Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club • Rogers Centre (Toronto) • naming rights for Vancouver's Rogers Arena (a

10-year sponsorship deal that runs until July 2020 with the owners of the stadium, Canucks Sports & Entertainment which is owned by Aquilini Investors Group)

And then there was Quebecor

And they deal in:analog and digital broadcasting; cable and wireless telephone; internet access; newspaper, magazine, and book publishing; and the distribution and retailing of a wide array of cultural products

A Sampling of Quebor’s properties• Sun Media (newspapers) (includes the former

Osprey Media) • TVA Group (broadcasting, publishing & production) • Vidéotron (cable television and internet service provider) • Canoe Inc. (internet websites including

Canoe.ca/Canoe.com portal and Archambault.ca) • MediaPages (print and online directories) • TVA Publishing Inc. (largest magazine publishing

company in Quebec) • Quebecor Media Book Group (book publishing

companies) • Archambault stores (books, music and video) • Distribution Select (distributor of CDs and videos) • Le SuperClub Vidéotron (DVD and Blu-ray movie rental

stores) • Nurun Inc. (interactive agency)

What can we conclude?

• lack of ?????

• ________ integration

• bad or good for competition?

• production value?

• Unique programming?

• CanCon?

If you think the media industry in Canada is under major

corporate control, check out America

Corporate Constellations

• The major defense contractors most connected to media giants seem to be Honeywell and Northrop Grumman. Honeywell has a 2nd degree connection to CBS via Merril Lynch, a 2nd degree connection to Disney via Edison International, and a 2nd degree connection to GE via Verizon. Northrop Grumman is connected to GE via Deere and Chevron, to Disney via Washington Mutual, and to CBS via Merrill Lynch.

• Haliburton and Raytheon are connected to Time via Citigroup. Lockheed is connected to News Corp via Ford Motor, and to Time via Dell. (Note that News corp is relatively isolated from the other media giants.)

What are the implications?

• EPIC 2015

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQDBhg60UNI

• Or

• http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_social_media_and_the_end_of_gender.html