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Montreal, October 19, 2006 – Transcontinental
Media announced today that it will transition TV Guide
to a web publication. The new Internet platform will support
more detailed listings, more frequent programming updates,
and portable listings consultation, serving to make www.tvguide.ca
the essential online television entertainment and listings
source for Canadians. What’s more, it will provide region-specific
program line-ups for communities across Canada – for
free. The November 25, 2006 issue of TV Guide, on
newsstands November 20th, will be the last issue of the magazine
in its current format.
“TV Guide has served communities across Canada
well for 30 years and as the listings landscape is changing,
TV Guide is evolving along with it,” said Natalie
Larivière, president of Transcontinental Media. “As
we have stated previously, our intention under the digital
media strategy of our Evolution 2010 business plan
is to expand the well-respected content of our publications
onto more complete websites and other platforms. TV Guide’s
move to the web is an exciting new direction for this mature
and trusted brand, and in this case, going with a web-only
product is a fitting format for the time-sensitive and frequently
changing nature of the content this publication provides.
Transcontinental is thrilled that the re-launched www.tvguide.ca,
with free detailed television listings and the same highly
consulted editorial content, will be available in millions
of Canadian homes on November 28, 2006.”
About Transcontinental Media
The fourth-largest print media group in Canada, with more
than 3000 employees and annual revenues of $555 million
in 2005, Transcontinental Media is the country’s leading
publisher of consumer magazines and of French-language educational
resources as well as being the largest publisher of community
newspapers in Eastern Canada. It publishes the weekday daily
Métro in Montreal, owns a number of digital
business units, and is also, through Publi-Sac, Quebec’s
leading door-to-door distributor of advertising material.
Transcontinental Media is a subsidiary of Transcontinental
Inc. (TSX: TCL.A, TCL.B), which has more than 14,000
employees in Canada, the United States and Mexico and reported
revenues of C$2.2 billion (US$1.9 billion) in 2005.
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For Information:
Media
Jake Brennan
Media Relations Coordinator
Transcontinental Inc.
Telephone: (514) 954-4000
jake.brennan@transcontinental.ca
Financial Community
Stéphane Milot
Director, Investor Relations and
External Communications
Transcontinental Inc.
Telephone: (514) 954-2821
stephane.milot@transcontinental.ca
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