HGTV Canada Achieves Highest Daily Audience in Network History

Holmes Inspection Marathon Brings In Unprecedented Number Of Viewers

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TORONTO , Jan. 7 /CNW/ - HGTV Canada kicked-off 2010 with a bang, achieving a record daily audience of 78,000 on Sunday, January 3 in the highly coveted A25-54 demographic.

Sunday's record-breaking day featured a Holmes Inspection marathon from 11am ET to 6pm ET with an encore presentation from 6pm ET to 12am ET . This surpasses HGTV's previous highest daily audience of 70,700 among A25-54 achieved on August 24, 2008 . Holmes Inspection, which launched in fall 2009, helps homeowners who have been victims of home inspections gone wrong, and features Mike Holmes , the well-known host of Holmes on Homes.

Holmes Inspection airs Thursdays at 8pm ET /PT.

    
    Source:   BBM Canada PPM (Aug 31/09 onward)
              BBM-NMR Meter data (prior to Aug 31/09)
    

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Canwest Broadcasting operates Global Television and eighteen of the country's most popular specialty channels, including HGTV Canada , Mystery TV, National Geographic Channel, Showcase, History Television, Food Network Canada and TVtropolis. Canwest Broadcasting is a division of Canwest Media Inc.

About Canwest Originals

Canwest is the proud home of the most diverse slate of Canadian Original programs across the Dramatic, Lifestyle and Entertainment genres. As a steadfast supporter of the Canadian production community, Canwest is dedicated to bringing the best of the country to audiences nationwide - including shows such as; Copper, Family Restaurant, Homes Inspection, Ice Pilots: NWT, 16:9, Re-Vamped and the nation's number one entertainment newsmagazine Entertainment Tonight Canada .

About Canwest Media Inc.

Canwest Media Inc. is a subsidiary of Canwest Global Communications Corp. (www.canwest.com), Canada's largest media company. In addition to owning the Global Television Network, operating 18 industry-leading specialty channels and having ownership in 5 specialty channels, Canwest is Canada's largest publisher of English language paid daily newspapers and owns and operates more than 80 online properties.

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