Global's Hotel Hell Wins The Night
HGTV Canada and HISTORY Take Top Spots Across Specialty
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TORONTO, Aug. 28, 2012 /CNW/ - Shaw Media is celebrating a night of big wins across Global and its slate of specialty services. Global's Hotel Hell, featuring Gordon Ramsay, won Monday night with 1.6 million viewers (2+, national). HGTV Canada and HISTORY, whose fall schedules launched this week, took the top two spots (A25-54) across all non-sport specialty channels. All in over 16 million Canadians tuned in last night to Shaw Media networks.
HGTV and HISTORY's brand-new series claimed three of the top five non-sport specialty series in primetime (A25-54). HGTV's brand new Canadian series Live Here, Buy This took top spot alongside HISTORY's new Canadian series Bomb Hunters and Great Lake Warriors.
HGTV owned the top five non-sports specialty series amongst the sought after W25-54 demo. Its prime- time slate including the new series Live Here Buy This, and new episodes of House Hunters and House Hunters International made for an unbeatable lineup.
Over the next week Shaw Media continues to roll out hotly anticipated new fall series across all 18 of its specialty channels.
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BBM Canada PPM Data, Total Canada, 2a-2a Aug27/12, A2+, daily reach
BBM Canada PPM Overnight data August 27, 2012
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Shaw is a diversified communications and media company, providing consumers with broadband cable television, High-Speed Internet, Home Phone, telecommunications services (through Shaw Business), satellite direct-to-home services (through Shaw Direct) and engaging programming content (through Shaw Media). Shaw serves 3.4 million customers, through a reliable and extensive fibre network. Shaw Media operates one of the largest conventional television networks in Canada, Global Television, and 18 specialty networks including HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, HISTORY and Showcase. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol: TSX - SJR.B, NYSE - SJR). For more information about Shaw, please visit www.shaw.ca.
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