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Canwest Global Communications Corporation, which operated under the corporate brand Canwest, was a major Canadian media company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with its head offices at Canwest Place. It held radio, television broadcasting and publishing assets in several countries, primarily in Canada. Canwest entered bankruptcy protection in late 2009, leading to the sale of the company's assets. Canwest's newspaper arm was sold to a group of creditors led by ''National Post'' CEO Paul Godfrey, through a newly formed company named Postmedia Network. The sale of the company's broadcasting arm to Shaw Communications closed on October 27, 2010, after CRTC approval for the sale was announced on October 22; those assets are now collectively known as Shaw Media.〔(Shaw Media website ). Shawmedia.ca.〕 Following the sale of assets, the company was renamed 2737469 Canada Inc., ceased to carry on business, and commenced bankruptcy proceedings under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.〔"(Canwest’s restructuring Plan successfully implemented )", 2737469 Canada Inc. press release (via Shaw Media), 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2010-10-27.〕 The company was finally dissolved on May 27, 2013. ==Operations== As of April 2009 (prior to seeking creditor protection), Canwest owned, in whole or part, a variety of Canadian media assets, including: * Global Television Network, a primary Canadian television network which reaches over 94% of the English-speaking population of Canada; * E!, a now-defunct secondary Canadian television system consisted of five smaller-market stations; however, through repeaters and cable television it reaches the majority of major Canadian markets. The "E!" name was licensed by the American channel of the same name, which also supplies the majority of its programming outside of local news and regional programming and primetime shows from the American broadcast networks; * Specialty services including Showcase, Slice, HGTV Canada, TVtropolis (now DTour) and various digital services; * Southam Inc. and its former properties, which included the number-two national newspaper ''National Post'', the broadsheet daily newspapers in most major markets, several other smaller newspapers, and the Canwest News Service newswire. Canwest was Canada's largest newspaper publisher; * Production, distribution, and Internet assets associated with all the Canwest properties The company had previously sold off some of the smaller newspapers it had acquired in the Southam purchase. Canwest also previously owned broadcasting operations in Australia (as majority shareholder of Network Ten), New Zealand (through CanWest MediaWorks New Zealand), and the Republic of Ireland (as a minority shareholder of TV3). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canwest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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