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    Advisory - BMO Nesbitt Burns Media Industry Conference to be Webcast  

     

    BMO Nesbitt Burns will webcast its annual Media Industry Conference on Tuesday, March 25th in Toronto. The conference will feature roundtable discussions involving senior executives from some of Canada’s leading media companies.

    Tim Casey, Media Analyst, BMO Nesbitt Burns, will moderate the half-day conference.

    The entire conference will be webcast live and can be accessed at: http://corporate.bmo.com/conferences

    Scheduled presenters and times are*:

    8:20am

    OPENING REMARKS
    William Downe, Deputy Chair, BMO Financial Group & CEO, BMO Nesbitt Burns

    8:25

    INTRODUCTION
    Tim Casey, Media & Entertainment Analyst, BMO Nesbitt Burns

    8:30

    ROUNDTABLE 1 - Television Panel
    Jay Switzer, President & CEO, CHUM Limited
    Reality TV: The Rebirth of Conventional Television? A Programmer's Perspective on Programming Cycles

    8:40

    John Cassaday, President & CEO, Corus Entertainment
    The Outlook for Pay Television

    8:50

    Michael MacMillan, Chairman & CEO, Alliance Atlantis
    Narrowcasting: Opportunities in Targeted Demographics

    9:00

    Jack Tomik, President, CanWest Media Sales, CanWest Global
    Managing Fragmentation: Driving New Revenue Models and Managing Costs in a Fragmenting Viewership Environment

    9:10

    Ivan Fecan, President & CEO, Bell Globemedia
    Scoring with Sports Broadcasting

    9:20

    Panel Discussion & Q&A

    9:50

    Coffee Break

    10:05

    ROUNDTABLE 2 - Radio Panel
    Rael Merson, President, Rogers Broadcasting
    Consolidation and Regulation: Review and Outlook

    10:15

    Jay Switzer, President & CEO, CHUM Limited
    Portfolio Management in Radio

    10:25

    John Hayes, President, Corus Radio
    Opportunities in AM Radio

    10:35

    Panel Discussion & Q&A

    11:00

    ROUNDTABLE 3 - Publishing Panel
    Phillip Crawley, Publisher & CEO, The Globe & Mail
    The National Story: Opportunities and Challenges in Managing a National Franchise in a Local Medium

    11:10

    Rick Camilleri, COO, CanWest Global
    The Broadsheet Story: Maximizing the Broadsheet Franchise

    11:20

    Pierre Francoeur, President & CEO, Sun Media
    The Tabloid Story: Maximizing the Tabloid Franchise

    11:30

    André Préfontaine, President, Transcontinental Media
    Community Publishing: Maximizing Value with Community Papers

    11:40

    Robert Prichard, President & CEO, Torstar Corporation
    The Super Regional: Driving Synergies Between Dailies and Weeklies

    11:50

    Panel Discussion & Q&A

    12:30 pm

    Wrap-Up

    BMO Nesbitt Burns, a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), is a full-service North American investment bank offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a broad range of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisition advisory services, merchant banking, research, sales and trading.  Through offices in more than 20 locations in North America and around the world, BMO Nesbitt Burns works with clients, matching innovation and expertise with a diverse and integrated product base to provide the right financial solution.

    *Agenda subject to change

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