CTV’s BNN has reached a major milestone, the Business News Network turned 10 years ago, it was originally launched as ROBTv on September 1, 1999. Over the years the network has grown to reach 5.8 million 5.8 million subscribers* with an average audience of 1.2 million viewers tuning in each week (source: BBM/NMR) with a team of 120 staff.
“Over the past decade, BNN has enjoyed steady growth and has been embraced by the Canadian business community” said Jack Fleischmann, General Manager, BNN. “BNN’s team is responsible for making the channel what it is today and we will rely on their talent and dedication to continue to bring Canadians the business stories that matter in the next ten years.”
As part of the celebration of this milestone BNN will be doing a look back at several key interviews that have helped to create BNN as we know it today including:
- David Beatty — Conway Director, Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics & Board Effectiveness and Professor of Strategic Management
- Clive Beddoe – Former CEO, WestJet
- Tom Caldwell – Chairman, Caldwell Securities
- Jack Mintz – Former President and CEO, C.D. Howe Institute, Prof. University of Calgary
- Jimmy Pattison – Chairman, CEO, The Jimmy Pattison Group
- John Risley – Chairman, Clearwater Seafoods
- Catherine Swift – Chairwoman, President and CEO, Canadian Federation of Independent Business
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