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Bloomberg TV Canada to launch in November

Bloomberg TV Canada will launch on Nov. 16, writes James Bradshaw of The Globe and Mail in Toronto.

Bradshaw writes, “The ‎launch of Bloomberg TV Canada will replace the American-focused Bloomberg Television on many TV packages, mixing about 35 per cent Canadian content with existing programming from the U.S. feed.

“Its debut comes slightly later than expected after minor technical delays, but ‎is expected to intensify competition for business viewers as Canada’s television industry prepares to shift to a ‘pick-and-pay’ environment that will give consumers more flexibility to choose which channels they subscribe to.

“In recent weeks and months, Bloomberg’s Canadian office has also made key hires to begin building its TV roster.

Pamela Ritchie, a former ‎host with rival network BNN, will anchor The Daily Brief, a one-hour program that will air at 4 p.m. ET, focused on ‘the day’s market action,’ according to a statement from Bloomberg.

Michael Bancroft, another former BNN staff member who also has experience at U.S. network CNBC, has joined earlier this year as executive producer of Bloomberg TV Canada.”

Read more here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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