Canwest Global Communications Corp (CWGVF/CWGVF.PK) Wrap Up:

Canwest Global Communications Corp. operates as a media company primarily in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Indonesia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It has interests in conventional television, specialty television channels, out-of-home advertising, publishing, and Web sites. The company owns and operates Global Television Network, E! Network, TVtropolis, and 5 Canadian specialty television channels, as well as other 18 Canadian specialty television channels. It also involves in the publication of various newspapers and magazines, including metropolitan daily newspapers, the National Post, and The New Republic, as well as operation of canada.com Web portal and other Web-based operations. In addition, the company operates four radio stations comprising Super FM, Metro FM, Joy FM, and Joy Turk FM. Further, its operations include out-of-home advertising. Additionally, the company owns and operates Ten Television Network. Canwest Global Communications was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada. On October 6, 2009, CanWest Global Communications Corp. filed for creditor protection from bankruptcy under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. On the same day, the company filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 15 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.