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Astral Media Inc.
 PROFILE
Astral Media takes its name (and its profits) from the stars. The Canadian TV broadcaster operates (alone or with partners) some 20 French- and English-language cable and pay-per-view TV networks (The Movie Network, Canal D, Moviepix). Its two radio arms, Radio Énergie (youth programming) and Radiomédia (information programming), operate one of the largest private FM radio networks in Canada and a handful of AM stations, respectively. The company has agreed to buy an additional 19 stations in Canada from Telemedia. In addition, Astral Media has stakes in Artech Digital Entertainments (multimedia software) and Astral Media Outdoor (outdoor advertising). It sold its AstralTech video duplication firm in 2000. The family of CEO Ian Greenberg controls about 55% of Astral.

 COMPETITION
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (dossier)
CTV Inc. (dossier)
CanWest Global Communications Corp. (CWG)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: August
2000 Sales (mil.): 192.40
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (24.1)%
Employees: 1,200
Revenue per employee: $160,333.33

 KEY PEOPLE
• Ian Greenberg
    CEO
• Claude A. Gagnon
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
2100 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
Montréal Québec H3H 2T3, Canada
Phone: 1-514-939-5000
Fax: 1-514-939-1515
Online: Web Site

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