35 Dundas Street East
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35 Dundas Street East is an office building in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. First built in 2004, the building was initially home to Olympic Spirit Toronto, an Olympic-themed entertainment attraction until 2006. The building was recently acquired by Rogers Communications as the new home of its three broadcast television stations and one radio station in the city.
The building is located east of Yonge Street on Dundas Square, near the Eaton Centre and Toronto Life Square.
[edit] Rogers Communications
On October 22, 2007, Rogers Media, the new owners of Citytv, announced an agreement to purchase the building to house its Toronto television stations CITY-TV, CFMT-TV, CJMT-TV as well as its sports radio station CJCL. Rogers Media's $375 million purchase of Citytv in June 2007 came after the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ordered CTVglobemedia to sell the Citytv stations as part of a $1.4 billion takeover of CHUM Limited.
The former CHUM stations now owned by CTV such as CablePulse 24, MuchMusic, MuchMoreMusic, Star!, Bravo! and Space will remain in the CHUM-City Building at 299 Queen Street West.
Rogers Media's headquarters, where The Biography Channel Canada and G4techTV Canada are based, will remain at the CFMT Building at Bathurst and Fleet Streets. The Rogers Communications headquarters (where the other radio stations will remain) are based at the Rogers Building at Bloor and Jarvis Streets. [1] [2] [3]
The company's Toronto television stations and The Fan 590 are expected to move in by March of 2009.[4] As of March 2008, the building has a large banner on it featuring the Citytv and OMNI Television logos as well as advertising posters for Citytv and OMNI Television.
[edit] References
- ^ "CITY-TV gets a new Toronto home", by Matt Hartley, The Globe and Mail, October 23, 2007.
- ^ "Citytv Announces Location For New Home: Right in the Heart of Toronto", CityNews, October 22, 2007.
- ^ "Dundas Square new home of Citytv", by Rita Trichur, The Toronto Star, October 23, 2007.
- ^ "Preview Citytv's New Home", CityNews.ca, January 11, 2008.
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