SAN FRANCISCO — December 2, 2002 — CustomWeather, the leading supplier of syndicated weather data, announced today that it has partnered with Corus Entertainment Inc., owner of 50 radio stations in major markets in Canada. As part of a joint contract that includes Emmis Communications and Corus Entertainment, comprehensive global weather forecasts and reports are delivered to radio station web sites. Corus Entertainment is Canada’s largest radio operator in terms of revenue and audience tuning, reaching nearly 8 million listeners each week.

“We’re delighted to have a partner like CustomWeather that enables us to present quality weather content for our station web sites.  In addition to the extensive scope of forecasts and reports that they offer, their ability to easily provide their data in English, as well as French, was attractive to us,” Said John Hayes, President of Radio for Corus Entertainment.

The company’s 50 radio stations reach nearly 30% of all Canadians over the age of 12 each week, and are consistently rated in the top few stations for their targeted demographic.

“Working with Corus has been a pleasure,” said Murray Armstrong, Director of Sales and Business Development at CustomWeather. “The scope of our forecasts makes us a good partner for them because their audiences are across Canada. They recognize the value of our ability to provide our forecasts in multiple languages, and in a format that matches their technical requirements.”

CustomWeather, headquartered in San Francisco, offers syndicated custom weather content, services and applications that are designed to be fully integrated and private-labeled. CustomWeather’s geo-coded data feeds are available in desirable formats such as XML, WML, HDML and ASCII. CustomWeather generates over 58,000 unique forecasts worldwide, establishing it as the industry leader for global location-based coverage at both the US and International levels. CustomWeather is the weather supplier for customers around the world including Lycos, Galileo Travel, Go2 Systems, I3 Mobile, FastCast Broadcasting, Liberty Travel and VoltDelta. For more information visit www.customweather.com or check the weather at www.myforecast.com.

Corus Entertainment is a Canadian-based media and entertainment company. Corus is a market leader in both specialty TV and Radio. Corus also owns Nelvana Limited, an internationally recognized producer and distributor of children’s programming and products. The Company’s other interests include music, television broadcasting and advertising services. A publicly traded company, Corus is listed on the Toronto (CJR.B) and New York (CJR).

 

 

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Geoff Flint

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