BNN Rounds Out 2013 with Special Year-End Programming, December 20 and 24

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TORONTO (December 19, 2013) – Business News Network (BNN), Canada’s top source for business and finance news, caps off 2013 with a slate of special year-end programming. With segments airing on Friday, Dec. 20 and Tuesday, Dec. 24, the special holiday lineup highlights 2013’s top innovators, newsmakers, and predictions for the New Year.

Complete details of BNN’s year-end programming are as follows:

Friday, Dec. 20:

BNNs NEWSMAKER OF THE YEAR – 11 a.m. ET

As 2013 comes to a close, Pamela Ritchie and Greg Bonnell reflect on the top Canadian business stories of the year. Highlights include Blackberry’s meltdown, the tragic Lac-Mégantic derailment and the future of transporting oil by rail, the Keystone XL Pipeline, and the Canada-EU trade agreement.

HEADLINE YEAR IN REVIEW – 5 p.m. ET

In a one-hour live special edition of HEADLINE, host Howard Green is joined by special guests as they debate and select 2013’s top business story of the year, the best and worst CEO of the year, and the best and worst deal of the year. BNN’s guest newshounds also make predictions on what 2014 will bring.

Tuesday, Dec. 24:

BNN FIRESIDE CHAT – 2 p.m. ET

BNN hosts Greg Bonnell, Michael Hainsworth, Catherine Murray, and Frances Horodelski reflect on 2013 during a toasty fireside chat, with a summary of most and least favourite stories, best quotes, and business forecasts for the year ahead.

 INNOVATIVE EDGE – 5 p.m. ET         

In an encore broadcast, BNN shortlists Canada’s most innovative companies at the Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX), an exclusive one-day forum where investors, innovative companies, entrepreneurs, and facilitators converge to accelerate growth in the Canadian economy.

PASSION CAPITAL – 5:30 p.m. ET

In this half-hour special, Catherine Murray rounds up Canada’s top 10 leaders and organizations that have achieved long-term success by creating passion capital, defined as the energy, intensity, and sustainability needed to generate superior results. Murray explores how small start-ups develop the edge required to compete with large multinationals, and what enables large multinationals to stay relevant over time.

BOTTOM FEEDING – 7:30 a.m. ET

Pamela Ritchie zeroes in on TSX stocks that have been hitting rock bottom, exploring the potential value of beaten down stocks.

VIEW POINT – 8 p.m. ET

Business stories are not only significant to those in the world of finance, but are often regarded among the top news stories for all Canadians. Through interviews and debate, BNN experts Amber Kanwar, Andrew Bell, Mark Bunting, and Frances Horodelski highlight the most noteworthy news stories of 2013.   

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@catherinebnn
@pamelaritchie
@gbonnell
@amberkanwar
@hainsworthtv
@fhoro
@MarkBuntingBNN
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About BNN

BNN – Business News Network is Canada’s only television service devoted exclusively to business and finance news with wall-to-wall coverage of the markets. The network features the only televised stock ticker with real-time data from the TSX, NYSE and NASDAQ. BNN provides Canadian investors with the latest business news, newsmaker interviews and stock market analyses. BNN is a division of Bell Media, which is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company.  For more information about BNN, visit www.bnn.ca.

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For more information:

Kerstin van Bolderen, Bell Media, 416.384.6836 or kerstin.vanbolderen@bellmedia.ca
Julie MacFarlane, Bell Media, 416.384.4623 or julie.macfarlane@bellmedia.ca