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| | CBC Lockout Boosts CTV & Global Ratings - Hollywood North Report |
 | | After two weeks, the lockout of roughly 5,500 CBC workers represented by the Canadian Media Guild is benefitting the network's competition, namely CTV and Global, who have taken new initiatives to lure viewers to their national news products, efforts that appear to be paying off. |
 | | As the CBC and its employees wrangle over this issue, The National, Global Television and CTV have taken out ads for their national newscasts in several metro dailies, targeting displaced CBC viewers. |
 | | Meanwhile, CTV is heavily courting Ontario and Quebec viewers via the print media, reminding people they can catch the Atlantic feed of CTV News with Lloyd Robertson at 10 p.m. |
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