Alliance Atlantis stakes claim to specialty growth curve

TORONTO - Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting said today that its specialty networks led the television industry in audience growth for the first three months of 2005. Its thirteen networks grew a combined 17% among adults 25 to 54 – almost three-times greater than the specialty industry average of 6%. Alliance Atlantis grew more than every other major specialty television network ownership group, it said. In addition, HGTV and Food Network Canada had their largest audiences since their launch during the first three months of 2005. The three-month growth for Alliance Atlantis’ established specialty networks for adults 25 to 54 was as...