Craig Media Inc.

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Craig Media Inc. was a Canadian television broadcasting company. Founded in 1948 by John Craig in Brandon, Manitoba, the company began its foray in television broadcasting in 1955 with the launch of CKX-TV.

The company is based in Calgary, Alberta with Drew Craig, the grandson of John Craig, as its CEO. Craig Media was the owner of the original A-Channel system; CKX, a CBC affiliate, in Brandon, Manitoba; Toronto One, local television station in located in Toronto; and three digital television specialty channels: MTV Canada (now Razer), MTV2 (now PunchMuch) and TV Land Canada.

In January 2004, it was announced that Craig Media's broadcasting assets were up for sale. On April 12, 2004, CHUM Limited announced a deal to purchase Craig Media's broadcasting assets for $265 million. The sale was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on November 19, 2004, and was completed on December 1 of that year.

As CHUM already owns two stations in the Toronto market, a condition of the purchase was that Toronto One, a previous Craig Media venture, was sold to TVA and Sun Media. This sale was completed on December 2, 2004, for $46 million (CAD) and Sun Media's 29.9% share of the Toronto news channel CablePulse24.

Craig Media continues to own an interest in Skyweb, a subsidiary which offers broadband communications, including digital cable and high-speed Internet services, in Manitoba, British Columbia, California, and Hawaii.