Global Traffic Network

Global Traffic Network is a helicopter traffic reporting service that provides reports to radio and television stations across the United States and Canada. The company was formed in 2005 by principals from Westwood One and Metro Networks, both of which provide direct traffic and news programming to their affiliate stations in the U.S.

Global Traffic Network also has four subsidiaries, Canadian Traffic Network, Australian Traffic Network, Global Traffic Network UK and Global Traffic Network Europe.

Global Traffic Network was established to be a worldwide aviation company providing helicopter traffic and news reports on the radio and television. It is the leading helicopter vendor for radio traffic and weather reports in Canada and Australia, through its subsidiary Australian Traffic Network. With management and broadcast contracts between Global and Westwood One, the company also is the leading helicopter traffic vendor for radio in the United States supplying 65 markets through Metro Networks.

Global Traffic Network is also attempting to expand its market reach in the televised media through its Australian subsidiary. Combined with the radio affiliates, Global is the dominant ENG helicopter vendor in Australia.

Global Traffic’s media reach, as a helicopter company, is the largest in the world, an idea first hatched by vendors of Metro Networks in 1999.