6-K

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                                    FORM 6-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                      PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                          For the month of October 2005
                        Commission File Number: 001-14148

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                       CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

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                                 3100 TD CENTRE
                               201 PORTAGE AVENUE
                               WINNIPEG, MANITOBA,
                                 CANADA R3B 3L7
                                 (204) 956-2025
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                Form 20-F  [ ]                  Form 40-F   [X]

      Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

      Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper
of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to
security holders.

      Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ___________.

      Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper
of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the
registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the
report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a
material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
Commission filing on EDGAR.

      Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in
this Form the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                Yes  [ ]                        No  [X]

      If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-__

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                       CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.



Date: October 21, 2005                 By:     /s/ JOHN E. MAGUIRE
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                                               John E. Maguire
                                               Chief Financial Officer





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number            Description
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1                 CanWest Global Communications Corp. Press Release dated
                  October 20, 2005.

EX-99.1

                                 [COMPANY LOGO]

                                  NEWS RELEASE

                 /NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR
                        OVER UNITED STATES WIRE SERVICES/

For Immediate Release
October 20, 2005

           CANWEST MEDIAWORKS INCOME FUND ANNOUNCES FIRST DISTRIBUTION

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA - CanWest MediaWorks Income Fund (the "Fund") has announced
that its board of trustees has approved the Fund's first cash distribution of
$0.0463 per unit for the period from October 13, 2005, the date on which the
Fund completed its initial public offering, to October 31, 2005. The
distribution will be paid on November 15, 2005 to unitholders of record at the
close of business on October 31, 2005.

CanWest MediaWorks Income Fund (TSX: CWM.UN; www.cwmincomefund.com) is an
unincorporated, open-ended trust that holds an approximate 26% equity interest
in CanWest MediaWorks Limited Partnership, which is the largest publisher of
newspapers in Canada, as measured by paid circulation, readership and revenue.


For additional information concerning CanWest MediaWorks Income Fund, please
contact:

Doug Lamb, Chief Financial Officer
Tel:  (416) 383-2325
dlamb@canwest.com