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Category Television - Global Date 8/29/2006 |
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Global Television Programming Garners 25 Nominations For 2006 Gemini Awards
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Audiences Nationwide Can Tune Into The Gala Awards Broadcast
Direct From Vancouver, Sat., November 4 On Global Television
Nominations Include…
Global National With Kevin Newman:
Best Newscast, Best Anchor
Entertainment Tonight Canada:
Best General/Human Interest Series |
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(TORONTO) – Global Television received 25 Gemini nominations announced today by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. ReGenesis II leads the pack with 10 nominations including one for Best Dramatic Series and Global National received three nominations including one for Best Newscast and Best News Anchor for Kevin Newman. Entertainment Tonight Canada also received a nomination for Best General/Human Interest Series.
“Our commitment and support of our home-grown talent is steadfast,” said Barbara Williams, Senior Vice President, Programming and Production, CanWest MediaWorks. “It is gratifying to see the work of both our external partners and in-house creative teams recognized for their achievement within the Canadian television landscape - congratulations to all the nominees and we look forward to celebrating the Gemini Awards in Vancouver this Fall.”
ReGenesis II - 10 nominations
The Next Great Chef - 4 nominations
Renegadepress.com - 4 nominations
Global National - 3 nominations
Global News BC - 1 nomination
Entertainment Tonight Canada - 1 nomination
From The Ground Up with Debbie Travis - 1 nomination
Girl Racers - 1 nomination
For the complete list of nominees, please visit: www.geminiawards.ca.
Global Television broadcasts the 21st Annual Gemini Awards ceremony on Saturday, November 4, being held for the first time outside Toronto - direct from the River Rock Casino Resort in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Global Television is owned by CanWest MediaWorks Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CanWest Global Communications Corp, (CanWest) (NYSE: CWG; TSX: CGS and CGS.A, www.canwestglobal.com). CanWest, an international media company, is Canada’s largest media company. In addition to owning the Global Television network, CanWest is Canada’s largest publisher of daily newspapers, and also owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in conventional television, out-of-home advertising, specialty cable channels, Web sites and radio networks in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Singapore, Malaysia, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
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Media Contacts:
Grace Park
Global Television
Yvonne Chiang
Global News
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