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Category Television - Global Date 9/19/2006 |
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Global Television First To Offer U.S. Primetime Programming To Canadian Online Viewers
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Network Announces Next Phase In Broadband Video Rollout
Hit Series 'Deal Or No Deal' Leads Debut of Premium Video Player at www.globaltv.com
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Canada's Most Watched National Newscast,
'Global National With Kevin Newman'
Featured On Global Television Roster
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(TORONTO) - Global Television today announced the next phase in its broadband video roll-out, leading with the first-to-market online premiere of a US primetime franchise, and the addition of complete episodes from the network's Canadian news, drama, comedy and documentary programming slate.
Located at the online hub for Global Television, www.globaltv.com, this free, advertiser-supported offering features the Canadian broadband premiere of the smash Howie Mandel-hosted gamer, 'Deal or No Deal', in addition to daily editions of 'Global National with Kevin Newman', all new homegrown documentaries from the 'Global Currents' library, plus the debut seasons of steamy young-adult drama, 'Falcon Beach', and whip-smart comedy, 'The Jane Show'.
Each of the programs will be available online following their television broadcast, with select episodes archived on a customised menu - giving audiences across Canada increased access and expanded choice in creating their Global Television experience on demand. Users can click the "VIDEO" tab on the www.globaltv.com home page to access the Global broadband player.
"We're delighted to offer this online first to Global audiences nationwide," said Kathleen Dore, President of Television & Radio for CanWest MediaWorks Inc. "It's a tremendous opportunity for our team to deliver premium US and Canadian content on this emerging platform, and work with exciting new advertisers and content partners to extend the Global Television brand."
Today's industry-leading content announcement reflects an ongoing series of Global Television Canadian exclusives in the interactive arena. Last year the network delivered the first national newscast available via podcast, and soon after, set the pace in offering video news content on BlackBerry devices, via bbtv. www.Globaltv.com is part of the award-winning Canada.com network.
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DEAL OR NO DEAL - Hosted by the man who coined the term "bald is the new black", comes the game show that has taken North America by storm...Canadian actor/comedian Howie Mandel fronts each weekly half-hour, offering a lucky contestant the opportunity to win a million dollar prize - tucked away in one of 26 suitcases all filled with varying amounts of cash...Will contestants play it safe or settle for the Banker's secret offer?
GLOBAL NATIONAL WITH KEVIN NEWMAN - Canada's most-watched national newscast greets another milestone as it celebrates its fifth anniversary. Since its launch on September 3, 2001, Global National has distinguished itself as a critically-acclaimed, award-winning newscast that has been embraced by growing audiences coast-to-coast. Global National With Kevin Newman is also available as a Podcast and via bbtv at www.globaltv.com.
GLOBAL CURRENTS - Global National's Kevin Newman presents a unique documentary series committed to revealing extraordinary perspectives and issues affecting all Canadians. Each one-hour, independently-produced documentary represents the talents of Canada's best socio-political, environmental, humanist and scientific documentary filmmakers.
FALCON BEACH - Setting a new stage for young adult drama in Canada, Falcon Beach tells the story of local and vacationing young men and women sharing three months together in a fictional waterfront community on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. This steamy weekly hour is now heading into Season Two.
THE JANE SHOW - Keeping the comedy writer-actor genre alive, Second City alumnae Teresa Pavlinek stars as "Jane Black", a thirty-something novelist who foregoes her dream in order to join the 'normal' working world - only to discover it's anything but.
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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 Global Television, 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.
CanWest Interactive owns an extensive portfolio of consumer and business to business websites, including: the canada.com network, one of Canada's leading news and information online destination; FP Infomart, Canada's largest print and video data subscription service; and a family of leading online classified sites including working.com, driving.ca, remembering.ca, celebrating.com and connecting.com.
CanWest Interactive is 74% indirectly owned by CanWest Global Communications Corp, (NYSE: CWG; TSX: CGS.SV and CGS.NV, www.canwestglobal.com), and 26% indirectly owned by the CanWest MediaWorks Income Fund (TSX: CWM.UN; www.cwmincomefund.com. CanWest Global Communications Corp., an international media company, is Canada's largest media company and largest publisher of daily newspapers. CanWest also owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in free-to-air and subscription-based television networks, out-of-home advertising, web sites, and radio stations and networks in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Contact:
Grace Park
www.globaltvmedia.com
User ID: globaltvmedia
Password: pressinfo
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