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| Rogers Media to Launch OMNI TV Manitoba in February |
| Posted
on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 07:35 PM |
Rogers Media Television announced today that the latest member of the OMNI family, OMNI TV Manitoba will launch on Monday, February 6th to viewers in the Winnipeg area. OMNI TV Manitoba is the newly branded, newly licensed television station resulting from Rogers' purchase of NOW TV and the subsequent approval by the CRTC Decision Public Notion 2005-207.
"This is an exciting time for the Rogers OMNI Television family as well as the Canadian broadcasting industry," comments Leslie Sole, CEO of Rogers Media Television. "Not only is the OMNI brand now reaching more viewers in the West but we are also providing greater choice to Canadians by meeting the needs of those who are looking for more multi-faith/multi-spiritual programming."
Leading the OMNI Manitoba team is General Manager Geoff Poulton who has worked for Rogers Broadcasting since 1989 in various roles and markets across Canada including Toronto, Kitchener, Whistler, Squamish and the Sunshine Coast. He will continue in his current role as Vice-President and General Manager of the Winnipeg Radio Group (92 CITI FM and 102 Clear FM).
Once OMNI TV Manitoba launches to over 900,000 viewers, audiences will be treated each week to 2.5 hours of first run locally created single faith productions. The schedule will also include faith based programming such as Israel Today, Muslim Chronicles, Sat Sri Akal, Islam Today and the Mahabharata series. All time favorites such as Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, Home Improvement, King of Queens and Touched by an Angel make up the primetime weeknight line-up. OMNI TV Manitoba combined with OMNI TV BC has promised just under $1 million for the independent production of religious and faith based documentaries.
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