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Global broadband offers Canadian shows

globalvideopage.jpgExclusive Lineup of Broadband Offerings Available Online on www.globaltv.com

1 Vs. 100 is Global’s latest online acquisition and the third U.S. primetime series to be added since the network launched its online content debut on September 19, joining the ranks of Canada’s #1 reality show, Survivor: Cook Islands and the smash hit Deal or No Deal with host Howie Mandel. Key Canadian original content online includes: Global National with Kevin Newman, Global Currents, Falcon Beach and The Jane Show.Each exclusive broadband program is streamed online, following their scheduled network premiere with select episodes archived and available on a customised menu. Users can access this programming by clicking the “VIDEO” tab located on the www.globaltv.com home page.

The launch of the globaltv.com premium video player is a successful continuation in the network’s broadband video rollout – the free, advertiser-supported program offerings provide Canadian online users an opportunity to create a personalized Global viewing experience on demand.

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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Adrienne Clarkson cameo on Corner Gas

From CTV:

Former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson Makes Special Cameo Appearance on Corner Gas, Monday, Oct. 16 on CTV

What red-blooded Canadian wouldn’t want to blow up a barn? Even former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson would jump at the chance as Hank enlists Brent’s help to tear down a barn in an all-new episode of Corner Gas, premiering Monday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. ET on CTV (check local listings). Corner Gas continues to air Saturdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The Comedy Network.

Meanwhile, Davis, who is determined to become the local paper’s “Newsmaker of the Year,” hires Wanda to take photos of him on the job. And Lacey is frustrated at Emma for having to continually re-manicure her nails.

In other upcoming episodes:

– “Jail House” (Oct. 23): Karen decides to put the ‘fun’ into fundraiser by locking Davis in a jail cell for charity while Wanda tries her best to install Oscar and Emma’s new toilet.

– “I Witness” (Oct. 30): Karen prepares a speech on eyewitness testimony while Hank tries to live out his dream of becoming a rodeo clown.

Viewers who missed the first four episodes of Corner Gas can catch up on episodes on The CTV Broadband Network at www.ctv.ca. Corner Gas episodes 1 through 4 are currently available on demand for free and each new episode will be made available Mondays at 9 a.m. ET following its television broadcast on CTV.

Corner Gas remains the most-watched comedy series on Canadian television and Canada’s Number 1 homegrown television program.

Visit the Corner Gas Web site at www.cornergas.com.

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Hockey: A People’s History concludes Sunday, Oct. 15 on CBC

ep3haph7.jpg Women’s hockey grows in popularity, Canada loses its grip on the  game but a revival looms

HOCKEY: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY wraps up on CBC Television this Sunday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m., with back-to-back episodes. Episode 9, Winter of Discontent, shows how Canada’s hockey glory from past decades begins to fade. At the Nagano Olympics in 1998, when Canada’s pros are allowed to compete for the first time, fans are shocked and dismayed when the team loses. Teams begin to move south of the border, and Canada’s unofficial hockey czar, Alan Eagleson, is dethroned – found guilty of fraud and theft and sentenced to nine months in jail. In contrast, women’s hockey grows in popularity with more than a million fans watching the Canadian team win the first-ever World Championship in 1990, and witnessing women’s hockey debut at the 1998 Olympic Games. Manon Rheaume becomes the first woman to play in the NHL, for one period during an exhibition game with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

In episode 10, Reclaiming the Game, the focus shifts to minor hockey. With an undue emphasis on winning at all costs, a game kids play wasn’t so much fun anymore. Ken Dryden’s Open Ice Summit, the first national hockey conference of its kind, attempts to create initiatives to renew the game at the grassroots level. Internationally, Canada reclaims gold at the 2002 Olympics and 2004 World Cup of Hockey. And despite the subsequent disappointment of the 2006 Olympics, when Canada finished out of the medals, and the NHL lockout that cancelled the entire 2004/05 season, the game has
emerged stronger than ever. With an improved NHL and the growth of the sport internationally, Canada can take pride in being the country that gave hockey to the world.

Hockey: A People’s History airs every Sunday at 8 p.m. until Oct. 15, with two one-hour episodes each evening. Series narrator Paul Gross is accompanied by hockey “philosophers” (experts in the field) Wayne Gretzky, Ken Dryden, Michael McKinley, Alison Griffiths, Jean Beliveau, Stephen Brunt, Don Cherry, Daniele Sauvageau and Bruce Dowbiggin, among others. Hockey: A People’s History is a collaboration between CBC Television and Société Radio-Canada and is produced by the award-winning team who created the nationally acclaimed series Canada: A People’s History. For more information
on the series, please visit www.cbc.ca/hockeyhistory.

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