Sun TV News Network Set to Launch Today
The upstart “hard news and straight talk” TV network, set to launch later today, originates from TV studios in downtown Toronto. The channel is owned by Quebecor Media Inc., based in Montreal. It announced last week that Shaw Communications would offer the news-and-talk television channel to all of its customers in Western Canada and Ontario for a six month free preview after the channel debuts on April 18. Carriage deals have also now been struck with Bell, Cogeco, Rogers, Videotron and Shaw. See the website for a list of the on air personalities. See Wikipedia formore background and a list of service providers.
Alberta TV Station Profile: Sun TV News Network to Launch April 18, 2011
Quebecor, a Montreal based communications company chaired by former PM Brian Mulroney, is set to launch the Sun TV News Network on April 18, 2011. The conservative all-news channel is hoping to replicate the success of the Fox News Network in the US, News Corporation property owned by a Rupert Murdoch.
Sun News will go beyond the headlines and to cover the full range of stories that impact our society, our democracy and our economy – using a format that has attracted viewers in Quebec, the United States and further abroad.
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