TLN TV IS NOW ON NATIONAL FREE PREVIEW

In partnership with participating carrier partners, TLN TV will be accessible to 15.5 million Canadians across approximately 7 million homes during this special freeview event. Escape into a world of entertainment with TLN TV’s celebrity chefs as they take you on culinary journeys and share their favorite home recipes. Enjoy an all-star soccer lineup featuring weekly Serie A Italian league matches every weekend, along with live broadcasts of the Coppa Italia. Add in blockbuster movies, subtitled foreign films, star-studded music specials, and original documentaries, and you’ve found Canada’s ultimate destination for multicultural entertainment.

About TLN Media Group

Celebrating 40 years of service, the TLN Media Group organization brands inform and entertain millions of Canadians. Whether in Italian, Spanish, English or other languages, TLN has played a key role in the development of the national multicultural media landscape. Since launching in 1984, the original ethnic TV channel “Telelatino” has expanded to become a multichannel operator TLN Media Group and Canada’s most influential multicultural media company. TLN Media Group is an independent, immigrant-owned media organization dedicated to connecting communities through storytelling and shared experiences. As a multicultural media leader, TLN Media Group selects, curates, produces, and commissions unique and culturally significant TV and digital content distributed in Canada and worldwide. TLN TV, the original flagship channel has evolved into a mainstream-friendly destination providing multiculturally rich content. TLN Media Group also operates Canada’s most widely available multilingual TV channels led by top Italian language services Mediaset Italia Canada and TGCOM24 news network, as well as Spanish language leader Univision Canada. Additional TV channels include Canada’s first and only Heritage language channels for kids, Telebimbi (Italian) and Teleniños (Spanish), bringing well-known Canadian-made kids shows to families nationwide; and EuroWorld Sport TV, a channel dedicated to sports fandom. TLN Media Group has also produced and promoted many cultural events and festivals, the most widely recognized of which is the annual TD Salsa in Toronto/Salsa on St. Clair summer festival. More info at www.tln.ca

About TLN Television (TLN TV)

TLN TV is Canada’s culturally connected mainstream friendly specialty ethnic TV Channel. We are home to programs that unite cultures through shared experiences and memorable moments. Delightful personalities take us on scenic adventures in far-off places and at home in their kitchens. Community news and information programming and unique original Canadian productions found only on TLN TV have endeared us to our communities. Add big movies, music specials and regular live international soccer and this is our recipe for bringing more fun, joy and colour into the lives of millions of Canadians. TLN TV is a TLN Media Group channel available from coast to coast in nearly 5 million homes. More info at www.tln.ca

TLN Media Group Presents
An Exclusive Interview with Anaida Poilievre
Univision Canada en español – Saturday November 2 at 5P/ET
TLN TV with English subtitles – Thursday, November 14 at 7:30P/ET

(Toronto, ON – November 1, 2024) – TLN Media Group announces an exclusive one-on-one interview with Anaida Poilievre, airing this weekend on Univision Canada en español; Saturday, November 2, at 5P/ET, (encore broadcast on Sunday, November 3, at 6P/ET). The exclusive special will also be broadcast on TLN TV with English subtitles on Thursday, November 14, at 7:30P/ET.

Univision Canada and TLN TV are currently on a national free preview across Canada.

Mrs. Poilievre shares her inspiring journey from immigrating to Canada to her influential role in public life today. Reflecting on her experiences, she discusses the challenges and achievements that have shaped her Canadian story, from adjusting to life in a new country to finding her passion for public service.

Beyond her personal journey, Poilievre opens up about her dedication to combating human trafficking and empowering women in business. Viewers will gain unique insights into her advocacy for survivors of trafficking, her work in Ottawa, and her role as a supportive spouse to Canada’s Leader of the Opposition.

TLN Media Group Presents: An Intimate Interview with Anaida Poilievre

Univision Canada en español – Saturday, November 2 at 5P/ET 

(Encore Broadcast on Sunday, November 3 at 6P/ET)

TLN TV with English subtitles – Thursday, November 14 at 7:30P/ET 

Univision Canada and TLN TV are currently on a national free preview – Click here for Where to Watch Univision Canada and TLN TV.

For information contact:

Bruna Aloe | Senior Director, Communications & Marketing

416.744.5745 | [email protected]

About TLN Media Group

Celebrating 40 years of service, the TLN Media Group organization brands inform and entertain millions of Canadians. Whether in Italian, Spanish, English and other languages, TLN has played a key role in the development of the national multicultural media landscape. Since launching in 1984, the original ethnic TV channel “Telelatino” has expanded to become a multichannel operator TLN Media Group, and Canada’s most influential multicultural media company. TLN Media Group is an independent, immigrant-owned media organization dedicated to connecting communities through storytelling and shared experiences. As a multicultural media leader, TLN Media Group selects, curates, produces, and commissions unique and culturally significant TV and digital content distributed in Canada and worldwide. TLN TV, the original flagship channel has evolved into a mainstream-friendly destination providing multiculturally rich content. TLN Media Group also operates Canada’s most widely available multilingual TV channels led by top Italian language services Mediaset Italia Canada and TGCOM24 news network, as well as Spanish language leader Univision Canada. Additional TV channels include Canada’s first and only Heritage language channels for kids, Telebimbi (Italian) and Teleniños (Spanish), bringing well-known Canadian-made kids shows to families nationwide; and EuroWorld Sport TV, a channel dedicated to sports fandom. TLN Media Group has also produced and promoted many cultural events and festivals, the most widely recognized of which is the annual TD Salsa in Toronto/Salsa on St. Clair summer festival.

TLN TV EXCLUSIVE PRESENTATION
2024 ONTARIO BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 at 2:30P

TLN Media Group is proud to have partnered with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce for the 5th consecutive year as the official broadcast partner of the Ontario Business Achievement Awards (OBAA) TV Presentation.
The OBAAs is one of the most distinguished industry celebrations in the province recognizing business success and those who support it. The exclusive TV edition will be broadcast on TLN Television on November 16 at 2:30P, with an encore presentation on November 17 at 9A.   

This year’s edition of the OBAAs will feature community leaders and organizations working toward “Building Resilience in a Changing Economy”.  The six episodes for 2024 will shine a spotlight on inspiring stories of perseverance and success.

• The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to a person who demonstrates leadership in a particular Ontario industry that has a significant positive impact on the province and beyond. The recipient’s business, personal, and philanthropic accomplishments are shared and celebrated by colleagues, friends, and family.
• The CEO of the Year Award is presented to a CEO who has provided exceptional leadership over the past 12 months, bringing their organization to a new level of growth and success as defined by their industry. Our audience will hear important details that help define outstanding leadership from the CEO and others within their influence.
• The Community Impact Award (*New in 2024*) is presented to a leader or a business that has demonstrated positive socio-economic impact through activities across Ontario. Our audience hears important details that help define community impact – both from the recipient and others within their circle of influence.
• Ontario’s construction industry is a powerful economic engine, providing hundreds of thousands of jobs through a dynamic network of builders and unions. The Construction episode will explore the impressive number of new project starts across Ontario, demonstrating the sector’s vibrancy and its direct impact on job creation and economic stimulation.
• Ontario isn’t just keeping pace in the global tech race – we’re poised to lead. Our province boasts an impressive per capita rate of technology development, positioning us as a formidable player on the world stage. But that’s just the beginning of our story. The Artificial Intelligence episode will highlight how AI frees up human talent for high-impact strategic thinking and planning. We’ll cut through the noise, examine the impact of AI on job markets, and explore the cutting-edge policies and regulations shaping our AI landscape.
• Ontario’s future economic growth will be primarily driven by entrepreneurs who play a vital role in fostering innovation, creating job opportunities, spurring healthy competition, and encouraging already established businesses to enhance their offerings. The Entrepreneurship: Innovation in the Face of Disruption episode will dive into the true strength of our communities, which lies in the boldness and resilience of Ontario’s entrepreneurs, bringing forth innovative solutions that can help disrupt the current marketplace.

COMMENTARY: Rights squatters, Euro 2020, and Bill C-10

By Aldo Di Felice
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CARTT.ca (Toronto, ON) June 14, 2021 – FOR MILLIONS OF CANADIANS, Euro 2020 is already a disappointment, and it all has to do with what happens when the powers-that-be allow “squatting”. No, I am not talking about a new soccer tactic.

One year delayed, the 2020 UEFA European Championship kicked off on June 11, in Rome, Italy. The month-long tournament will see 36 matches played between 24 national teams in stadiums spread across 11 European cities. Like the Olympics, it’s a sporting competition with global significance, attracting a multinational, multilingual following. It will draw a projected total live event audience of 4.7 billion in 229 territories via 137 broadcast partners in every language imaginable.

And for the fans among us 36 million Canadians, we can enjoy watching our favorite team in the language of our choice… just so long as it is English or French!

Fans of the “lucky four” – Scotland, Wales, England, and France – will be happy to watch match commentary in their preferred languages from understandably biased British announcers on TSN, or their French counterparts on RDS.

But Croatian Canadians watching their team play England are inclined to turn down the volume on the British “homers” calling the match. And that will be repeated for every fan watching his team paired up with one of the lucky four. Many Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Ukrainian, Turkish, Polish, Dutch and German fans, to name a few, will be gritting their teeth.

Living in one of the most multiculturally and multilingually diverse countries in the world is not something that is properly reflected by our Canadian broadcast system. “Serving the needs and interests of Canadians” is supposed to be the cornerstone of CRTC policies. But third-class treatment of multilingual ethnic Canadians continues to be the norm in Ottawa. Even when 20% of Canadians, over 7 million of us, identify a non-official language as that most often spoken at home.

Other jurisdictions around the world do not allow media companies to engage in “rights squatting” with respect to programs and events of national importance, because it deprives consumers.

“Of course, that is a market they themselves have shaped into a lopsided consolidated industry dominated by a handful of diversified giants.”

However, the CRTC permits Canada’s media giants to license multilingual rights to big events like Euro2020 – and then not make them available. And yet the CRTC does have a rule that prohibits TV channels like ours from “withholding” programs from carriers, meaning media giants can buy and withhold key ethnic rights from Canadians, but ethnic channels cannot withhold their programming from carriers.

How does that make sense?

Which brings us to Bill C-10, the tortured proposal to update Canada’s broadcasting laws for the first time in three decades. We also happen to now be in the third decade since the CRTC last looked at the issue of an ethnic broadcasting policy. That’s a long time to wait to resolve the systemic exclusion and marginalization of multilingual ethnic communities in our broadcasting system.

Of course, we have raised these issues, and others, many times but the CRTC and government policymakers have sidestepped the entrenched systemic biases against Canada’s multilingual ethnic communities. On the rare occasions when Ottawa’s bureaucrats address these omissions, they typically rationalize their inaction by referring to “market forces”. Of course, that is a market they themselves have shaped into a lopsided consolidated industry dominated by a handful of diversified giants.

But let us be clear, it is not the job of Canada’s media industry giants to address systemic inequities that are commercially unappealing. It is the job of Ottawa policymakers to do so and so far, they have not done a good job for multilingual ethnic Canadians.

For that reason, a group of like-minded organizations came together in early 2021 as the Canadian Ethnic Media Coalition (CEMC). CEMC has been proposing simple amendments to Bill C-10 that would finally include multilingual and ethnic diversity in the system’s priorities. Diversity in our broadcast system should include 1. A diverse workforce, 2. Diverse leadership, 3. Linguistic diversity and; 4. Diverse ownership and control. All four elements are necessary to achieve true diversity and break down systemic barriers. Our broadcast system and Canadian society will be better for it. The coalition also includes Ethnic Channels Group, the Canadian Ethnic Media Association, and the Canadian Ethnocultural Council.

And for Canadian sports fans out there who love hearing their “immigrant languages” when watching TV, we are proud to say that our Univision Canada TV channel is now broadcasting the Copa America, South America’s equivalent top soccer tournament. In the world’s most exciting soccer language, Español! And we will also be bringing next month’s Olympic games to our TV audiences in Spanish and Italian, including the soccer matches!

Our multilingual broadcasts of the Olympics are thanks to the foresight and progressive thinking of our national broadcaster CBC, with whom we have collaborated many times over the past 20 years to bring multilingual Canadians the programming they crave, in the languages they speak.

Aldo Di Felice is president, TLN Media Group Inc.