FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TLN Media Group Celebrates Multiculturalism with
Original Canadian Made Heritage TV Specials
(Toronto, ON – July 4, 2019) – TLN Media Group, Canada’s most influential multilingual media company and home of flagship channel TLN Television, #1 Spanish-language channel Univision Canada and leading Italian-language channel Mediaset Italia, announces a series of exclusive TV events featuring the network’s Made In Canada original heritage specials across its family of TV channels throughout July and August.
As a leader in supporting and developing Canadian multiculturalism, TLN Media Group produces and commissions hundreds of culturally significant programs each year with a catalogue of over 250 episodes of Original titles in English, Spanish and Italian.
TLN TV will feature all-day special weekend lineups on Sunday July 7th and 14th from 9A-5P featuring TLN Media Group original heritage productions highlighting incredible stories of Italian and Hispanic family tradition, sacrifice, ambition, heartbreak and achievement.
The Italian Heritage Specials (with English subtitles) will air on TLN TV on Sunday, July 7 starting at 9am, followed by an encore broadcast in Italian language on Mediaset Italia, Thursdays at 9:30pm starting July 11th . TLN Original Italian titles include Stories from the Garden, Italiese: A New Language for the New World, Landing at Ellis Island and Dominique Corti: A Life’s Journey.
The Hispanic Heritage Specials (with English subtitles) will air on TLN TV on Sunday, July 14th starting at 9am, followed by an encore broadcast in Spanish language on Univision Canada, Sundays at 6pm starting July 14th. TLN Original Spanish titles include Like A Fish out of Water, The Persecuted, Maya Regina: An Unusual Connection and Salseros: Living the Lifestyle.
TLN Media Group President, Aldo Di Felice: “Over the past 35 years, TLN Media Group has proven its dedication to showcasing and connecting communities with the passions that make their cultures unique. We take pride in creating and curating premium Canadian made productions that unite generations through storytelling and shared experiences on television, online and in communities.
Click Here for the complete lineup: tln.ca │ univision.ca │ mediasetitalia.ca
For more information contact:
Bruna Aloe, Senior Director of Communications & Marketing | 416.744.5745 | [email protected]
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About TLN Media Group
TLN Media Group is Canada’s most influential multicultural media company, connecting cultures on television, online and in communities through storytelling and shared experiences. In addition to TLN, its flagship English-language channel, the company also offers Canada’s most widely distributed foreign language television channels led by #1 Spanish language channel Univision Canada and #1 Italian language channel Mediaset Italia. Additional Italian channels include TeleBimbi and TGCOM24. The family of Spanish channels is made up of TeleNiños and a group of four leading foreign services: Cinelatino, Wapa TV, Television Dominicana and CentroAmerica TV. TLN also operates English-language specialty channel EuroWorld Sport. A leader in supporting and developing Canadian multiculturalism. TLN Media Group produces and commissions hundreds of unique and culturally significant Canadian-made programs each year.
About TLN Television
TLN is the English-language specialty TV channel that adds colour to life through a rainbow of culturally connected programming and initiatives. The TLN lineup delights mainstream appetites for rich multicultural lifestyle and entertainment programming. From international music specials and sports, exclusive and original food and travel series, to blockbuster films and unique original productions, TLN entertains and inspires a colourful life. TLN is part of the TLN Media Group family of channels.
About Univision Canada
Univision Canada is the leading Spanish-language television channel delivering the best programming from the Hispanic world to Canada’s 1.8 million Spanish speakers. The lineup features daily news, award-winning telenovelas, talk and reality shows, live music specials and top soccer coverage. Univision Canada is a TLN Media Group owned channel and can be seen from coast to coast in close to 2 million homes on all of Canada’s largest pay TV platforms.
About Mediaset Italia
Featuring programming from Italy’s leading TV broadcast group, Mediaset Italia brings the best of Italian TV to Canada. The 24 hour Italian-language TV channel includes the best entertainment, variety, fiction, comedy, sports and news programming direct from Italy complemented with Made in Canada community pleasing original shows. Mediaset Italia is a TLN Media Group owned channel and can be seen from coast to coast in nearly 3 million homes on all of Canada’s largest pay TV platforms.