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OMNI Television Debuts National Daily Newscasts in Arabic and Filipino, Today

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
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OMNI Television brings new voices to the Filipino and Arabic-speaking Canadian communities with local, national, and international news with the launch of daily 30-minute newscasts, beginning today.

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  • OMNI Television brings new voices to the Filipino and Arabic-speaking Canadian communities with local, national, and international news with the launch of daily 30-minute newscasts, beginning today.
  • Twenty-five new editorial, digital, and video-journalist positions were created to support the new newscasts, with OMNI News: Arabic Edition and OMNI News: Filipino Edition being produced in-house at OMNIs studios in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Edmonton.
  • OMNI now produces and delivers national third-language news and information in 6 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, Italian, Punjabi, and now also Arabic and Filipino.
  • Below are broadcast details for all OMNI Television national newscasts.

OMNI Television Delivers Third-Language Coverage of Federal Leaders’ Debates for all Canadians

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Friday, August 2, 2019
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TORONTO, Aug. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OMNI Television is part of the Canadian Debate Production Partnership (CDPP) and looks forward to broadcasting third-language coverage of the federal leaders debates in October.

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  • TORONTO, Aug. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OMNI Television is part of the Canadian Debate Production Partnership (CDPP) and looks forward to broadcasting third-language coverage of the federal leaders debates in October.
  • Continuing its long history as a trusted source for multilingual Canadians to engage in electoral issues, OMNI will air the debates live in Cantonese, Italian, Mandarin, and Punjabi on OMNI Television and OMNITV.ca .
  • Following this week's announcement by the Federal Elections Debates Commissioner David Johnston, OMNI Television is one of the Canadian media outlets coming together to bring Canadians the debates on a wide range of platforms.
  • OMNI Televisions coverage of the English and French debates will be translated into Cantonese, Italian, Mandarin, and Punjabi.

Broadcast Team Announced for Blue Jays: Pinoy Edition, Launching August 5 on OMNI Television

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Tuesday, July 31, 2018
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Starting Sunday, Aug. 5, OMNI Television will be the exclusive home of the Toronto Blue Jays in the dialect of Tagalog.

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  • Starting Sunday, Aug. 5, OMNI Television will be the exclusive home of the Toronto Blue Jays in the dialect of Tagalog.
  • OMNI Television is Canada's only multilingual and multicultural television broadcaster.
  • Available in 11 million Canadian households, the OMNI brand includes the national TV channel OMNI Regional plus five local television stations.
  • OMNI is part of Rogers Media, which is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX, NYSE: RCI).

OMNI Television Brings the Blue Jays to Canadians in its First-Ever Baseball Third-Language Broadcast

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Friday, June 1, 2018
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Building on OMNI's already diverse and wide range of programming, Canada's baseball team is coming to OMNI Television with Saturday games in Tagalog on OMNI.2, OMNI BC, OMNI Alberta and OMNI Regional.

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  • Building on OMNI's already diverse and wide range of programming, Canada's baseball team is coming to OMNI Television with Saturday games in Tagalog on OMNI.2, OMNI BC, OMNI Alberta and OMNI Regional.
  • "OMNI Television continues to evolve the range of programming it offers, and we are excited to be bringing our audiences Canada's baseball team in our first-ever baseball broadcast in a third language," said Manuel Fonseca, Director, OMNI, Lifestyle & Entertainment Production, Rogers Media.
  • Blue Jays on OMNI will air home and away games live every Saturday, using Sportsnet's feed.
  • Available in 11 million Canadian households, the OMNI brand includes the national TV channel OMNI Regional plus five local television stations.

David Battistelli Appointed Supervising Producer for OMNI News: Italian Edition

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Friday, April 27, 2018
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Battistelli is the newest member of the OMNI News robust editorial leadership team, which includes: Supervising Producers for OMNI ON and OMNI BC & OMNI News Punjab, respectively, and the Sr.

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  • Battistelli is the newest member of the OMNI News robust editorial leadership team, which includes: Supervising Producers for OMNI ON and OMNI BC & OMNI News Punjab, respectively, and the Sr.
  • Manager, Community Liaison & OMNI Ontario Punjabi
    TORONTO, April 27, 2018 /CNW/ - OMNI Television today announced the appointment of David Battistelli as Supervising Producer for OMNI News: Italian Edition, effective today.
  • Battistelli will report to Manuel Fonseca, Director, OMNI, Lifestyle & Entertainment Production, Rogers Media.
  • Available in 11 million Canadian households, the OMNI brand includes the national TV channel OMNI Regional plus five local television stations.