REGINA – Access Communications is broadcasting and streaming over 50 hours of this year’s North American Indigenous Games, and is also offering the content free to its fellow Canadian Cable Systems Alliance members.
First staged in 1990, the North American Indigenous Games is a multi-sport event that this year has attracted over 4600 indigenous athletes from across Canada and the U.S. to Regina from July 20 – 27. Coverage on Access' community channel Access7 includes sports, cultural entertainment, live coverage of the opening and closing ceremonies in association with Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, a daily wrap up show, and profiles on the athletes and their stories. Click here to watch online and for a schedule of the events.
“Community channels produce thousands of hours of unique, local programming each year; programs that evoke and capture the spirit of each individual community,” said Access Communications president and CEO, Jim Deane, in the news release. “Through our Access7 community channels, we are proud to provide a local voice to the people of the communities that we serve.”
“Access’ coverage of this event and free sharing of the content it creates is a wonderful example of how independent cable operators, working together, can support Canadians as creators, citizens and consumers,” added Chris Edwards, VP of corporate & regulatory affairs at the CCSA. “We would like to thank Access Communications for sharing this initiative with us and for making it possible for CCSA members across the country to exhibit this major cultural event to their customers.”
