All aboard! VIA Rail expands Wi-Fi to stream Cancon programs

TORONTO – VIA Rail Canada has launched a new interactive digital platform to provide passengers on VIA Rail trains free access to Canadian programming. Starting in Spring 2013, the On-Board Entertainment initiative will be available to passengers with laptops, tablets and mobile phones travelling on VIA Rail trains within the Québec City to Windsor corridor. Through a partnership with CBC/Radio-Canada, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and The Historica-Dominion Institute, it will provide free access to Canadian programming, including CBC/Radio-Canada TV shows programs, documentaries and animation from the NFB, and “Heritage Minutes” vignettes and Memory Project veteran interviews produced...