TORONTO – CBC has announced plans to launch a new local digital service in Hamilton, ON starting in spring of 2012.
The ‘pub caster said Tuesday that the service will provide an up-to-the-minute, and ‘look ahead’ view of local news, weather, events and other information, and be accessible through smart phones, desktop/laptop computers and tablet devices.
"We've wanted to be a part of Hamilton for many years," said Jennifer McGuire, GM and editor in chief of CBC News, with responsibility for CBC Centres, in the announcement. "We've explored many options for how to best serve the community. We're happy that, beginning next spring, we'll be establishing a digital CBC station that will put everything Hamilton has to offer in one place with news, information and conversations that matters most to Hamiltonians, right down to the street level".
CBC said that the new service is part of its five-year strategic plan Everyone, Every Way which pledges to expand local services across the country.
"Just as CBC was an innovation leader in the earliest days of radio and television, we're continuing to lead the way with this new service that will connect Hamiltonians to their neighbourhood, their city, their country and CBC whenever and wherever they are in a way no one else is doing in Canada", added Kirstine Stewart, executive vice-president for English Services.
