TORONTO – G4techTV Canada announced today that digital cable and satellite subscribers of Rogers, Cogeco, Shaw, Videotron, Star Choice, Bell ExpressVu and Sasktel will get a free preview of the channel through November – and a chance to win a $5,000 digital makeover.
Viewers can win by spotting the G4techTV contest icon. Every time the icon is spotted, viewers can enter online (www.g4techtv.ca) by naming the show where they saw the icon. At the end of November, G4techTV will pick one lucky winner to win a $5,000 digital makeover for the hottest tech and gaming gadgets. 
The following shows are a sample of what’s on G4techTV Canada.
Call for Help
Call for Help, is hosted by award-winning technology journalist and author Leo Laporte and Canadian technology experts Amber MacArthur and Andy Walker with several guest-hosts including Kevin Rose formerly of Screen Savers (Attack of the Show). Call for Help is designed to help viewers, from the tech savvy to the novice, get the most out of their technology and keep up-to-date on the latest technology news and products.
Attack of the Show
Attack of the Show gets you inside, underneath, around, and behind the newest tech, the hottest games, the fastest-breaking news, and the oddest oddities from the fringe.
Brainiacs
Part science, part stunts and completely mental, Brainiacs squares up to science and says, ‘Come and have a go if you think you’re able’. Each and every week the show will bring you all that’s weird, wonderful and wild in the world of science, spiced up with explosions, pyrotechnics and anything else the madcap team can get their hands on – legally or illegally!
Cheat!
Cheat! will provide you with game exclusives and the ways to beat them. Each episode will demonstrate how to beat a game with strategy walkthroughs and tips on getting around "choke points." We’ll also give you hidden secrets and tricks, and, as a last resort, cheat codes.
Filter
G4techTV’s exciting video game countdown show will help viewers sort through the endless number of games, characters and new gaming systems. Each episode will count down the best (or worst) of the video game world, with the results determined and voted on by G4techTV viewers at the g4techtv.com website.
Arena
Teams of multiplayer competitors are popping up at LAN parties all over the country – Arena brings the action home. Each episode introduces you to two teams fighting for bragging rights in some of today’s most popular action video games.
XPlay
Get ready to have a blast with games and a bit of ‘tude. "X-Play" gives gamers tips, tricks, and previews for the latest games in its own X-ceptional way. "X-Play" also offers comprehensive reviews of the hottest new videogames on the market-and the not-so-hot.
Electric Playground
Hosted by Victor Lucas, Julie Stoffer and Tommy Tallarico, Electric Playground is a Telly Award-winning show that goes on location and behind the scenes of the videogame industry to provide interviews with game developers, previews of upcoming games, industry news, technology features and celebrity gamer segments, as well as a look at the latest gadgets, toys and comics that gamers are interested in. Throw in a wacky sense of humor and some nifty special effects and you have a show that’s as much fun to watch as games are to play.
G4techTV Canada (formerly TechTV Canada) launched in September 2001 and is plugged into every dimension of games, gear, gadgets and gigabytes. Co-owned by Comcast Corporation (G4 Media Inc.), Rogers Media Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc., the channel airs more than 24 original series.
