OMNI expands Mandarin newscast to an hour

TORONTO – OMNI Television will bump up its supper hour broadcast of OMNI News: Mandarin Edition from 30 minutes to a full hour beginning Monday.The popular newscast will continue to serve and reflect the growing Mandarin language population in OMNI.2’s coverage area in its same timeslot, Monday to Friday at 5:00 p.m. ET, the station said Thursday. The Rogers-owned multilingual and multicultural channel said that the move is designed to keep pace with audience demand.“By expanding our current Mandarin news program, OMNI is better able to meet the evolving information needs of the growing Mandarin language community,” said national VP...