Radio / Television News

OMNI Manitoba launching February 6

WINNIPEG - Rogers Media Television will launch its recently acquired broadcast license, a faith-based service to be named, of course, OMNI TV Manitoba - on Monday, February 6th. OMNI TV Manitoba is the newly branded, newly licensed television station resulting from Rogers' 2005 purchase of NOW TV from the Thiessen family and the subsequent approval by the CRTC (Decision Public Notion 2005-207). It had been scheduled to launch in November but was put off until the new year. "This is an exciting time for the Rogers OMNI Television family as well as the Canadian broadcasting industry," said Leslie Sole, CEO...