TV news: Should there be more options?
- June 15, 2010 2:25 PM |
- By POV
Quebec media mogul Pierre Karl Péladeau announced plans Tuesday for Sun TV News, a new Canadian all-news TV network to launch in January 2011. Péladeau, chief executive of Montreal-based Quebecor, called the news network "a new voice and a new choice for Canadians."
The new channel will share resources and reporters with Sun Media and will have an emphasis on "strong personalities," Péladeau said.
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Kory Teneycke, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former communications director, will be vice-president in charge of developing the news operation.
Teneycke rejected the label, "Fox News North," which has been applied to the new TV property because of its similarity in format to the right-wing U.S. network.
The network will offer "strong opinions and analysis" but will carry a range of points of view, he said
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