MONTREAL – Not surprisingly, Quebecor-owned Videotron was the first TV service provider to trumpet the arrival of the Sun News Network, also owned by Quebecor, which launched nationally Monday afternoon.
Canada’s newest all-news channel, a re-brand of the over-the-air Sun TV in Ontario and simltaneously a digital specialty channel elsewhere, “is poised to shake up the Canadian news media landscape”, according to Videotron’s news release. With a mixture of “hard news” by day and “straight talk” by night, the network features talent such as Charles Adler, Ezra Levant, Theo Caldwell, Brian Lilley, Krista Erickson, Pat Bolland, Alex Pierson and David Akin.
“The network is best described as ‘traditional all-news meets talk radio’ – with a pacing and excitement factor that makes news interesting to watch”, continues Videotron’s release.
The channel is available on Videotron’s illico TV, illico web and illico mobile, plus on a six month free preview on channel 23 in SD and on channel 623 in HD. It will subsequently be available as part of Videotron’s Custom, Anglo, Extra Anglo and Mega packages.
It’s also available on Shaw Cable out west, EastLink in its various systems and maintains its basic carriage with the likes of Rogers and Cogeco in Ontario and on satellite carriers Bell TV and Shaw Direct.
