FYI: For those interested.

I recieved a message from OMNI via email, something about sport thing that I dont undertand, but more importantly, an official DT launch in June 7th - which I do understand.

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For immediate release:

Rogers OMNI Television Celebrates TWO Firsts:
First-ever Multilingual Coverage of UEFA Euro 2008 ™
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Digital Over-the-air for Toronto on Rogers OMNI.1 & OMNI.2
Beginning: Saturday, June 7th at 12 NOON ET

TORONTO (May 8, 2008) – Rogers OMNI Television is pleased to announce the beginning of a new era for Diversity Television in Canada, marked by two firsts: the kick-off of its exclusive multilingual coverage of this summer’s UEFA European Football ChampionshipTM AND the launch of Digital over-the-air transmission for Toronto-based viewers of Rogers OMNI.1 and OMNI.2.

The action begins Saturday, June 7th at 12:00 p.m. ET with the LIVE, tri-lingual coverage of the competition’s first match, between Switzerland and the Czech Republic, simultaneously on:

•OMNI.1 – in Italian; play-by-play and colour commentary by Vito Caressa and Sandro Piccinini;
•OMNI.2 – Chinese bi-lingual play-by-play and colour commentary by: Alex Chum in Cantonese and Ran Tao in Mandarin.

“Rogers OMNI Television once again leads the way, now building on our reputation for covering sports in multiple languages, with the combined launch of our first UEFA Euro 2008 ™ coverage and our eagerly anticipated, Digital* over-the-air transmission,” says Malcolm Dunlop, Executive Vice President, Programming, for Rogers Media Television “We’re proud to usher in this new technology ‘OMNI-style’ with tri-lingual coverage of the first game followed same day by another match for Portuguese language viewers – plus, we’re introducing coverage in Greek and Polish for soccer enthusiasts in those language communities.”

Background information on the UEFA Euro 2008 ™, including player and team profiles, is available online @ [Link: omnitv.ca] with scheduling information to be posted as it is confirmed.

About Rogers OMNI Television:
Rogers OMNI Television is a free over-the-air system consisting of regional broadcasters with the collective mandate to reflect Canada’s diversity through the airing of inclusive and accessible programming: multilingual/multicultural stations OMNI.1 (CFMT) and OMNI.2 (CJMT), along with the recently acquired (April, 2008) channel m in Vancouver BC, and two newly granted (June, 2007) licences for similarly mandated ethnocultural stations in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta; all are owned and operated by Rogers Communications in the Rogers Media division.

*(Digital over-the-air transmission in Toronto on channel: 64 for OMNI.1 and 44 for OMNI.2)