“We want to work with experienced professional advisors to ensure that our team can concentrate on our bid. With the right team we can ensure that City TV offers high production values, entertaining programming and substantial local news and current affairs offering. The appointment of Canis Media shows how serious we are about launching City TV,” said Debra Davis, CEO of City TV. “Our intention is to pre-empt our application for the DTT licence by launching on another platform first, such as Sky, and on broadband. We intend to get programmes on air within the next few months – once funding is in place.”

Davis said she believed Birmingham was one of the few cities able to support local TV on multiple platforms in the UK.

For more information on Local TV opportunities contact Clare Bramley clare.bramley@canismedia.com

Canis Media client Liverpool Cruise Club has been nominated for a leading travel industry award for the digital satellite (Sky) channel Holiday & Cruise. The innovative channel was
the first to use real-time advertising in its ad breaks which was a ground breaking system developed by Canis Media and allows the channel to have complete control of its advertising content and update its products and services in real-time.

 Ed Hall, CEO at Canis Media said:

“I’m very proud of our team who developed this channel from paper idea to ‘on air’ in less than 8 weeks”

John Cooper, Sales & Marketing Manager at Liverpool Cruise Club said:

‘Naturally we are delighted to have been recognised for this prestigious award, as we strive
to bring the world of travel to life in a unique and interactive channel’

To find out how Canis can help launch your channel please contact Broadcast Services manager, Helena Brewer, helena.brewer@canismedia.com

Current TV have been unable to reach terms with Sky which would allow it
to continue broadcasting and has appointed Canis to find a buyer for its EPG
position, currently 183 in the Entertainment genre on the Sky platform. Note;
it is anticipated the position will move to 181 during Sky’s reshuffle of the
Entertainment genre in mid April.

The channel is currently on-air and will remain so until a sale is agreed.  The EPG slot is unencumbered by any contractual liabilities or commitments and is available
for immediate sale.  The purchaser will be free to make their own arrangements for satellite capacity, uplink and playout.

We would like to hear from interested parties and invite offers for the slot:

The closing deadline for initial offers will be Thursday 2 February 2012

Canis will manage this transfer on behalf of the vendor, but our team is able to provide channel launch and management services if required to the purchaser.  The vendor is looking for serious offers for an immediate transfer.  Canis Media has various solutions available to purchasers to keep the channel number alive at low cost if required.  For more information please contact James Carter (james.carter@canismedia.com) or Fergus Lawson (fergus.lawson@canismeda.com).

Canis will manage this transfer on behalf of the vendor, but our team is able to provide channel launch and management services if required to the purchaser.  The vendor is looking for serious offers for an immediate transfer.  Canis Media has various solutions available to purchasers to keep the channel number alive at low cost if required.  For more information please contact James Carter (james.carter@canismedia.com) or Fergus Lawson (fergus.lawson@canismeda.com).

TV Goods Inc has appointed UK-based Canis Media to assist in the launch of its European office. TVGoods is led by one of the world’s best known and most successful TV shopping entrepreneurs, Kevin Harrington, and this is a step in their new growth strategy which saw a new office open in Canada last year.

Canis Media will offer strategy, management support and physical services to the TVGoods Europe at the Canis Media offices at Chalfont Grove in Buckinghamshire.

Canis Chief Executive, Ed Hall, said:

“I have enjoyed knowing and working with Kevin Harrington for more than ten years. It’s very exciting to be able to formalise our business relationship and I am sure we will be able to help TVGoods continue its remarkable growth as we help the team sell new products into a market of 750 million people.”

Kevin Harrington said:

“Ed Hall and Canis Media have been working in TV shopping in the UK and Europe for more than a decade. With that kind of partnership we have the ability to grow fast. We will be able to offer a great local service to buyers and to customers with our new local team.”

For more information:

susie.birkett@canismedia.com

(T)+44 1494 878 078

About TVGoods Inc

As Seen On TV, Inc. is the parent company of TVGoods Inc. TVGoods, Inc is a direct response marketing company. We identify, develop and market consumer products for global distribution. TVGoods was established by Kevin Harrington, a pioneer of direct response television.

For more information:

Please visit

www.TVGoodsInc.com

Shop Radio will be broadcast on the Sky platform (Sky EPG radio channel 0184) twenty-two hours a day, seven days a week with amazing offers from 0600 right through until 0400 hrs and can also be found on the web at www.shopradio.com.

 This new radio station will be the first of its kind in the UK to bring radio listeners the same quality products that TV viewers have had access to for more than a decade.

 David Treadway, Chief Executive of WRN Broadcast said,

‘We are delighted to be leading an experiment in a new way of delivering content to customers.  TV shopping is big business, why shouldn’t it work on radio?’

 Ed Hall, Chief Executive of Canis Media said,

 ‘I have been looking for the right partner to launch Shop Radio for nearly ten years.  WRN Broadcast is a great distributor of radio stations, and a combination of our market knowledge and experience and WRNB’s history in radio seems like a winning combination to me.’

About WRN Broadcast WRN Broadcast is a leading International broadcast services company enabling broadcasters and media owners to deliver content and reach audiences worldwide.  Founded in 1992, the company works across digital content platforms and specialises in end-to-end managed solutions for ingest, content management, playout, encoding, multiplexing and worldwide fibre and satellite distribution. It has a state-of-the-art Media Centre offering the latest in broadcast technologies and a new Broadcast Data Centre that allows clients to host their own equipment within a purpose built, secure facility with unsurpassed fibre connectivity to points of presence around the globe.  WRN Broadcast manages playout and distribution services for over 250 clients worldwide including some of the most recognised broadcast brands such as MTV, Nickelodeon, Top Up TV, East Africa’s Zuku platform and countless international radio brands.  

For more information:

Contact Alina Stary                                     

alina.stary@canismedia.com           

(T)+44 1494 878 078

“Many of the interested parties considering entering the local TV market do so without a background in broadcasting,” says Ed Hall, Chief Executive, Canis Media Group. “We have set-up Canis Local TV to ensure that applicants have a robust business plan that can win a licence and that those awarded a licence can be commercially successful.  Canis Local TV has been formed to provide all the broadcast, commercial and production services local TV operators will need to avoid the pitfalls and capitalise on the opportunities available to them.”                                   

DCMS has consulted on the new framework for local TV in the UK.  Any necessary legislation is expected to be laid between Q4 2011 and Q1 2012.  Subject to this, Ofcom will then consult on its awards process and issue a draft invitation to apply for local licences, which is expected to take place in Q1, 2012. Ofcom expects to award the first tranche of local content licences in Q3 2012. The first local services are likely to commence broadcasting from Q3 2013.

Canis in Local TV

Canis Local TV is a consultancy and advisory service specifically targeted at those contemplating bidding for a UK Local TV licence.  There has been a lot of talk about Local TV for a long while, but thanks to work of Jeremy Hunt and the DCMS, what has been a dream is now set to become a reality.

Aside from offering a licence application service, Canis Local TV will provide business planning and modelling, research expertise, advertising and teleshopping/DRTV management, technical consultancy, and assist with the creative development and commercialisation of content. Canis Media has been working in Local TV for the last seven years, and has significant experience in this field through relationships with current and former local broadcasters.  The founding of a separate division to provide local TV consultancy and services is a natural extension of these local TV activities.

The division is headed by Clare Bramley.  Clare was BT Head of Media Industry Marketing where she conceived and co-founded the hugely successful participation media venture BT Agilemedia, before becoming an independent broadcast media consultant.  Her experience of launching Vintage TV, Fitness TV, SA Direct TV and Horse & Country TV, provides Canis Local TV’s start-up clients with unparalleled operational, commercial and management expertise.

For more information contact Clare Bramley clare.bramley@canismedia.com

In other News:

EPG for Sale
Canis is pleased to announce a Sky platform EPG has become available. The EPG is unencumbered and Canis can assist in the novation of the channel into a different genre as required. The vendor is looking for offers over £200,000. For more information please contact Fergus Lawson Fergus.lawson@canismeda.com .

Canis launches regulatory advisory services
Broadcast industry expert Helena Brewer heads up the Broadcast Services Division of the business. Helena is currently deputy chair of the ATVOD industry forum. Having worked at Ofcom and Red Bee, her expertise in regulation, specifically broadcast compliance and licensing will help our broadcast clients from entertainment channels to TV shopping businesses. Helena has worked on new channel launches in both the UK and abroad, most recently Holiday & Cruise. Channels looking to re-evaluate their compliance, licensing and scheduling needs are invited to contact Helena on helena.brewer@canismedia.com to see how we can be of assistance.

Mobile app goes global

Canis are pleased to announce an update to the Canis Mobile app. The new app version has enhanced remote management features along with global distribution options in multiple languages.
The app provides customers with images, videos, description and prices of constantly updated products, without the cost of a custom built solution. For more information on the Canis app contact Alina Stary, alina.stary@canismedia.com

Canis welcomes the latest channel launch on Sky – CNC World

Canis welcomes CNC World to the Sky platform on Channel 516. The channel sits in the “news” genre on Sky. Canis managed the transfer process from the previous channel and liaised with the capacity, uplink, scheduling and listings providers to ensure launch successfully took place. The EPG was sourced from within the news genre. Canis is well versed in the transfer of ownership of EPG places on the Sky platform. This launch is the most recent of a long list of channel launches on Sky.

Founded in 2001, Canis Media is the UK’s leading end to end channel management and Launch Company. Visit www.canismedia.com for more details. For more information about the launch, contact Susie Birkett at Canis Media on 01494 878078.

Canis worked with the channel owners from the beginning of the process to ensure a successful launch. The channel offers an innovative approach with the inclusion of real time advertising of the latest cruise deals, on the hour, every hour. Canis Media is providing a full range of channel management services for Holiday + Cruise, including programme acquisition, channel scheduling and delivery of EPG listings.

Ed Hall, Chief Executive of Canis Media said;

‘This is an exciting new channel launch. Holiday + Cruise offers the best deals on holidays of a lifetime, presented in a fun and appealing way. I am thrilled that we have finally got real-time advertising on a channel – offering deals that are available now, not ones from a few days earlier. Eleven million Sky homes can now find out within minutes of a new cruise offer or discount going on the market.’

John Cooper, Sales and Marketing Manager of Holiday + Cruise said;

‘We believe that there has never been a channel quite like this, with a fun look at the latest travel and cruising programming. Canis Media have helped us bring our idea to life faster than we could ever have imagined.’