TLN Television has been a proud partner of the TD Salsa on St. Clair Festival since its inception in 2005. This  year was a HUGE success and bigger than ever to celebrate the 15th edition! The festival honours diversity and inclusion in Toronto – a famously multicultural city.
Attendees from across the city and beyond turned out on St. Clair Avenue West to celebrate the best of the Latino culture through food, art, music and a nonstop dancing!
Francesco Sorbara, MP for Vaughan-Woodbridge stopped by the TLN Media Group studio to discuss his Italian-Canadian roots and his work in strengthening the economic and cultural relationship between Canada and Italy, including the recently revised Youth Mobility Agreement, allowing young Canadians to work abroad. When asked about the importance of ethnic media in Canada, MP Sorbara expressed the need for local ethnic programming and the significance that content holds for communities.
Patricia Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, spoke with TLN Media Group about the diversity of her riding, Thunder Bay – Superior North and the impact of immigrants on Canada’s economy and infrastructure development. Minister Hajdu continues to support Canada’s rich history of inclusion and multiculturalism as she expresses her thoughts on the importance of ethnic media to Canadians and the country as a whole.
TLN Media Group was present at this year’s multicultural Canada Day celebration in Saint-LĂ©onard, MontrĂ©al. Welcoming families from all over the city as well as performers and vendors, this special celebration for Canadians was an incredible way to honour Canada’s multicultural spirit. TLN Media Group is proud to welcome and represent multicultural communities across the country. Happy Canada Day! Bonne fĂŞte du Canada!
The International Metropolis Conference is the largest annual international gathering of world experts concerning migration, integration and diversity. TLN Media Group is proud to partner with the International Metropolis Project in presenting this year’s conference in Ottawa, held from June 24-28th. Welcoming 1200 delegates from 52 countries, this week-long program addressed both Canadian and international strategies for immigration and integration. The International Metropolis Conference is one of many examples of TLN Media Group’s commitment to supporting the growth of multiculturalism in Canada.
(Toronto, ON – July 4, 2019) – TLN Media Group, Canada’s most influential multilingual media company and home of flagship channel TLN Television, #1 Spanish-language channel Univision Canada and leading Italian-language channel Mediaset Italia, announces a series of exclusive TV events featuring the network’s Made In Canada original heritage specials across its family of TV channels throughout July and August.
As a leader in supporting and developing Canadian multiculturalism, TLN Media Group produces and commissions hundreds of culturally significant programs each year with a catalogue of over 250 episodes of Original titles in English, Spanish and Italian.
TLN TV will feature all-day special weekend lineups on Sunday July 7th and 14th from 9A-5P featuring TLN Media Group original heritage productions highlighting incredible stories of Italian and Hispanic family tradition, sacrifice, ambition, heartbreak and achievement.
The Italian Heritage Specials (with English subtitles) will air on TLN TV on Sunday, July 7 starting at 9am, followed by an encore broadcast in Italian language on Mediaset Italia, Thursdays at 9:30pm starting July 11th . TLN Original Italian titles include Stories from the Garden, Italiese: A New Language for the New World, Landing at Ellis Island and Dominique Corti: A Life’s Journey. Â
The Hispanic Heritage Specials (with English subtitles) will air on TLN TV on Sunday, July 14th starting at 9am, followed by an encore broadcast in Spanish language on Univision Canada, Sundays at 6pm starting July 14th. TLN Original Spanish titles include Like A Fish out of Water, The Persecuted, Maya Regina: An Unusual Connection and Salseros: Living the Lifestyle.
TLN Media Group President, Aldo Di Felice: “Over the past 35 years, TLN Media Group has proven its dedication to showcasing and connecting communities with the passions that make their cultures unique. We take pride in creating and curating premium Canadian made productions that unite generations through storytelling and shared experiences on television, online and in communities.
Click Here for the complete lineup: tln.ca │ univision.ca │ mediasetitalia.ca
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For more information contact:
Bruna Aloe, Senior Director of Communications & Marketing | 416.744.5745 | [email protected]
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About TLN Media Group
TLN Media Group is Canada’s most influential multicultural media company, connecting cultures on television, online and in communities through storytelling and shared experiences. In addition to TLN, its flagship English-language channel, the company also offers Canada’s most widely distributed foreign language television channels led by #1 Spanish language channel Univision Canada and #1 Italian language channel Mediaset Italia. Additional Italian channels include TeleBimbi and TGCOM24. The family of Spanish channels is made up of TeleNiños and a group of four leading foreign services: Cinelatino, Wapa TV, Television Dominicana and CentroAmerica TV. TLN also operates English-language specialty channel EuroWorld Sport. A leader in supporting and developing Canadian multiculturalism. TLN Media Group produces and commissions hundreds of unique and culturally significant Canadian-made programs each year.
About TLN Television
TLN is the English-language specialty TV channel that adds colour to life through a rainbow of culturally connected programming and initiatives. The TLN lineup delights mainstream appetites for rich multicultural lifestyle and entertainment programming. From international music specials and sports, exclusive and original food and travel series, to blockbuster films and unique original productions, TLN entertains and inspires a colourful life.  TLN is part of the TLN Media Group family of channels.
About Univision Canada
Univision Canada is the leading Spanish-language television channel delivering the best programming from the Hispanic world to Canada’s 1.8 million Spanish speakers. The lineup features daily news, award-winning telenovelas, talk and reality shows, live music specials and top soccer coverage.  Univision Canada is a TLN Media Group owned channel and can be seen from coast to coast in close to 2 million homes on all of Canada’s largest pay TV platforms.
About Mediaset Italia
Featuring programming from Italy’s leading TV broadcast group, Mediaset Italia brings the best of Italian TV to Canada. The 24 hour Italian-language TV channel includes the best entertainment, variety, fiction, comedy, sports and news programming direct from Italy complemented with Made in Canada community pleasing original shows.  Mediaset Italia is a TLN Media Group owned channel and can be seen from coast to coast in nearly 3 million homes on all of Canada’s largest pay TV platforms.
This year’s Senior Symposium in Vaughan addressed the plans and strategies needed to support this burgeoning community of senior citizens. TLN Media Group spoke with Minister of Seniors and Accessibility, Raymond Sung Joon Cho about the role of seniors in Ontario and how best to take care of the generation who built Ontario.
TD Welcome to Canada at 11th Annual Salsa at Blue Mountain
TLN Media Group is proud to partner annually with TD Bank Group (TD) for the Welcome to Canada Literacy Program which was part of Salsa at Blue Mountain featuring a special scavenger hunt and story time for young children all weekend long.
The TD Welcome to Canada program distributes books at multicultural events, selected schools, community centers, and libraries across the country making them available to young newcomers, particularly those of Hispanic descent. The books help foster an understanding of Canada, including language, geography, history and multiculturalism. The program reflects TLN Media Group’s commitment to sharing and showcasing the vibrant Latino culture and connecting Spanish-speaking Canadians with the passions that make their culture unique on TV and in the community.
TLN Media Group is a proud annual sponsor of Italian Day on the Drive – a vibrant street festival celebrating Italian culture in Vancouver’s Little Italy! This year’s festa attracted many people from around the city as the event came alive in green, white and red with piazzas, live music, food and more.
(TORONTO, ON – June 26, 2019) – TLN Media Group is pleased to announce that Tim Kirby is joining the sales team as National Account Manager.
Tim is a seasoned agency veteran with over 15 years’ experience servicing agencies and national clients, including over a decade honing those skills at Shaw Media. Tim’s strengths include not only the natural skill set his experience brings, but more importantly the understanding he has on selling the cultural connections to mainstream agencies.
According to TLN Media Group CRO Errol Da-Ré, “Tim understands the important agency role he is tasked with cultivating, including growing National awareness of TLN’s English lifestyle content and our position as the only OTA Canadian broadcaster airing International top tier Serie A soccer from Italy.”
As an official licensed broadcaster of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, TLN Media Group’s extensive coverage of the games will also allow Tim to provide brands with the opportunity to be associated with one of the biggest sporting events.
“There is no lack of outstanding programming on TLN, Mediaset Italia or Univision Canada, and Tim is the ideal National Account Manager to marry those National brands to our content”, adds Da-Ré.
For more information, contact:
Errol Da-RĂ©, Chief Revenue Officer |Â 416.744.5737 | [email protected]Â
Bruna Aloe, Senior Director of Marketing & Communications | 416.744.5745 | [email protected]
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