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LIVE coverage of Polish State Funeral

OMNI Television to air LIVE coverage of Polish State Funeral
Sunday, April 18th on OMNI.1, OMNI Alberta and OMNI BC

TORONTO – April 16, 2010 – In addition to previously announced special Polish language memorial programming, OMNI Television will carry LIVE commercial-free coverage of the Polish state funeral planned for President Lech Kaczynski and the first lady, this Sunday, April 18th.

LIVE coverage of funeral ceremonies will run for two hours, throughout the OMNI Television network as follows:

OMNI.1 and OMNI Alberta -- OMNI Calgary (CJCO-TV) and OMNI Edmonton (CJEO-TV) – will also broadcast 60 commercial-free minutes of highlights from the Polish state funeral later in the day: on OMNI.1 at 7:00 p.m. ET (encore presentation, Friday, April 23rd at 1:00 p.m. ET) and on OMNI AB at 7:00 p.m. MT.

On 10 April 2010, President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria Kaczyńska perished when a Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M crashed while attempting to land at Smolensk-North airport in Russia. There were no survivors on the plane, which was carrying senior Polish government officials on a trip to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre.

About OMNI Television

OMNI™ is a free, over-the-air multilingual/multicultural television system committed to positive portrayal and broadcast reflection of Canada’s diversity through the airing of inclusive and accessible programming.  With five television stations -- in BC; Alberta (Calgary and Edmonton) and Ontario (OMNI.1 and OMNI.2) – OMNI reaches more than 23 million people in major market areas. As well as specializing in Canadian multilingual/ multicultural programming, OMNI carries well-known International series and films – including East Asian Super Cinema and South Asian Bollywood Freetime Movies. OMNI Television is a part of Rogers Broadcasting Limited., a division of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI and NYSE: RCI) which is a diversified Canadian communications and media company.  For more information visit www.OMNItv.ca

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OMNI Media Contact:
Veronica Logue – Publicity Manager, 416-764-3196 veronica.logue@rci.rogers.com
Sandy Zwyer – Programme Information Coordinator, 416-764-3085 sandy.zwyer@rci.rogers.com