APPEARANCES- Find out where Jason will be next! +
APPEARANCES / EVENTS 2008
March 3 28th Annual Genie Awards, Toronto, ON Canada
June 12 Hard Rock Café 30th Birthday Guitar Smash, 8AM at Young Dundas Square, Toronto ON Canada
June 17 Much Music Video Awards, Toronto, ON Canada
July 25-27 Pemberton Music Festival, Pemberton, BC Canada
August 4 Teen Choice Awards, Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City. Los Angeles, California USA
September 4-13 Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, ON Canada
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E! NEWS WEEKEND - a brand new E! Show hosted by Arisa Cox and Jason Ruta launches Friday March 7 +
CANADA'S HOTTEST NEW WEEKLY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM BROADCASTING FROM CANADA’S HOTTEST ENTERTAINMENT LOCATION – THE HARD ROCK CAFE AT DUNDAS SQUARE IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO
INDUSTRY INSIDERS ARISA COX AND JASON RUTA BRING VIEWERS THE CELEBRITY NEWS, TRENDS AND INTERVIEWS THEY CRAVE
WE ARE YOUR WEEKLY SOURCE FOR EVERYTHING ENTERTAINMENT DELIVERED IN SPARKLING E! STYLE
DEBUTS FRIDAY, MARCH 7 – 7:30PM ET/PT
WITH ENCORES SATURDAYS – 12:30am ET/PT and SUNDAYS – 7pm ET/PT
(CALGARY, March 3, 2008) – E!, the network that brings Canadians everything entertainment is proud to announce the launch of “E! News Weekend”. We’ll get your weekend started with a weekly re-cap of entertainment events from Canada, the U.S. and around the world.
The new studio location set against the bustling backdrop of Toronto’s downtown core is the perfect fit for the E! network and this energetic new show. “The E! Studios at Dundas Square located in the middle of Canada’s entertainment capital at the Hard Rock Cafe really represent what the E! brand is," said Zev Shalev, Vice President, E!, Strategic Programming. “Canwest is thrilled to be the first broadcaster to set up shop in Dundas Square”.
This weekly half hour, round up of the week’s hottest entertainment news, interviews and celebrity inside information will be hosted by Arisa Cox and Jason Ruta from the new E! Studios at Dundas Square located inside the Hard Rock Cafe. This dazzling duo will keep viewers connected to the world of entertainment in trademark E! style with the fresh, hip flair that only E! can bring.
"We are so pleased to add a weekly entertainment magazine show to our Canwest stable of programming. The network has assembled a top-notch team of some of the best talent in the business to produce and deliver this flagship program,” said Christine Shipton, SVP, Drama and Factual Content, Canwest Broadcasting. “As Canada’s premiere entertainment network, E! News Weekend is an essential piece of the E! programming slate and our pledge to deliver everything entertainment”.
In the debut installment, “E! News Weekend” will bring viewers a profile of Canadian “it” girl and Academy Award® nominee Ellen Page, all of the winners from the 2008 Genie Awards and an interview with crooner k.d. lang discussing her new release “Watershed”.
Meet the E! News Weekend Team…
Co-host Jason Ruta has spent a decade in the entertainment business including radio, film, television and theatre. His resume includes network experience with YTV and CMT as well as acting in films and commercials.
Co-host Arisa Cox is no stranger to the world of entertainment. She has earned credits as both host and producer on shows like “ET Canada”, “The A-List”, “Road to Rockstar” and “The Gill Deacon Show”.
Behind the camera, pop culture guru, MuchMusic veteran Kim Clarke Champniss serves as Executive Producer. His body of work includes host/producer of MuchMusic’s rock and roll desk, productions for Bravo and Canadian Learning Television and recipient of the Canadian Music Industry’s Awards for Television Personality of the Year (1994). Writer/Director David Hyde has won numerous awards including a Gold Broadcasting Design Award, two MuchMusic Video Awards and the 2005 Best of the Fest at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Producer Jay Armstrong has a resume that includes work on “Canadian Idol”, “ET Canada”, “CBC News” and “CTV News”.
"E! News Weekend” is produced by Canwest Broadcasting for the E! television network in Canada. Visit us online at www.eonline.com.
E! is a Canwest Broadcasting network.
About Canwest Broadcasting
Canwest Broadcasting operates two conventional television networks, Global Television and E!, and twenty-one of the country’s most popular specialty channels, including HGTV, Mystery TV, National Geographic Channel, Showcase, Slice™ and TVtropolis. Canwest Broadcasting is a division of Canwest Media Inc.
About Canwest Media Inc.
Canwest Media Inc is a subsidiary of Canwest Global Communications Corp. (www.canwest.com; TSX: CGS and CGS.A). An international media company, Canwest is Canada's largest publisher of paid English language daily newspapers and owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in conventional television, out-of-home advertising, specialty cable channels, web sites and radio stations in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Indonesia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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New E! series tops list of programming newsbytes +
New E! series tops list of programming newsbytes.
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http://www.mediaincanada.com/articles/mic/20080305/shows.html
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Jason Ruta and Arisa Cox will be presenters at 2008 Genie Awards +
TORONTO, Feb. 29 CNW
The 2008 Genie Awards promise to be an exciting night for the Canadian film industry as Genie nominees, presenters and industry supporters converge at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Monday evening (March 3rd) to celebrate a spectacular and internationally celebrated year in Canadian film.
The 28th Annual Genie Awards will be broadcast on Monday, March 3rd at 10pm ET/PT on the E! Television Network and IFC.
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Canadian TV hosts fave holiday fare +
Picks from hosts of 'E!', 'eTalk', 'Entertainment Tonight Canada', 'MTV Live' and 'The Hills After Show'
With the holidays upon us, and a pile of special programming to go with it, we asked the hosts of Canada’s nightly newsmagazine shows to share the with us the one TV show or movie that have to watch during the holidays
Arisa Cox
On-Air Personality, E!
Trading Places is my absolute must-see holiday movie. The young Eddie Murphy is at his comic best as a genius hustler and Jaime Lee Curtis plays an awesome hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold. The sight of Dan Aykroyd as a drunken, homeless Santa eating stolen fish hidden in his filthy beard on a city bus is a moment that only gets funnier every time I see it. While being a comedic classic, it's also a pretty subversive statement about class, which is in my opinion the absolute worst "ism" in human society.
Jason Ruta, E!
On-Air Personality, E!
Every holiday, without question the movie I watch is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Not only are the Griswold’s kind of like my own family – it reminds me of home!
Jason Ruta on E! +
Toronto – September 11th, 2007 - Jason Ruta on E!
Jason Ruta has signed on as Host of the E! Everything Entertainment Network in Canada. The Channel switches from CH to E! September 7th 2007. He Joins Arisa Cox to bring Canadians Everything Entertainment. The Premiere night featured a one hour television special hosted by Ruta and Cox highlighting E!'s new prime time lineup. Ryan Seacrest gave an On-Air shout out - welcoming the network to Canada. The E! launch party was hosted in Toronto’s posh Yorkville neighborhood and included a red carpet gala with E! News host Giuliana Rancic and Husband Bill (The Apprentice) and other celebrities. The Musical guest was international artist Sean Paul.
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Canadians are Tuning in to E! +
All-new E! Network Debuts to Huge Ratings Success - Premiere Week Audience Growth for E! Ontario Tops 51%
E! - Canada's Destination for Everything Entertainment
CALGARY, Sept. 19 /CNW/ - Big ratings for the network premiere prove that viewers love everything entertainment. E! wowed viewers in week one with a mix of hit movies, entertainment news programming and 2007 Primetime Emmy coverage. The network's first full week of programming saw a 51% increase in viewers watching E! Ontario - Canada's largest television market - and a 9% increase in the Vancouver market compared to the same week last year.
E!'s coverage of the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday,September 16 helped to propel ratings compared to the same time last year.
- For the time period of 11am-8pm, the network saw a 197% increase in the number of women 18-49 and a 361% in women 25-54.
-In the Vancouver market, E! saw an increase of 405% in women 18-49 and a 171% increase in women 25-54
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The E! Network to Launch in Canada +
TORONTO, April 24 /CNW/ - The broadcast division of CanWest MediaWorks today announced an exclusive agreement with E! Networks to license and manage the E! brand and content in Canada. On September 1, 2007, CanWest will bring one of the world's definitive entertainment brands to Canadians across multiple platforms including broadcast, online, mobile, video-on-demand and satellite radio. As part of this agreement, CanWest's current CH Network will be rebranded as E! beginning this fall.
"In an ever-changing broadcast landscape, the opportunity to enter into a strategic alliance with a multi-platform pioneer like E! represents another defining moment for CanWest's broadcast business," said Kathleen Dore, President, Canadian Television at CanWest MediaWorks. "This innovative alliance affords us access to multimedia content to help drive success within our broadcast business. We are very confident that the powerful combination of the E! brand and content, alongside our Canadian and local programming, will resonate strongly with Canadian audiences. While Global Television continues to experience strong momentum, the launch of the E! brand in Canada will redefine our second conventional television network."
"One of our primary goals as a company is to maximize the enormous appeal of the E! brand internationally. The opportunity to partner with CanWest to bring E! to Canada as an over-the-air network and multi-platform entertainment service is a tremendous step towards that goal," said Ted Harbert, president/ceo, Comcast Entertainment Group. "I applaud the amazing work of Comcast Entertainment Group, International President Kevin MacLellan and his talented team for their success in putting together this groundbreaking channel deal with CanWest MediaWorks."
This landmark agreement will see E! delivered as an over-the-air network for the first time anywhere in the world. The Canadian E! schedule will continue to feature a mix of primetime network programming, and will add the extensive library of E! content during daytime, late primetime and weekends. The network's complete programming schedule will be revealed at the CanWest MediaWorks fall launch event in June 2007.
Another key element in the dynamic alliance with E! features a commitment to develop and co-produce Canadian content programming, in genres including drama, documentary and factual entertainment. In addition to CanWest's existing roster of Canadian content, the new initiative will be supported by a dedicated development fund.
Each station will also continue to serve its local audiences via local news and information programming. Concurrent with the E! launch, each station's local content will relaunch with a refreshed on-air image under the banner of their historical call letters (CHCH News, CHEK News, CHBC News, CHCA News and CJNT Montreal). This is an acknowledgement of the depth of the connection that the stations have with their local communities - some for over 50 years.
In addition to the E! broadcast network, Canadian entertainment fans will also be able to stay connected to the world of entertainment through a variety of E!-branded access points including E! Online, mobile, video-on-demand and satellite radio. E! Online will be customized for Canadian audiences and CanWest will be aggressively seeking providers for the distribution and delivery of Canadian content for all of the E! multi-platform offerings. E! will work closely with CanWest MediaWorks supporting all new media businesses related to the E! brand and content within the alliance.
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