TORONTO, Jan. 19, 2016 /CNW/ - Shaw Media
congratulates its production partners and Global's news and
entertainment teams on their 2016 Canadian Screen Award
nominations. As announced in a press conference this morning by the
Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, Shaw Media's
solid portfolio of original programming garners Canadian
Screen Award nominations across all genres including drama,
lifestyle, entertainment, comedy, factual, news and digital.
"Shaw Media is tremendously proud of our brilliant production
partners and colleagues and congratulate them on their Canadian
Screen Awards nominations," said Christine Shipton, Senior Vice President and
Chief Creative Officer, Shaw Media. "We are honoured to work
with these talented individuals on the outstanding Canadian
original content they continue to produce each year."
Shaw Media's powerhouse conventional network Global
celebrates 20 nominations including three nominations for its
beloved Rookie Blue, with Missy Peregrym nominated for Best Performance
by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role and
Ben Bass nominated for Best
Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role.
Reality fan favourite Big Brother Canada receives
three nods including Best Reality / Competition
Program, and sketch comedy The Second City
Project takes home six nominations including Best
Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series and Best
Direction in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series.
Shaw Media's specialty channels capture a total of 27
nominations, with HISTORY's Vikings
picking up six nominations, including Best International
Drama and Best Direction in a Dramatic Series, while
Ice Pilots NWT secures three nods including Best
Factual Program or Series and Best Direction in a
Documentary or Factual Series. Food Network Canada and
HGTV Canada dominate the Best Lifestyle Program or Series
category with three of the five nominations, including HGTV's
Income Property and Buy It, Fix It, Sell
It, and Food Network Canada's Carnival
Eats. Shaw Media also congratulates Dino Hunt
Canada Interactive for their Digital Media
nomination for Best Cross-Platform Project –
Non-Fiction.
Committed to providing Canadians with accurate, balanced, timely
and comprehensive news coverage, Global News garners 11
nominations, including four nods for its investigative
newsmagazine program, 16X9 and one nomination
for Global National News for Best National
Newscast.
Click here for the full list of Shaw Media nominations.
About Shaw Communications
Shaw Communications Inc. is
a diversified communications and media company. Shaw serves 3.2
million consumers and businesses through a reliable and extensive
fibre network. Shaw provides consumers with broadband Internet,
WiFi, Digital Phone and Video services. Shaw Business provides
businesses with Internet, data, WiFi, telephony, Video and fleet
tracking services, and ViaWest provides collocation, cloud and
managed services. Shaw Media provides Canadians with engaging
programming content through one of Canada's largest conventional television
networks, Global Television, and 19 specialty networks, including
HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, HISTORY® and Showcase. Shaw is
traded on the Toronto and
New York stock exchanges and is
included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol: TSX – SJR.B, NYSE –
SJR). For more information about Shaw, please visit
www.shaw.ca.
SOURCE Shaw Media