Humber Hawks take flight on Rogers TV
Students to provide content for local channel
Toronto, Ontario – January 21, 2011 – Humber College’s Broadcast Television/Videography (BRTV) students and the Humber Hawks are teaming up with Rogers TV to showcase Humber’s top-ranked varsity teams, while providing students with valuable industry experience as they earn their credential.
Humber Hawks’ Varsity games will be shown on Rogers TV Cable 10 in Toronto and 63 in Scarborough every Sunday from January 23 to February 20, 2011 starting at 5 p.m. Students will broadcast and produce full coverage of basketball and volleyball games, along with team features, player interviews and profiles, stats packages and more. Rogers TV will then compile a four-hour show from all of the produced material.
“It’s a rush to be part of broadcasting a live sporting event. I’m pumped,” said BRTV student Sean Burt, who will be working as a camera operator for some of the matches. “The chance to work in the mobile HD production unit gives us the ability to jump into the field with the experience we need to stand out and get a job.”
Humber students will be working with SCORPIO, Humber’s new high-definition (HD) television mobile. SCORPIO is the most technically advanced mobile in any college in Ontario. The compact 35’ mobile television facility features the latest in state-of-the-art HD broadcast equipment, including top-of-the-line high-definition cameras, a video production switcher, a digital recording system, broadcast graphics software, edit facilities and more.
“This is a win/win for Rogers TV and for Humber,” said Annie Hadida, Rogers TV Toronto station manager. “Rogers TV will receive top-quality, broadcast-ready content that meets our need to provide more local sports programming. In turn, we are proud to feature Humber’s athletes and to provide future broadcasters with the chance to learn their craft in live situations.”
Rogers TV viewers will get a look at some of the top college athletes and teams across Ontario and Canada, including Humber’s undefeated men’s basketball and women’s volleyball squads. The men’s basketball and volleyball teams, along with the women’s volleyball team are ranked in the top five teams across Canada, while women’s basketball is ranked third in Ontario.
“We feel that Humber has the best college sports program in the country,” said Humber assistant athletics director Jim Bialek. “This is an opportunity to raise awareness of college-level sports in the Toronto area, and for people to see what accomplished athletes we have.”
About Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions. Committed to student success through excellence in teaching and learning, Humber serves more than 22,000 full-time students and 56,000 continuing education registrants. With an internationally recognized reputation for quality learning, Humber offers a wide-range of career-focused opportunities for students to personalize their educational path. Our 150 full-time programs include four-year bachelor’s degrees, two and three-year diplomas, one and two-year certificates, and apprenticeship training. As a founding member of Polytechnics Canada, Humber offers students the opportunity to participate in applied research projects that find solutions for issues confronting small- and medium-sized enterprises. Humber is one of 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges as identified by the League for Innovation, and the League’s only Canadian board member. Humber finished first in its class in the highly regarded Community College Survey of Student Engagement in 2009 in each of four categories, including Active and Collaborative Learning, Student Effort, Academic Challenge and Student-Faculty Interaction. More than 85 per cent of Humber graduates are employed within six months of completing their studies.
About Rogers TV
Rogers TV is a unique TV channel where community members take an active role in conceptualizing and producing programming for local audiences. Our staff and volunteers produce informative and entertaining local programming, reinforcing Rogers’ commitment to the communities we serve. Rogers Communications is Canada's largest provider of wireless voice and data communications services and one of Canada's leading providers of cable television, high-speed Internet and telephony services. Rogers TV is only available to Rogers’ customers, including the company's 2.3 million cable customers in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland. For more information on Rogers Communications Inc., visit www.rogers.com. For more information on Rogers TV, visit www.rogerstv.com.
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For more information, please contact:
Andrew Leopold / Kevin Gonsalves
Humber Marketing & Communications
(o) 416.675.6622 ext. 4296 / 5778
(c) 416.518.8989
andrew.leopold@humber.ca / kevin.gonsalves@humber.ca
