PersonaTV
, a
television
production subsidiary of
Canadian
cable
and telecommunications company
Bragg Communications
, operates cable
community channel
and
real estate listing
channels in television markets served by the
Persona Cable
division in
Western Canada
.
Unlike similar divisions such as
Rogers Television
or
TVCogeco
, the branding of Persona TV channels may vary according to the market. The channel serving the
Grande Prairie
,
Alberta
market is branded as
Persona News 7
, while other channels may be branded as
MyTown
or
Persona TV
.
Defunct operations
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In Persona's largest markets in
Ontario
, the primary community channel was branded as
Persona News #
, where # refers to the channel's placement on the cable dial. Persona News stations acted as local
news
channels, airing a rotation of community-oriented news and public interest reports. Persona News Channel operations also broadcast their local
city council
meetings, and when not airing live programming or news reports, ran a computer-generated
community bulletin board
of events listings, weather and other news that can be delivered graphically.
Persona News stations aired in
Greater Sudbury
,
Saugeen Shores
and
Timmins
. These channels were originally named
News Channel #
, and were rebranded as Persona News in 2007. Following Persona's 2009 rebranding as
EastLink
in Ontario, all three channels were rebranded as
EastLink News
.
In Sudbury and Timmins, Persona also aired separate channels for local
real estate
and advertising listings. The channel in Sudbury is branded as
Home & Market Television
, while the channel in Timmins is branded as
ClaimPost Realty
.
A more traditional
community channel
format, branded as
MyTown
, aired in
Elliot Lake
,
Kapuskasing
,
Kirkland Lake
,
Sauble Beach
,
Temiskaming Shores
and
West Nipissing
in Ontario, and
Trinity
-
Conception Bay
in
Newfoundland and Labrador
. All of these channels are now branded as
EastLink Television
.
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