Attention Entertainment Editors:

G4techTV Canada offers FREE preview in November

    Viewers get chance to win a trip for four to Hawaii and tickets to the
    NFL Pro Bowl

    TORONTO, Oct. 23 /CNW/ - G4techTV Canada is pleased to announce that
digital cable and satellite subscribers(*) will get a free preview month of the
best in high-tech and gaming programming as well as feature shows guaranteed
to wow the most discerning gamers and technophiles.
    Upping the ante, G4techTV Canada is offering viewers a chance to win a
five day trip for four to Honolulu, Hawaii and tickets to the NFL Pro Bowl
football game in February 2007. Viewers are invited to log onto
www.g4techtv.ca between November 1 and November 30, 2006 to fill out the entry
ballot. The winner will also receive four passes to the Madden Championship
online football gaming tournament being held in Hawaii.

    The following shows are just a sample of the great programming on
G4techTV Canada.

    Call for Help is a daily one-hour show designed to help viewers of all
knowledge levels from tech-savvy to novice get the most out of their
technology and keep them up-to-date on all the latest technology news and
products. The program features responses to viewer calls and viewer e-mails as
well as product demonstrations, fun tech tidbits, breakdowns of tech jargon
and updates on the latest trends in technology.

    Torrent is a weekly one-hour Internet culture show for tech-savvy
audiences looking for unique first-person pop-tech stories from around the
world. Hosted and co-produced by Matt Harris, Torrent brings the best video
podcast segments on the Internet to the living room with entertaining and edgy
content that delivers viewers something new each and every week.

    Attack of the Show gets you inside, underneath, around, and behind the
newest tech, the hottest games, the fastest-breaking news, and the oddest
oddities from the fringe.

    Beat the Geeks is a one-of-a-kind game show designed to allow the true
"geek" to defend his wealth of knowledge, as ordinary contestants summon the
courage to challenge the Geeks in their self-proclaimed area of
Uber-knowledge.

    Cheat! will provide you with game exclusives and the ways to beat them.
Each episode will demonstrate how to beat a game with strategy walkthroughs
and tips on getting around "choke points". We'll also give you hidden secrets
and tricks, and, as a last resort, cheat codes.

    X-Play gives gamers tips, tricks, and previews for the latest games in
its own X-ceptional way. "X-Play" also offers comprehensive reviews of the
hottest new videogames on the market and the not-so-hot.
    Electric Playground is a Telly Award-winning show that goes on location
and behind the scenes of the videogame industry to provide interviews with
game developers, previews of upcoming games, industry news, technology
features and celebrity gamer segments, as well as a look at the latest
gadgets, toys and comics that gamers are interested in.

    (*)The following television providers are participating in the free
November preview: Bell Express Vu, Rogers, Cogeco, Videotron Ltee, Persona
Communications, Access Communications, Telus, MTS, Mountain Cable, Source,
Sasktel.

    About G4techTV in Canada

    G4techTV Canada (formerly TechTV Canada) launched in September 2001.
G4techTV is the one and only 24-hour television network that is plugged into
every dimension of games, gear, gadgets and gigabytes. Co-owned by Comcast
Corporation (G4 Media inc.) and Rogers Media Inc., the channel airs more than
24 original series. G4techTV is available on digital cable and satellite. For
more information, see www.g4techtv.ca.

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