Webnation
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Webnation is a television show about technology that is aired on CP24 in Toronto
, Canada
. It features technology news, viral videos, reviews and trends. The program first aired on October 14, 2009, and replaces the talk television show HomePage
. The show is hosted weekly by New Media Specialist Amber MacArthur
and CP24 Web Journalist Maurice Cacho.
(CP24's former parent company) announced that it would launch a weekly program on CP24, which became popular as a vodcast. Originally titled Inside Popnology, the CHUM Television-produced program was renamed Webnation. MacArthur resigned in October to go for freelance projects, feeling she was being asked to target too old an audience, and wanted to pursue two projects in the United States. The station convinced her to stick around for two more months, after Rogers Communications promised her show would be weekly on the Citytv network and on G4techTV Canada, reformatted, as of January 2008 as Webnation V2. (CTV's parent company, CTVglobemedia, bought CHUM Limited in June 2007, with the exception of the Citytv
network, which was sold to Rogers Media
).
CP24 was informed on 4 January 2008 that the show would be cancelled for the budgetary reasons. Just before the announcement, the program was named the "Top New Podcast Award for 2007" by iTunes. CTVglobemedia
announced the return of Webnation on the CP24 schedule effective October 14, 2009.
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It features technology news, viral videos, reviews and trends. The program first aired on October 14, 2009, and replaces the talk television show HomePage
Home Page (television series)
Home Page was a technology television that aired show on CablePulse 24, hosted by Omar Sachedina.Original host David Onley left the program, after being appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. He was replaced by Amber MacArthur on departure, and soon after Jee-Yun Lee took over, when MacArthur...
. The show is hosted weekly by New Media Specialist Amber MacArthur
Amber MacArthur
Amber Dawn MacArthur is a Canadian television and netcasting personality. MacArthur is currently the co-host of BNN's App Central....
and CP24 Web Journalist Maurice Cacho.
History
In January 2007, CHUM LimitedCHUM Limited
CHUM Limited was a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1945 to 2007. Immediately prior to its acquisition, it held full or joint control of two Canadian television systems — Citytv and A-Channel — comprising 11 local stations, and one CBC Television affiliate, one...
(CP24's former parent company) announced that it would launch a weekly program on CP24, which became popular as a vodcast. Originally titled Inside Popnology, the CHUM Television-produced program was renamed Webnation. MacArthur resigned in October to go for freelance projects, feeling she was being asked to target too old an audience, and wanted to pursue two projects in the United States. The station convinced her to stick around for two more months, after Rogers Communications promised her show would be weekly on the Citytv network and on G4techTV Canada, reformatted, as of January 2008 as Webnation V2. (CTV's parent company, CTVglobemedia, bought CHUM Limited in June 2007, with the exception of the Citytv
Citytv
Citytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division...
network, which was sold to Rogers Media
Rogers Media
Rogers Media Inc is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., which owns Canada's largest publishing company, Rogers Publishing Limited, which has more than 70 consumer and business publications. Rogers Media Inc...
).
CP24 was informed on 4 January 2008 that the show would be cancelled for the budgetary reasons. Just before the announcement, the program was named the "Top New Podcast Award for 2007" by iTunes. CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia , was one of Canada's largest private media companies. Its operations include newspaper publishing , television broadcasting and production , radio broadcasting , and their respective Internet properties.Originally established by BCE and the Thomson family in 2001 combining CTV Inc.,...
announced the return of Webnation on the CP24 schedule effective October 14, 2009.