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Sixth Canadian airport lands CBC News Express service

October 7, 2010

CBC, Canada’s national public broadcaster, announced today that it has expanded its CBC News Express broadcast service into Fredericton International Airport using the Audience platform supplied by Capital Networks Limited.

Six multizone HD displays installed throughout the airport provide travelers with up-to-the-minute news, including local, national and international stories, as well as sports, business, entertainment and weather updates — with the Audience platform displaying the content through a combination of video, graphics and live data feeds.

The video news content is created by CBC’s editors in the corporation’s Toronto Broadcasting Centre and delivered into the Audience system with the click of a mouse, CBC says, creating a seamless flow so that news items are entered into the system immediately.

"Capital Networks bridges the gap between digital signage and broadcasting," said Robert Bishop, executive producer at CBC. "Most companies fall into one category – digital signage vendor or broadcasting production – but Capital Networks has a solid history in both. Its Audience broadcast solution ensures that our programming is really sophisticated in terms of layout and design and meets our need for flexibility and rapid delivery in a rapidly changing news environment."

Hosting more than 260,000 travelers each year and providing service to major Canadian cities and the Caribbean, Fredericton International Airport is the sixth Canadian airport to roll out the CBC News Express service, with coverage already available in Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver.