EastLink TV is Bragg Communications' brand for its community channels that serve Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

, New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 and Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. As of 2009, the company's systems in Western Canada

Western Canada

Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :...

 are served by the distinct PersonaTV

PersonaTV

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....

 division.

The channels are best known for providing weekly broadcasts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...

 and Atlantic University Sport

Atlantic University Sport

Atlantic University Sport is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public and...

 football seasons.

Production

EastLink TV shows are produced by crews composed of both television professionals and community volunteers. Some programs, such as live sports events or EastLink Magazine, will generally have more volunteers on crew than EastLink TV employees.

Providing training and opportunities for volunteers is both a duty under the terms of EastLink's cable license, and an opportunity to produce a wider range of programming than would be possible otherwise.

Nova Scotia

• Amherst
  Amherst, Nova Scotia
  Amherst is a Canadian town in northwestern Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.Located at the northeast end of the Cumberland Basin, an arm of the Bay of Fundy, Amherst is strategically situated on the eastern boundary of the Tantramar Marshes 3 kilometres east of the interprovincial border with New...
  
   - Channel 10
• Antigonish - Channel 5
• Avonport
  Avonport, Nova Scotia
  Avonport is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Kings County .-References:*...
  
  /Windsor
  Windsor, Nova Scotia
  Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was...
  
   - Channel 8
• Bedford
  Bedford, Nova Scotia
  Bedford is a community in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was an independent town from 1980-1996. Bedford lies on the northwestern end of Bedford Basin, an extension of the Halifax Harbour...
  
  /Sackville
  Sackville, Nova Scotia
  Sackville can refer to several different communities in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia located along the Sackville River. No community has simply "Sackville" as an official name.* Lower Sackville* Middle Sackville* Upper Sackville...
  
   - Channel 10
• Berwick
  Berwick, Nova Scotia
  Berwick is a Canadian town in Kings County, Nova Scotia. The town is located in the eastern part of the Annapolis Valley on the Cornwallis River. The town site stretches south from the river and Exit 15 of Highway 101 to Highway 1...
  
  /Aylesford
  Aylesford, Nova Scotia
  Aylesford is a farming community in the county of Kings in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is nestled between the North and South Mountains and located roughly 15 minutes from CFB Greenwood and 10 minutes from Berwick...
  
  /Middleton
  Middleton, Nova Scotia
  Middleton is a Canadian town in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.It is situated on the north bank of the Annapolis River. Incorporated in 1909, it is located near the centre of the Annapolis Valley, from which it gets its nickname, "The Heart of the Valley".-Economy:Founded by New England Planters,...
  
   - Channel 13
• Bridgewater
  Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
  Bridgewater is a town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the navigable limit of the LaHave River. It is the largest town in the South Shore region. While the majority of the South Shore's economy is based upon the tourist trade, Bridgewater is more a commercial and industrial centre and...
  
   - Channel 10
• Digby
  Digby, Nova Scotia
  Digby is a Canadian town in western Nova Scotia. It is the shiretown and largest population centre in Digby County.The town is situated on the western shore of the Annapolis Basin near the entrance to the Digby Gut which connects the basin to the Bay of Fundy.Named after Admiral Robert Digby, RN,...
  
   - Channel 10
• Halifax/Dartmouth - Channel 10
• Liverpool
  Liverpool, Nova Scotia
  Liverpool is a Canadian community and former town located along the Atlantic Ocean of the Province of Nova Scotia's South Shore. It is situated within the Region of Queens Municipality which is the local governmental unit that comprises all of Queens County, Nova Scotia...
  
   - Channel 8
• Mount Uniacke
  Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia
  Mount Uniacke is an unincorporated community in Hants County, Nova Scotia Canada. It lies about 40 km to the north of Halifax. , there were about 3,500 residents in the community ....
  
   - Channel 10
• New Glasgow
  New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
  New Glasgow is a town in Pictou County, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the banks of the East River of Pictou, which flows into Pictou Harbour, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait....
  
   - Channel 10
• New Minas
  New Minas, Nova Scotia
  New Minas is a village located in the eastern part of Kings County in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley. As of 2001, the population was 4,300.New Minas borders the town of Kentville to the west and the unincorporated community of Greenwich to the east. The town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia is further...
  
  /Kentville
  Kentville, Nova Scotia
  Kentville is a town in Kings County, Nova Scotia. It is one of the main towns in the Annapolis Valley, and it is the county seat of Kings County. As of 2006, the town of Kentville had a population of 5,815 people....
  
  /Wolfville
  Wolfville, Nova Scotia
  Wolfville is a small town in the Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, located about northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. As of 2006, the population was 3,772....
  
   - Channel 5
• Oxford
  Oxford, Nova Scotia
  Oxford is a town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada east of Amherst. The town is directly serviced by Routes 104, 204, 301, and 321.-History:...
  
  /Collingwood
  Collingwood, Nova Scotia
  Collingwood is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County .-References:*...
  
  /River Philip
  River Philip, Nova Scotia
  River Philip is a Canadian rural community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. The centre of the community is located near the intersection of Route 321 and Wyvern Road.It is situated in a small valley formed by the River Philip, from which it derives its name....
  
   - Channel 14
• Parrsboro
  Parrsboro, Nova Scotia
  Parrsboro is a Canadian town located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.The town is known for its port on the Minas Basin, the Ship's Company Theatre productions and the Fundy Geological Museum.-History:...
  
   - Channel 14
• Porters Lake
  Porters Lake, Nova Scotia
  Porters Lake is a residential community in the eastern shore region of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada, between Trunk 7 and Route 207, 27.8 km from Halifax. The residents mainly commute to jobs in Dartmouth, Burnside Industrial Park or in Downtown Halifax...
  
   - Channel 10
• Pubnico - Channel 10
• River Hebert
  River Hebert, Nova Scotia
  River Hebert is a village on the River Hebert in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.It is approximately 25 kilometres southwest of Amherst...
  
   - Channel 14
• St. Margaret's Bay/Prospect Bay
  Prospect Bay, Nova Scotia
  Prospect Bay is a rural community on the Chebucto Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean on the Prospect Bay Road off , 22.9 kilometers from Halifax, Canada. There is no town centre...
  
   - Channel 10
• Shelburne
  Shelburne, Nova Scotia
  Shelburne is a town located in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the shire town of Shelburne County.-History:-Settlers:...
  
  /Barrington Passage
  Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia
  Barrington Passage is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Barrington municipal district of Shelburne County.-History:...
  
   - Channel 8
• Springhill
  Springhill, Nova Scotia
  -Coal mining:The first industrial coal mining in the area took place in the 1870s after a rail connection was built by the Springhill and Parrsboro Coal and Railway Company to the newly completed Intercolonial Railway at neighbouring Springhill Junction....
  
   - Channel 10
• Sydney
  Sydney, Nova Scotia
  Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....
  
   - Channel 10
• Tidnish
  Tidnish, Nova Scotia
  Tidnish is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County .The population is 1,327. It has a community centre located at 4358 HIGHWAY 366, RR#2....
  
   - Channel 14
• Truro
  Truro, Nova Scotia
  -Education:Truro has one high school, Cobequid Educational Centre. Post-secondary options include a campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, as well as the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the neighboring town of Bible Hill.- Sports :...
  
   - Channel 4
• Yarmouth
  Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
  Yarmouth is a town and fishing port located on the Gulf of Maine in rural southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the shire town of Yarmouth County. The town is located in the heart of the world's largest lobster fishing grounds and has Canada's highest lobster catch.- History :The townsite may...
  
   - Channel 5

New Brunswick

• Port Elgin
  Port Elgin, New Brunswick
  Port Elgin is a Canadian village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.Port Elgin is situated near the Nova Scotia border at the mouth of the Gaspareaux River where it empties into Baie Verte.-History:...
  
   - Channel 14
  • Community programs provided from Amherst, Nova Scotia
• Sackville
  Sackville, New Brunswick
  Sackville is a Canadian town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.Mount Allison University is located in the town...
  
   - Channel 10
  • Community programs provided from Amherst, Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

• Charlottetown
  Charlottetown
  Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885...
  
   - Channel 10
• Summerside
  Summerside, Prince Edward Island
  Summerside is a Canadian city in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is the second largest city in the province and the principal municipality for the western part of the island.- History :...
  
   - Channel 10
• Rural areas - Channel 10

Newfoundland

• Bay Roberts
  Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Bay Roberts is located on the north shore of Conception Bay on the Bay de Verde Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...
  
   - Channel 9
• Clarenville
  Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Clarenville is a Canadian town on the east coast of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Clarenville was incorporated in 1951 and is located in the Shoal Harbour valley fronting an arm of the Atlantic Ocean called Random Sound....
  
   - Channel 8
• Lewisporte
  Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Lewisporte is a town in central Newfoundland Island, Canada, with a population of 3,312. It is situated in a bay close to the mouth of the Exploits River. Lewisporte has an excellent port and related facilities that serve the many communities along Notre Dame Bay. Gander and its international...
  
   - Channel 8
• Marysvale
  Marysvale, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Marysvale is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador....
  
   - Channel 9
• Springdale
  Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Springdale is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, which had a population of 2,764 in the Canada 2006 Census. The community is located on the North-Western shores of Hall's Bay, in Central Newfoundland, near the mouth of Indian River...
  
   - Channel 8
• Stephenville
  Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Stephenville is a Canadian town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland....
  
   - Channel 9

Ontario

• Elliot Lake
• Greater Sudbury
• Kapuskasing
• Kirkland Lake
• Sauble Beach
  Sauble Beach, Ontario
  Sauble Beach, Ontario, Canada is a resort community and unincorporated area in the town of South Bruce Peninsula, Bruce County in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, on the north edge of the Saugeen Nation...
  
  
• Saugeen Shores
  Saugeen Shores, Ontario
  Saugeen Shores is a town in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, formed in the 1990s, as municipal restructuring merged the towns of Southampton, Port Elgin, and the township of Saugeen...
  
  
• Temiskaming Shores
• Timmins
  Timmins
  Timmins is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. At the time of the Canada 2006 Census, Timmins' population was 42,997...
  
  
• West Nipissing

In Greater Sudbury, Saugeen Shores and Timmins, the community channels were previously branded as EastLink TV News, a holdover from the branding used by these stations when they were operated by PersonaTV

PersonaTV

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....

. They now use the regular EastLink TV branding, retaining "EastLink News" only as the name of a daily news and public affairs program within the regular EastLink TV schedule.

In Sudbury and Timmins, the company also produces separate channels for local real estate

Real estate

In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...

 and advertising listings. The channel in Sudbury is branded as Home & Market Television, while the channel in Timmins is branded as ClaimPost Realty.

Original programs

EastLink TV produces a variety of original programming. Some is specific to a particular region, and some is shown network-wide.

Friday Night Hockey - A show that broadcasts QMJHL games on the network. All games are produced by EastLink TV.

Sportsland - A weekly hour-long talk show devoted to the world of sports.

EastLink Magazine - A weekly compilation of good news stories from around Nova Scotia.

Welcome to my Kitchen - Local cookery show

Fishing with Friends - Local fishing show

the path of yoga - Local yoga show

Island View - Local half hour interview, call-in show. (Prince Edward Island)

My Town - Local half hour show highlighting the people, places, events and concerns from around Newfoundland.

Avalon East Senior Hockey League - Local coverage of the EastLink CeeBee Stars Hockey Team. (Newfoundland)

Childrens programming

Eastlink has a few children's show's such as

• Story Time
• Garth and Bev

External links

• EastLink TV
• EastLink News