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A SIMPLE MESSAGE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
APTN is excited with the prospect of sponsoring Music City Manitoba – St. Laurent.
We are grateful for the opportunity to help create the most Desired Music & Tournament Destination in Canada.
With the influx of up tp 1.5 million tourists per year, to the great town of St. Laurent, and our province , Manitoba will be in the forefront of the most exciting tourist destination in Canada.
From the early 70s to present day, this is a project that fits right in with our vision at APTN and we are looking forward to working with the team from Music City Manitoba- St. Laurent in the very near future.
Monica Ille – CEO
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ABOUT APTN
The launch of APTN on September 1, 1999, represented a significant milestone for Indigenous Peoples across Canada. The network has since become an important entertainment, news and educational programming choice for over 9 million households in Canada
“A national Indigenous channel should be widely available throughout Canada in order to serve the diverse needs of the various Indigenous communities, as well as other Canadians.”
– CRTC – Public Notice 1998-8
INFORMATION
HEAD OFFICE
THE APTN STORY
Being a leader can be extra challenging when there’s no trail to follow. But that just means you have to create your own. APTN has been doing just that from the very beginning. Even though we arrived on Canadian airwaves on Sept. 1, 1999, our history stretches back much further…
In 1972, under the name “Anik” (which means “little brother” in Inuktitut), Telesat Canada launched the first geostationary satellites, which relayed television signals to North America. This meant that any community with a satellite dish could rebroadcast them locally, even in the Arctic. This was the North’s first experience of real-time television.
Unfortunately, what northern audiences saw on their TV screens was completely disconnected from their reality in the North. The shows were all in English and the on-screen characters were mostly white, with virtually no Indigenous presence.
Initially a satellite experiment in Canada’s northern communities, a new program called Inukshuk would lead to the world’s first Indigenous television network. However, one problem remained: Indigenous audiences still needed Indigenous programming.
Around this time, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) created the Committee on Extension of Service to Northern and Remote Communities (Therrien Committee). This new committee believed that southern content threatened the Northern way of life and its urgent need for language and cultural preservation. It explicitly stated a solution to this problem: Canada needed to step up and provide Indigenous Peoples with opportunities to preserve their language and culture through broadcasting and other communications. It was a catalyst of change for Indigenous broadcasting.
In 1987, stakeholders met in Yellowknife and came up with a vision for a new organization: Television Northern Canada (TVNC). They secured $10 million in funding, and in 1992, TVNC hit the air with a live three-hour show from Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit. The launch was a success and proved that northern broadcasters could produce authentic and entertaining television.
In 1997, the CRTC announced it was calling for comments on new national networks. TVNC’s Board of Directors voted to move towards establishing a national Indigenous television network. Fueled by a 20-year-old vision, TVNC submitted its application to the CRTC in just three short months.
While they waited for the CRTC’s decision, TVNC launched a national contest to name its future network. The lucky winner received a SONY VCR, and the network received its name: The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.
Feb. 22, 1999 is remembered as one of TVNC’s greatest moments: the CRTC announced that it had approved its submission for a national broadcasting licence. The commission granted the network not only its licence, but also the mandatory carriage and subscriber fees. The launch date was set: Sept. 1, 1999.
Six months later, APTN became available to more than 9 million homes throughout Canada via cable television, direct-to-home satellite and wireless service providers. The dream of a national Indigenous television network became a reality, and the rest, as they say, is broadcast history.
OUR PROPOSAL TO APTN
THIS PROPOSAL WILL NOT BE A PART OF YOUR WEB PAGE
BENEFITS FOR APTN…
Normally sponsors receive a questionable benefit for sponsoring a charity or event.
We, at music City Manitoba have a much different approach…
So, we have initiated that particular concept, in asking you to support this very worthwhile, one of a kind project.
A unique, Special Bonus has been created especially for the APTN, and a few other very special organizations to become sponsors of this project.
These are not 3 or 4 days events.
For the first 4 years they will be 59 days during the summer, and will expand to 312 days per year, thereafter.
To begin with, and too ensure that we receive the best possible service and product, we will agree to pay APTN
($1,00 per ticket that we sell to Music City Manitoba for the first 10 years). Starting on the first week that we start selling our event, we will send you your share via e-commerce, on a monthly basis.
$1.00 per ticket does not sound like much, but over ten years this adds up to about $9,860,00.00. That is not chicken feed!
Over and above that, we will provide APTN with a LED Video Screen (12 ft. x 8 ft.) in the most prime location available (Indoor or Outdoor) your choice, for 10 years. APTN will be responsible in supplying those videos. Keep in mind, it would be possible to run up to 900 – 60 second commercials on those for a period of 15 hours per day. Most likely the best way to do that, is having a few commercials, on a loop.
We will also provide APTN the use of 1 Glamping pod for 7 days per year, for 10 years. (when they are ready).
The Glamping Pod will be named after APTN, for 10 years, and we will have signage to signify, that fact.
APTN will receive (1) 3 Day/2 Night Trip for 56 of your family, friends,& clients for 10 years.to Music City Manitoba.
APTN will receive multiple mentions on all advertising we will do, across Canada & The US.
We will buy $1,000,000.00 per year in television ads, for 10 years.
Sponsorships are Tax Write offs.
WHAT WE WANT…
To create a long term advertising relationship with APTN. (10 – 25 years).
Up to $1,000,000.00 in Contra television advertising for years 1, 2, 3, & 4.
Consistency, Frequency, and Market Coverage.
For APTN to help promote Music City Manitoba – St. Laurent to Canada.
(this should meet with the vision and purpose of APTN
To help recognize and promote all the talent we have in Manitoba & Canada.
APTN could cover as many events and tournaments that they would like to cover.
APTN to help us create the most desired Music & Tournament Destination in Manitoba & Canada.
musiccitymanitoba.com
Our Company’s purpose is to bring first class entertainment, on a regular basis, at the lowest possible price, to Manitoba, while providing low cost, accommodations, and a consistent transportation program, to all of Canada and the United States. Having as many people as possible visiting Manitoba, and offering them amazing entertainment is at the core of what we want to accomplish, and to provide our most treasured sponsors with over 20 times the value of their costs.