RiverTV Announces Exclusive One Month Free Offer

With The Purchase Of A New Roku Streaming Device

For A Limited Time, Anyone Purchasing A New Roku Device Can Get One Month Free Trial of Canada’s Premier Live Streaming TV Service

TORONTO, ON – September 13, 2021 – RiverTV (www.rivertv.ca), Canada’s first live TV and on-demand streaming channel platform, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Roku, to offer an exclusive one month free trial of RiverTV to anyone purchasing and activating a new Roku streaming player or Roku TV™. This special offer is open until September 30, 2021 and is available across Canada. Purchasers will receive an email about the RiverTV special one-month free trial upon activation of the new device.

Typically, River TV is only available as a one week free trial, and this partnership with Roku is the first extended free trial offer of RiverTV. It comes with every Roku® device purchased, available from retail stores such as Best Buy, Walmart, Staples, Home Depot, Shoppers Drug Mart and The Source, as well as online platforms such as Amazon and NewEgg.

RiverTV is cable-free, affordable live TV – no cable wires, no costly set top boxes, no installation appointments and no contracts. This innovative streaming platform provides both live and on demand TV entertainment, as well as a scrollable TV Guide and advanced features such as Look Back TV, Restart TV and Pause & Resume for live TV. Viewers can easily download the RiverTV app from the Roku channel store, sign up and start watching in minutes.

The RiverTV basic package lineup features 38 popular channels, including local Global TV and CBC stations, CHCH-TV, W Network, Showcase, CBC News Network, Teletoon, YTV, Treehouse, HISTORY®, Adult Swim, Family, Slice, Smithsonian Channel Canada, Crime & Investigation and many more providing a great mix of top rated shows, movies, news, lifestyle and reality programming, family shows and much more for $16.99/ month.

We are very pleased to extend this unique and exclusive offer together with our partners at Roku. We have a longstanding relationship with Roku, as we led the Canadian market in the transition to app-based TV services, when we launched our VMedia TV app on Roku in 2016.

Alexei Tchernobrivets, CEO of VMedia Inc., the parent company of RiverTV

RiverTV also offers almost a hundred add-on channels on an ‘a la carte’ basis, including Nick+, Hollywood Suite, Super Channel, documentary Channel, a growing line up of French-language channels, such as ICI Explora and ICI ARTV, from Canada and around the world, and many multicultural selections.

RiverTV is Canada’s first virtual broadcasting distribution undertaking, or vBDU. Like conventional BDUs including VMedia TV and those operated by the major telcos and cablecos, RiverTV aggregates top specialty channels from leading Canadian programming groups including Corus, Blue Ant Media, Channel Zero and Wildbrain, as well as a variety of US channels.

RiverTV is targeted both at cord-cutting Canadians and those looking for a more affordable live TV solution without the big expensive packages of the traditional TV providers, and especially focusing on millennials and families with young children.

ABOUT RIVERTV

River TV, a VMedia Platform, is the first Canadian live TV and on-demand streaming channel provider, or virtual broadcasting distribution undertaking (vBDU), with 37 top channels including a slate of US streaming channels, featuring thousands of hours of original programming. The affordable RiverTV package includes a great lineup of your favourite channels and programming content from Global, CBC, CBC News Network, CHCH-TV, W Network, Showcase, Teletoon, Treehouse, HISTORY®, Adult Swim, Slice, YTV, MovieTime, Crime & Investigation, National Geographic, Silver Screen and more, plus exclusive US streaming channels including Cheddar, DrinkTV, Law & Crime, Newsy and REVOLT. RiverTV also features many a la carte channels and add on packages, including Hollywood Suite, Super Channel, Nick+ and lots more. Visit www.rivertv.ca.

ABOUT VMEDIA

VMedia is Canada’s leading independent telecom and broadcasting company available coast to coast, offering unlimited Internet, TV, Home Phone and Home Security services. VMedia’s mission is to provide the most affordable prices, the best choice and flexibility, dedicated consumer advocacy and ongoing service innovation. Recognized as an innovation leader in the industry, VMedia was the first to launch numerous consumer-friendly service and packaging features, and is a pioneer in the development of live TV streaming solutions and IPTV broadcast technology, offering easy and affordable choice and access to favourite TV entertainment. Visit www.vmedia.ca.

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