Global’s Entertainment Tonight Canada today announced its official and exclusive sponsorship of the Gala Programme at Roy Thomson Hall for the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.
“For the past five years, ET Canada has been front and centre with its Festival coverage, continuing to bring Canadians the best access to the 10-day film celebration,” said Tamara Simoneau, Senior Executive Producer, ET Canada. “We’re extremely excited to now sponsor the Festival’s prestigious Gala Programme. We see this as the ultimate complement to the ET Canada brand.”
As a steadfast supporter of the Festival and part of Canada’s #1 Entertainment News Hour, ET Canada is the only entertainment news program to officially come onboard as a Festival sponsor this year. The gold standard in entertainment news, ET Canada will resume its in-depth coverage of all things Festival related this September.
“ET Canada’s presence and participation in the Festival over the past five years is undeniable, and we’re thrilled to have them onboard as an official sponsor this year,” said Piers Handling, CEO and Director, TIFF.
Details surrounding ET Canada’s Festival Central will be revealed in a series of exclusive announcements in the weeks to come. For daily Festival coverage viewers can tune in to ET Canada starting Thursday, September 9th – 7:30pm ET/PT, following Entertainment Tonight at 7pm ET/PT on Global.


