Evan Kosiner

Evan Kosiner
Evan Kosiner with Isadore Sharp, founder and chairman of The Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
Born	Evan Wynn Kosiner[1] (1987-12-16) December 16, 1987 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian / American
Occupation	Serial entrepreneur & philanthropist
Years active	1994–present
Children	None
Awards	Governor General's Caring Canadian Award Sovereign's Medal For Volunteers

Evan Kosiner is a Canadian serial entrepreneur, broadcaster and philanthropist.^[2] His notable achievements include receiving The Governor General of Canada's Caring Canadian Award and for obtaining rights to bring HuffPost Live to Canada for television, partnering with AOL.^[3] Kosiner co-founded and acts as Chairman of Skate To Great, supported primarily by FedEx, is one of the largest skating related charities in Canada under his leadership since inception in 2012.^[4]

Kosiner also Directed and Co-Executive Produced a feature length theatrical film about and starring rapper Drake, entitled "Drake's Homecoming: The Lost Footage." The international theatrical release was held on March 19, 2015, but Kosiner stayed quiet amidst much controversy surrounding the film.^{[5] [6] [7]} The film's controversy was documented throughout numerous articles in Rolling Stone Magazine, Billboard Magazine, TMZ, The LA Times, Vice News, Canadian Press and The Toronto Star about two tweets Drake sent out publicly regarding the release. Drake was a partner in the film. The Toronto Star rated the film half a star less than comparable Canadian concert film Never Say Never about Justin Bieber. ^{[8] [9]}

Kosiner produced a nationally televised half-time show for the 2015 All-Canadian Basketball Game airing across Canada on the sports broadcaster TSN from the iconic Canadian venue Maple Leaf Gardens. The show featured Canadian Juno Award Winner Jully Black and Choclair. ^[10]

His initial interest in television came from working with Kids TV International, a production company supplying small video segments for HBO. At the age of 13, he started collaborating with Motorola, helping to produce their corporate videos.^[11] He subsequently graduated from Ryerson University in Radio and Television Arts.^[12]

In 2009, Kosiner owned Radio Development Group which began providing over 80% of the content which aired on XM Radio and later the merged SiriusXM Satellite Radio entity on Canada 360. His company provided weather, traffic and border crossing information. He exited the venture in 2013.^[13]

In 2012, he was granted a license to produce Bulb TV, a knowledge and educational television channel.^[14] Bulb TV was the first channel in North America to broadcast in 4K (4000 pixel) and 8K (8000 pixel) signal formats. ^{[15] [16] [17] [18]}

In September 2012, Kosiner began hosting Entrepreneurship, a live one-hour television show on Rogers Television with notable Canadian guests such as Isadore Sharp, founder and chairman of The Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and Christine Magee, president and founder of Sleep Country Canada. He also appeared on CTV News Channel as a business contributor.

In March 2013, Kosiner was presented with the Governor General of Canada's Caring Canadian Award for the success of his charitable organization he co-founded with Canadian Olympian Kaitlyn Weaver, Skate to Great.^{[13][19][20][21]} Skate to Great has national sponsors such as FedEx and appeared in a video talking about their partnership on the FedEx YouTube channel. He also appeared on Hockey Day in Canada promoting the charity. Skate To Great collected over 6000 pairs of skates in its first two years and has had events with the majority of NHL franchises or alumni associations within Canada. As of February 2015 the organization has collected and distributed over 12,000 pairs of skates.^[22]

Kosiner shared in a Huffington Post article^[23] how he successfully lobbied Google to modify their search results relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In this article, he shares that CPR instructions were first listed on the seventh page of Google search results. Google has since ensured that CPR instructions are listed within the first three results worldwide.

In August 2014, Kosiner launched BuyNOW TV, a Canadian English language direct response specialty shopping channel .^[24] The channel was carried on Rogers Cable, Zazeen and V Media included on basic packages in several provinces across Canada prior to a change in strategy broadcasting through various cable stations.

On December 18, 2014 an application was received by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission from Kosiner Venture Capital Inc. with AOL's support to bring HuffPost Live to Canadian televisions through conventional cable.^{[25] [26] [27]}

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