VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 23, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Oct 25th and Oct 26th, 2008 -- on National TV, BTV-Business Television profiles:
Protox Therapeutics (TSX:PRX): http://www.b-tv.com/i/videos/ProtoxOct08.wmv -- is a product-focused development-stage company and a leader in advancing novel, targeted protein toxin therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other proliferative diseases.
Mercer International (Nasdaq:MERC): http://www.b-tv.com/i/videos/MercerOct08.wmv -- is one of the largest NBSK, market pulp producers in the world and one of the only forestry companies in Canada to post positive gains this year.
Alexis Minerals (TSX:AMC): http://www.b-tv.com/i/videos/AlexisOct08.wmv -- is a mineral exploration and development company focused on mine discovery in Canada's richest mining regions, Val d'Or and Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec.
BTV, a half-hour weekly business program, profiles emerging publicly trading companies across Canada and the USA. With Host Taylor Thoen, BTV features companies at their location, interviews the company's key executives, features their products and services, and unveils their plans for future growth.
BTV BROADCAST TIMES: CANADA: - BNN - Sat, Oct 25th @ 8:00pm ET Ontario: SUNTV - Sun, Oct 26th @ 9:00am ET Alberta: CITY TV - Sat, Oct 25th @ 10:30am MDT BC/Washington: KVOS TV - Sun, Oct 26th @ 4:30pm PDT Bell Express VU and Star Choice - West SUNTV Sun, Oct 26th @ 6:00am PDT U.S. national: - America One - Sat. Oct 25th @ 10:30 am ET www.americaone.com WVVH South Hampton, NY KWEM Stillwater, OK WSPY Plano, IL KEEN Las Vegas WZBN Trenton, NJ KMCA Redding, CA ShelbyTV Shelby Township TV9 Troy, OH KKAX Kingman, AZ WRBD Pensacola, FL WIVM Canton, OH KDAO Marshalltown K48BK Dove Creek, CO KTYJ Coeur d' Alene, ID K27FA Craig, CO NSU22 Natchitoches, LA WRCF Orlando, FL WBCF Florence, AL WLLS Indiana W35AY Hilton Head Island, SC WLNN Boone, NC WJTS Jasper, IN W34AX Henderson, NC WGTN Worthington, MN W67CD Sanford, NC KCCE San Luis Obispo, CA WYBE Southern Pines, NC W35BB Dublin, GA WBKA Bucyrus, OH IMAGE Erie, PA CTV12 Cedar City, UT KPIF Pocatello, ID VTV Vernal, UT K23BJ Lake Havasu City, AZ WBII Ashland, MS UPN23 Hornell, NY WPRQ Clarksdale, MS WEBU Webb, MS KXOK Enid, OK WLMO Lima, OH KXOC Oklahoma City, OK WHAN Salem, IN