Michael Thiessen

"We are very excited to show the international interest in BET and working long term with BET Canada to provide local programming" said Michael Thiessen, Production Manager for Foreground Image. Foreground Image has been heavily involved in working with producers of urban content over the years, including Director RT's video "About 2 Change", which won the Best Music Video award at the 2004 MTV2/Urbanworld Film Festival and "The Throwback" nominated by Much Music for Best Independent Video. "Canadians are always hungry for access to a wide variety of arts, culture and music programming. BET's plan to expand its reach fits with this theme and Foreground Image is confident it can deliver the high quality that the BET network expects," said Michael.

Michael Thiessen Chief Marketing Officer Foreground Image Inc.

Michael Thiessen, Foreground's production manager says, "We believe that the assistance Legal Aid provides is vital and we are very pleased to be working with such a positive organization.