TORONTO – Wendy Freeman will be the new president of CTV News, replacing Robert Hurst who announced plans to step down earlier this month.
Freeman is a 17-year veteran of…
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OTTAWA – CTV’s coverage of the fatal luge accident at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games did not violate broadcasting standards regarding the depiction of violence or the respect for…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Government’s decision to oppose a new tax on MP3 players and smart phones as part of its copyright legislation received votes of confidence from the…
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MONTREAL – Stingray Digital’s Karaoke Channel has finalized an agreement with Walt Disney Records to distribute Disney songs through its multiple services and products including video-on-demand, on-line streaming, download…
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REGINA – SaskTel announced Wednesday Saskatoon Square has been sold to Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust for $50 million. SaskTel owns 70% of the building and will recognize a…
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TORONTO – Released on December 4, Shaw Communications’ Global Television App for iPad was the number one free download on the Canadian App Store during its entire week of…
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TORONTO – Peter Furnish has been hired as vice-president, marketing at Astral Television Networks, effective immediately.
Reporting to Domenic Vivolo, senior vice president, marketing and sales, Furnish will lead the…
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TORONTO – A newly formed coalition of Canada’s largest accessibility organizations, called Access 2020, will be asking the CRTC to adopt a new approach to accessibility in its May…
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NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. – Long-time head of the Canadian Cable Television Association, Michael Hind-Smith, died December 3rd from complications due to cancer. He was 80.
Hind-Smith was the longest-serving CCTA president…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable’s unionized employees in Quebec have approved in principle two new collective bargaining agreements governing their working conditions.
The new collective bargaining agreements, which will be in…
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