TORONTO – Goldman Sachs has thrown its support behind a new proposal to restructuring Canwest Global Communications and bring it out of bankruptcy protection.A group led by Toronto-based investment fund... Continue Reading
STOCKHOLM and BARCELONA – Ericsson showed off a new IPTV remote at the Mobile World Congress earlier this week which it claims will re-define the TV viewing experience.Available to consumers... Continue Reading
BALTIMORE - Homes receiving addressable advertising tuned away 32% less of the time than homes that receiving non-addressable advertising, according to a report in Broadcasting and Cable.The story examines the... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Ratings for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games continue to skyrocket.According to data from Canada’s Olympic broadcast media consortium, 6.2 million watched Team Canada defeat Norway on day 5... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Rogers’ OMNI Television has funded three public service announcements designed to combat racism.Commissioned by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, the spots will be versioned into Cantonese, Italian, Mandarin,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – More and more Canadians can’t imagine life without their personal video recorders (PVRs), according to research from the Cable Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM).The results from an on-line... Continue Reading
REGINA – Access Communications has begun a major upgrade of their service offerings in Balgonie and Pilot Butte, SK.This investment will bring new digital and HD TV channels, high speed... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Despite the imminent demise of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council will carry on.In a note to members late on Thursday, national chair Ron... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER and WHISTLER - There are about 1,400 people working on the TV and radio broadcast and digital media production of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.It has been, and continues... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CTAM Canada is again inviting its members to apply for the CTAM Canada Fellowship to CTAM U 2010. One successful applicant will be selected by a jury to... Continue Reading
