TORONTO – Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the probability of default rating for Canwest Media to ‘D’ in response to the company’s announcement that it, along with its wholly-owned…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has amended some of the requirements set out in the lists of eligible satellite services.
The amendments include the removal of the requirement that licensed BDUs…
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OTTAWA – Canwest has received CRTC approval for a new channel known as Reality TV.
The national, English-language category two specialty channel will air reality-based programs, including competition-based reality and do-it-yourself makeover…
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CALGARY – Shaw has added The Score and History Television to its high definition programming package Shaw HD Plus.
“High-Definition is in great demand with our customers," said president Peter…
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MONTREAL – OmniGlobe Networks CEO and founder Dr. Jason Neale was the award recipient in the Emerging Entrepreneur business category in Quebec at the recent 2009 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur…
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AS INTERNET and user generated content migrate onto TVs and other video-capable devices, interactive program guides must transform into content and service discovery guides (CSDGs) to keep up with…
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TORONTO – As of today, Bell TV customers can get The Movie Network everywhere they have broadband with TMN OnLine.
Bell TV’s TMN customers will now be able to access…
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TORONTO – The first-ever collaborative TV production between Canada and China will debut on OMNI Television this Saturday.
Called Once Upon a Time in Toronto, the 20-part Mandarin-language drama series…
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RANCHO MIRAGE, CA – T. Boyd Craig has increased his ownership interest in Craig Wireless Systems (CWS) with the acquisition of approximately 1.0M subordinate voting shares.
The shares represent approximately…
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CANNES, France – The international trade association Format Recognition and Protection Association has found that international production volume generated by traded TV formats has grown 45% to top EUR9.3 billion…
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