GATINEAU – The increase wasn’t as big as the broadcasters hoped, but the new Local Programming Improvement Fund will now top $100 million, the CRTC announced today.
The money…
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TORONTO and LONDON – A Toronto-produced entertainment news series called Your Geek News is launching on Babelgum’s mobile and web platforms.
Your Geek News is a popular web series…
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TORONTO – Vision TV is giving its viewers the chance to help program the network, and the opportunity to win a $1,000 shopping spree at their favourite electronics retailer to boot.
The…
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OTTAWA – Word that the CRTC has – for the first time – made local programming a condition of license for most over-the-air television stations is “good news”, says…
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TORONTO – The syndicated entertainment news magazine show Entertainment Tonight (ET) is the first customer to use video switching centre The Switch for transmission services to Canada.
In addition…
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TORONTO – The Radio Television News Directors’ foundation has awarded over $12,000 in scholarships to five broadcast journalism students across Canada.
More than 40 applications were received from across…
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WINNIPEG – MTS Allstream has restored service to its telecommunications site at Notigi Lake in northern Manitoba, which was damaged by fire early last week.
Normal telecommunications services have…
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OTTAWA – BroadPoint International Telecom scooped up six of the ten spectrum licences in Industry Canada’s recent auction of residual spectrum licences in the 2300 MHz and 3500 MHz…
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TORONTO – Rogers Cable issued the most recent salvo in the (“we have more HD!” – “no, we have more HD”) battle between it and Bell TV.
Rogers today…
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MONTREAL – Bell Canada finished off a pair of acquisitions today that will boost both its wireless subscribers as well as its branding and distribution capabilities.
First off, the…
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