TORONTO – National radio sales fell 13.9% in the third quarter of 2009, according to data from Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS).
Over 82% of the shortfall occurred in four major…
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OTTAWA – The Penthouse Channel will be joining the Rogers Cable lineup after completing a multi-year distribution agreement.
Currently available to Shaw Cable customers, the adult programming network is distributed…
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TORONTO – The Creators Copyright Coalition (CCC) has a message for Industry Minister Tony Clement – don’t forget about us.
In a statement issued Thursday, the CCC expressed its concern…
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OTTAWA – Asian Television Network International Ltd. (ATN) received CRTC approval for ten new TV channels on Thursday.
ATN already operates 14 multicultural TV channels, and now holds national licenses…
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MARKHAM, ON – Telecom veterans John Piercy and Ian Collins are joining Atria Networks as CEO and president, respectively.
Piercy joins Atria from Mountain Cable in Hamilton, ON, where…
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TORONTO – Moody’s Investors Service has rated Shaw Communication’s senior unsecured component of $2.5 billion multiple seniority shelf registration Baa3, while the preferred share component was rated Ba1.
The shelf…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications will purchase 930,000 of its outstanding class B non-voting shares for cancellation in a private purchase for an aggregate purchase price of $25,956,300.
This represents approximately 0.18%…
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OTTAWA – A radio contest that encouraged the use of handheld cell phones while driving, contrary to Quebec’s highway safety code, did not breach the CAB’s code of ethics,…
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TORONTO – GlassBOX Television will launch its cross-platform AUX music channel as a new digital channel on Rogers Cable beginning this Fall.
AUX, which calls itself “Canada’s music discovery…
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EDMONTON – Allarco Entertainment, owners of Canadian pay-TV service Super Channel, filed for protection from its creditors under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act on Tuesday, Cartt.ca has learned.
According…
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