TORONTO – Beleaguered Canwest Limited Partnerships (CLP) had its probability of default rating cut yet again.
Moody’s Investors Service downgraded its rating to Ca/LD from Caa2, and its corporate family…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has announced a public debt offering of senior secured debentures series ‘1’ worth up to $300 million.
The Canadian and Portuguese cable company set the…
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DARTMOUTH, NS – Newfoundland Capital Corporation (NewCap) saw its revenue grow 6% for the first quarter of 2009, led primarily by its broadcasting division.
For the quarter ended March…
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BANFF – While the economic downturn has left Canada’s over-the-air broadcasters complaining about their very survival, it has accelerated the move to Internet advertising and the use of social…
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BANFF – An optimistic Canadian Heritage minister said he was “not worried” about Canada’s culture, including its film and TV industries.
Opening the Banff World Television Festival Sunday night,…
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BANFF – Rescue Toya!, from Japan’s public broadcaster NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.), picked up the Interactive Grand Prize and the Immersive Entertainment award on Saturday night at nextMEDIA.
Gaza-Sderot:…
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BANFF – When Nike wanted to win back customers it had lost to other running shoe manufacturers, it created Nike+ and turned to the online world. Nike+ was the…
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WE’VE READ ALL SORTS of dissenting opinions on CRTC from individual commissioners who don’t agree with their co-panellists. But a “concurring opinion”? That’s a new one for us.
Yesterday’s…
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TORONTO – Rogers Broadcasting has kissed 92.5 Jack FM goodbye, and replaced it with KISS92.5 FM, “the only ‘all hits’ radio station in the city of Toronto”.
"We did…
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TORONTO – The Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) received 1,119 complaints from consumers in 2008, down 23% from the 1,445 complaints that it received in 2007.
The national advertising industry…
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