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 to... Continue Reading
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 interest... Continue Reading
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 31,... Continue Reading
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 media... Continue Reading
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, James... Continue Reading
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: life... Continue Reading
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 case... Continue Reading
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 release... Continue Reading
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 an... Continue Reading
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 self-regulatory... Continue Reading
