CALGARY – Shaw Communications has officially renamed its direct to home satellite subsidiary Star Choice to Shaw Direct, as Cartt.ca reported last week. The move builds upon the extension of... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) has lost its executive director, Samantha Hodder, after three years with the organization. No reason was provided for her resignation, and there... Continue Reading
EXTON, PA - The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) is looking for proposals for technical workshops, and for nominations for this year’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Awards. The 2009 edition... Continue Reading
TORONTO - According to an Angus Reid survey, Canadians of all ages are opting to use technology to get their point across, and relationships in Canada often blossom thanks to... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC will not license any new radio stations in the northern Ontario markets of Cochrane and Iroquois Falls. After receiving applications for broadcasting licences in the two communities,... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG - Canwest Global subsidiary, Canwest Media Inc. has entered into an extension agreement with the members of an ad hoc committee of 8% noteholders who own approximately 70% of... Continue Reading
MORALE BUILDING FOR soldiers fighting wars has long been a staple of western armies. Bob Hope was one of the most famous of such giving entertainers, gathering his friends for... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Telefilm Canada said that their priority this year will be the transition toward “a new model of support for the television and interactive-media industries”, also known as the Canadian... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The use of podcasting has grown to the point where one in five Canadian Anglophones report listening to a podcast on a monthly basis, and HDTV screens and... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC has found in favour of Rogers Cable Communications over a complaint from a political candidate regarding an election debate program broadcast on its community channel Rogers... Continue Reading
