January 28, 2009 16 years ago

CAB cuts 14 staffers, including COO Van Dusen. Convention axed, too

OTTAWA – Citing “economic and market realities” the Canadian Association of Broadcasters will be a far smaller organization going forward, concentrating more on policy and copyright matters. As Cartt.ca… Continue Reading

January 28, 2009 16 years ago

Audience share, revenue up at CW Media, but foreign exchange drags unit to loss

TORONTO – CW Media Holdings, the CanWest Global-Goldman Sachs holding company which owns the former Alliance Atlantis specialty channels (HGTV Canada, History, Showcase, National Geographic etc.) reported increases in… Continue Reading

January 28, 2009 16 years ago

Broadcasters need to be accurate: CBSC

OTTAWA – Improperly identifying just whose police force were roughing up Tibetan protesters got CTV Newsnet and Global in hot water with the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. The CBSC… Continue Reading

January 27, 2009 16 years ago

Suter to oversee all Canadian TV ops for NBCU

TORONTO – Ron Suter has been named executive vice-president/general manager, Canada, NBC Universal Television Distribution and executive vice-president, Universal Studios Canada, the company announced today. Suter, who is based in… Continue Reading

January 27, 2009 16 years ago

EastLink launches February digital free-view

HALIFAX – EastLink and its programming partners from across Canada will provide over 65 digital channels to EastLink Digital Cable customers to view at no additional charge during the… Continue Reading

January 27, 2009 16 years ago

LG recalling 150

TORONTO – Both Bell Canada and Virgin Mobile are helping supplier LG recall over tens of thousands of LG 150 model handsets from Canadian subscribers. The companies will replace… Continue Reading

January 27, 2009 16 years ago

Budget 2009: Hundreds of millions for TV, broadband

OTTAWA – The Federal government today reconfirmed funding for the Canadian Television Fund, the Canadian New Media Fund and committed to $225 million in new spending to bring broadband… Continue Reading

January 27, 2009 16 years ago

U.S. Senate votes to delay digital transition until June

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After many years of preparation, industry co-operation between broadcasters and cable companies – and months of planning, educational campaigns and awareness creation, the U.S. Senate has… Continue Reading

January 27, 2009 16 years ago

CAB to be dramatically downsized

OTTAWA – The official announcement will come Wednesday morning we’re told, but Cartt.ca has learned that the Canadian Association of Broadcasters will go forward as a very different, far… Continue Reading

January 26, 2009 16 years ago

Canadians still not convinced on PVRs

TORONTO – Adoption rates in Canada for personal video recorders (PVRs – or DVRs, as they’re known Stateside) are still modest and many Canadians aren’t sure they’ll ever get… Continue Reading