NEW YORK – Huge American media company Viacom has announced that it will also cut jobs, about 850, and restructure its organization.
Approximately 7% of its workforce will be…
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TORONTO – Peter Vamos is the new executive director of Banff World Television Festival.
Formerly the publisher of Playback Magazine, Vamos will report to Festival CEO Robert Montgomery, who…
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MONTREAL – BCE released a statement Friday saying that there is no truth to the rumour that an investor group has proposed a minority investment in the telecommunications giant….
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BRANDON, Man. – Westman Communications will add home phone service to its lineup starting next month.
Available to its Brandon-based customers only, Westman will roll out various plans and offers bundled with…
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ST. LOUIS, MO.- Manufacturer Belden has announced plans to cut 20% of its work force.
Approximately 1,800 staff will let go as the company streamlines its manufacturing, sales and administrative…
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MONTREAL – Astral Media will re-format three more of its radio stations under the Virgin brand.
The stations now known as 95 Crave (95.3 FM) in Vancouver, The Bear…
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TORONTO – In memory of Ted Rogers, one of the most important and influential entrepreneurs in Canadian media, TV Ontario will present an encore of one of the last…
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HUBERT LACROIX’S EXCELLENT article on CBC’s web and digital activities has one flaw, it aggrandizes the audience numbers of cbc.ca, which by any measure are small compared to…
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TORONTO – Canadian actor Peter Keleghan will receive ACTRA Toronto’s highest honour – the ACTRA Award of Excellence.
The award recognizes both an outstanding body of work by a performer…
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TORONTO – Digital media distribution company Yangaroo has extended its agreement with Warner Music Canada for another two years.
Warner has been using the digital media distribution system commercially…
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