WASHINGTON – A decision yesterday by an American appeals court could clear the way to making millions of cable’s legacy digital set top boxes capable of becoming digital video…
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TORONTO – Chris Fuoco, vice-president of distribution and account marketing for Canwest Broadcasting, has left the company, it was announced late last week.
“We greatly appreciate all of Chris’s…
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MONTREAL – "Once again, Quebecor’s very positive results were spearheaded by robust numbers in the cable segment, which continued to log strong customer growth for all its services," said…
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TORONTO – Due to a wide range of issues, CanWest CEO Leonard Asper is mulling a move to take CanWest private, according to a story in The Globe and…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications Inc. said Friday it has agreed to purchase for cancellation 3 million of its outstanding class B non-voting shares – or approximately 0.006% of the…
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TORONTO – While revenues for Canada’s private broadcasters increased slightly in 2007, they cut their spending on Canadian programming slightly too, pointed out ACTRA, the actors union, in a…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor Media’s broadcasting, publishing and movie unit, TVA Group, reported net income of $12.8 million for the second quarter of 2008, 23% lower than the corresponding quarter…
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MEXICO CITY – Canadian Minister of Health Tony Clement has named Michael Sabia, former CEO of Bell Canada Enterprises, as the chair for the new Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative…
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EXTON Pa. – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers engineering committee has approved the first four parts of SCTE’s Digital Program Insertion – Advertising Systems Interfaces standard, the organization…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters announced that Elaine Ali, senior vice-president, CTV Stations Group, Nicole Jolly, vice-president of operations, New Flow 93.5, Milestone Radio, and Claude Laflamme,…
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