WASHINGTON – The 700 MHz auction Stateside has raised a record total of US$19.592 billion, the Federal Communications Commission has announced.
That particular band of spectrum is the block…
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TORONTO – The Ad Hoc Committee of the 1976 and 1996 Bell Canada debentureholders said late Monday it has launched appeals against the court judgments rendered on March 7,…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Television Fund said on Monday that it will provide $275 million to Canadian television producers for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.
Through the Broadcaster Performance Envelope…
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MONTREAL – After months of bargaining and weeks of voting, 88% of the approximately 5,000 technical employees represented by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers’ Union of Canada (CEP) have…
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OTTAWA – It will take three weeks to plough through the various issues to be presented by 74 intervenors who wish to speak during the CRTC hearing into the…
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WE ALL LOVE TO BE THE FIRST to declare something cool, or buzz-worthy. It’s fun and exciting to be the first to find something neat-o and let people know…
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TORONTO – The Canwest Emerging Writers Program and the Canwest Showrunner Training Program were launched today by the Banff World Television Festival and Canwest.
The two programs, part of…
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MONTREAL – In order to meet the needs generated by the company’s ongoing growth – and following the opening of some 600 jobs and the hiring of 830 people…
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MARKHAM – Cable and telecom equipment and services supplier Cygnal Technologies said today that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved the company’s plan of arrangement and reorganization.
Assuming…
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GATINEAU – On Monday, the CRTC officially approved the Equitable Portrayal Code as proposed by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB).
The newly written code contains standards for the…
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