That’s a lot of ‘ball

TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet will show a whopping 400-plus baseball games this Major League Baseball season (which begins Sunday). One hundred and sixteen of those are corporate cousin Toronto… Continue Reading

Canuck stations win 26 Murrows

WASHINGTON – Fifteen Canadian radio and television stations were honoured this week by Radio Television News Directors Association International with regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. The list of winners… Continue Reading

Source adds four HD channels

HAMILTON – Independent cable company Source Cable will add all-high-definition channels Oasis HD, Rush HD, Treasure HD and Equator HD, to its channel lineup on April 1st. “We are… Continue Reading

Former ACQ president Bujold dies

TANZANIA – Sixty-five year old Marcel Bujold, a former president of the Association des cablodistributeurs du Quebec and one of the three founders of the Gaspé region’s Cablo G,… Continue Reading

Over $100K in pitching prizes at Banff

TORONTO – Development money and a host of new, internationally-funded pitching programs worth more than $100,000 are in place for the 28th Banff World Television Festival, organizers have announced…. Continue Reading

Addressable advertising growing

AMERICAN NATIONAL TV NETWORKS and local broadcasters are increasing their use of addressable advertising products, and are also expanding their plans for addressable advertising on their Internet portals, according… Continue Reading