TORONTO – The fall 2006 BBM ratings book (officially called S4 2006) came out Monday and one of the more notable stories in Canada’s largest market is the boost…
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COMPETITION HAS COME to Saskatchewan. The little-big (population-area) province has had competition on the terrestrial video side since 2002 but only recently has a serious voice option come available….
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TORONTO – Despite the hue and cry over the supposed nasty effects of new media, radio, a so-called old media, continues to post gains here in Canada.
According to…
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SAINT JOHN – A new service aimed at giving parents the ability to better manage their children’s mobile phone was launched today by Bell Aliant.
Cellular Manager lets parents…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Toronto-based Venoa Video has asked the CRTC for a BDU license serving the Greater Toronto Area.
According to the company’s web site, it either offers or wants…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Rogers Media’s $39.6 million purchase of O.K. Radio Group’s Alberta radio stations was approved by the CRTC on Wednesday.
This comes on the heels of the Commission’s…
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TORONTO – Saying it wants to try different things, CBC is canceling its early evening national newscast, Canada Now.
Canada Now is anchored out of Vancouver by Ian Hanomansing…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The stroller and drool set may soon have a high definition home of their own.
The CRTC Thursday granted a category two digital specialty service license for…
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GATINEAU – If the CCTA was still around, it wouldn’t have been able to find consensus among its members for the CRTC’s TV Policy Review either.
While the schisms…
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GATINEAU – As the so-called softer side of the industry comes to the fore over the next few, final days of the CRTC TV Policy Review hearing, groups like…
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