Corus promotes Bianchi

TORONTO – Vibika Bianchi has been promoted to director of original productions at W Network, Corus Entertainment’s specialty channel for women. "Bianchi has been an integral member of the… Continue Reading

ExpressVu adds sports and news iTV

TORONTO – TSN Extra and CBC News Plus, two new interactive TV services have been added to Bell ExpressVu’s service. Customers can now choose the news and sports they… Continue Reading

Atherley, Astral, part ways

TORONTO – Astral Television’s vice-president of affiliate sales, Darrell Atherley, has left the company. "It was a mutual thing," said Atherley, in characterizing his departure. Atherley had been with… Continue Reading

SaskTel hits 50,000 TV customer mark

REGINA – After adding high definition this month, these are heady times for SaskTel’s Max Entertainment Service, which announced its 50,000th customer on Monday. “On behalf of everyone at… Continue Reading

Three companies vie for 29 sat slots

OTTAWA – Last week, Industry Canada announced that three companies had submitted a total of 29 applications for new satellite orbital positions across several frequencies to serve Canadians. Telesat… Continue Reading

Corus gives up license

MONTREAL – On Sunday, CKTS Sherbrooke stopped rebroadcasting Montreal radio station CJAD. The CRTC has been notified of the decision to relinquish the license. CKTS first began rebroadcasting CJAD,… Continue Reading