TORONTO – TSN has signed a deal with the NBA extending its basketball broadcasting rights for another two years.
TSN will air 20 regular season Toronto Raptors games, at…
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MONTREAL – MTS Allstream and the Yellow Pages Group have completed their directory business transaction first announced on Aug. 14.
The Yellow Pages Group, through the Yellow Pages Income…
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HALIFAX – Aliant TV has added CNN, Headline News, and TBS to its channel lineup as part of its Digital Advantage package.
Aliant customers in the Maritimes will also…
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OTTAWA – CanWest MediaWorks President and CEO Peter Viner has won the 2006 Gold Ribbon Award for Broadcast Excellence from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.
Viner, celebrating almost 40…
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CALGARY – The Shaw Rocket Fund is calling for entries to its $50,000 prize for the best independently produced Canadian youth or family program.
The juried prize celebrates the…
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TORONTO – An informal coalition of independent Canadian specialty channels opposes the notion of distributors paying a subscription fee to carry over-the-air TV stations.
As reported last week…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media announced plans to launch the PersonalWeb Internet service in Canada, allowing surfers to customize their online experience when visiting its branded sites.
Rolling out here…
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TORONTO – Citytv Toronto’s news and information shows will start airing in high definition on Oct. 2, something it calls “a Canadian first.”
BreakfastTelevision, CityLine, CityNews at Noon, CityNews…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters has confirmed its lineup of speakers and panellists at its upcoming annual convention in Vancouver.
Appropriately for its 80th anniversary gathering, the…
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VICTORIA – Revenues for VCom, which owns the YourLink wireless Internet service and some smaller cablecos across Canada, rose 27% in fiscal 2006 compared with the previous year, the…
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