OTTAWA – The CRTC today approved the addition of HDNet, a U.S. all high definition channel, to the list of eligible satellite services.
Owned by American multi-millionaire (and owner…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC also approved the addition of NEW SAT, a channel out of Lebanon.
The 24-hour general interest service offers programming in Arabic without English subtitles or…
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OTTAWA – Charles Adler’s labeling his callers as "stupid" is "on the edge of acceptability, but did not, in the end, violate the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code…
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TORONTO – The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada has a new board of directors.
Members elected them at the annual general meeting held in conjunction with the RTNDA…
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – In just seven years since their original introduction, personal video recorders have gone from "niche" to mainstream, according to research firm In-Stat.
2005 was another banner…
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DALLAS – A U.S. report released this week says "there are a sufficient number of ambivalent or dissatisfied cable and DBS subscribers that a competitive offering with even slight…
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ALVISO, Calif. – TiVoCast will deliver broadband video directly to the television sets of TiVo subscribers, turning web video into television by bringing top broadband content now only available…
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NEW YORK – Sirius Satellite Radio said this week is has signed a deal with Space Systems/Loral to design and build a new satellite.
Construction is expected to be…
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TORONTO – CBC Television announced this week it has hired David Scapillati as its new general manager of media sales and marketing.
In this position, Scapillati will oversee the…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Football League will be available in eight of the top 10 U.S. television markets via seven Comcast regional sports networks, plus New England Sports Network…
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