TORONTO – CTV has signed a deal with an American distribution company to find spots for its heralded Canadian sitcom, Corner Gas, in the United States.
CTV has announced…
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OTTAWA – Distributing separate feeds simultaneously is currently a no-no for national sports service The Sports Network, the CRTC said today.
In January, the CBC complained to the Commission…
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WASHINGTON – The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a decision last week against a Vancouver broadcast executive over a public company he was involved in between 1999 and 2002….
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OTTAWA – As the so-called "account stacking" proceeding progresses, reply comments were due in last week and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters let it be known again that the…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has told Shaw Cable it has to change its community channel ad policies.
After coming across a rate card and hearing about Shaw Cable selling…
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TORONTO – The high temperature yesterday might have been about seven degrees in Southern Ontario but rest assured, the just-completed May long weekend means summer is upon us.
And…
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SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – Motorola’s "Blackberry Killer", the Moto Q, is finally coming. Once slated for launch in the fourth quarter of 2005, the company announced today that "the world’s…
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WINNIPEG – CanWest got out of Ireland on Friday for almost $200 million.
CanWest Global Communications announced it has sold the 45% stake in Irish broadcaster TV3, plus some other…
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LOUISVILLE, Colo. – CableLabs announced Monday that it has issued the video on demand Metadata Content Specification 2.0.
This specification improves upon version 1.1, which is in common use today,…
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WOODSTOCK, N.B. – A company that already provides high speed Internet access to remote Canadians wants the federal cabinet to take another look at a CRTC decision which will…
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