WINNIPEG - CanWest MediaWorks New Zealand announced today it has agreed to purchase Q92FM, which serves the areas of Queenstown, the Wakatipu Basin and Central Otaga, New Zealand, with six... Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES – The Walt Disney Company, Intel and Cisco have revived video on demand company MovieBeam and this time, customers will be able to order movies in high definition.... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Gabrielle Free has been hired as director of communication for CHUM Television's music and youth services. She starts today.Free (left) will oversee all communication strategy and publicity activities... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – As part of its overall restructuring, the CRTC issued an unusual call for comments on Friday, asking the industry for input on setting service standards for Commission decisions."The... Continue Reading
ASTRAL TELEVISION'S THE MOVIE NETWORK was one of the first, if not the first Canadian TV channel to show a regular diet of high definition content, dating back to about... Continue Reading
DESPITE THE IMMINENT SHUTDOWN of the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association, a move which will cost 26 jobs, Canada's smaller independent operators have already decided they must have a continuing presence... Continue Reading
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Yesterday, former Bell Canada executive Michael Neuman resigned as president and chief operating officer of number two U.S. satellite company EchoStar Communications. A short announcement yesterday by the... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Subscribers to Videotron's illico digital cable are able to access Olympic coverage from Radio-Canada, the French-language network of the CBC, via video on demand. Under an agreement announced... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Late Monday, TVA Group announced fourth quarter net income dropped by 50% to $8.7 million, compared with net income of $17.4 million during the fourth quarter of 2004.... Continue Reading
KELOWNA - The third annual "Have A Heart" Radiothon has raised over $207,000 for the various hospital foundations in B.C.'s Okanagan valley. The money was raised during a two-day campaign,... Continue Reading