TORONTO – Global Television will broadcast the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards in January, jointly with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. The awards, sponsored by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF),... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Draws held at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa have decided the order in which party leaders will speak and other details in the national televised debates being... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – CPAC will be in Quebec on Dec. 14 to offer live TV coverage of talk radio shows discussing the election across the province. The cable station's popular election program Talk... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The HDTV war is heating up as Bell ExpressVu and Rogers Cable both announce they’re adding more sports programming in high definition. Bell is adding NCAA basketball and... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Sales of XM Canada radios and subscription services are so brisk that the company says it expects more than 100,000 receivers will have been shipped to stores across... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Shaw is keeping the home fires burning for the holidays again. Yesterday it put its virtual fireplace on screen on Shaw Digital Digest, and analog customers can cozy... Continue Reading
TORONTO – As part of its acquisition of OMNI TV B.C. and Manitoba, Roger OMNI Television has announced a benefits package totalling $950,000 for independent producers based in the provinces.... Continue Reading
GATINEAU, Que. – Aboriginal Voices Radio Inc. has applied for another extension to the CRTC to begin broadcasting programming in aboriginal languages in Vancouver, Abbortsford, B.C., Calgary, Ottawa, and Montreal.... Continue Reading
CHARLOTTETOWN – Aliant is teaming up with the Charlottetown Police Department to help potential victims of domestic violence. The telco is donating refurbished cell phones, which police will provide to... Continue Reading
MONTREAL and TORONTO – The National Film Board of Canada has issued a call for proposals from independent filmmakers to make documentaries from a new fund. The NFB’s $800,000 documentary... Continue Reading