TORONTO – The deadlines for nominations for an RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Award – and for the annual broadcasting excellence awards – are fast approaching.
Since the Radio-Television News Directors…
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TORONTO – What do HDTV set buyers want when they bring their big, bright, expensive new TV home?
HD content, of course. However, what those in the TV industry…
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ALVISO, Calif. – TiVo customers trying to remember whether it’s Pontiac or Honda offering “3.9% financing for a limited time” will be able to turn to their PVR boxes…
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OTTAWA – Late Friday, the government adopted amendments to the Telecommunications Act which gives the CRTC the ability to establish a national Do Not Call List, aimed towards reducing…
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OTTAWA – With an election call to come this morning from the Governor General, Canada’s broadcast, cable and telecom industries get a legislative time out… again… from the feds….
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WINNIPEG – The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network announced the launch of the Aboriginal Media Education Fund (AMEF) on Monday.
The AMEF “will foster the growth of the Aboriginal independent production…
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YEARS BACK, IT WAS EASY to pick on VisionTV. Its programs were old, appearing only on the specialty channel in their second or third (or fourth!) window.
Much of its…
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WINNIPEG – Over 750 employees will be let go in early 2006 as part of a multi-faceted push to cut costs at MTS Allstream.
Calling it the “Transition Phase…
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MONTREAL – XM Canada today introduced the broadcasting team for Franc parler, the first French-language all sports and sports talk channel in North America.
Franc parler will provide listeners…
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TORONTO – Telus has signed a 15-year agreement with Hamilton Health Sciences to deliver the process and information technology components of its human resource services.
Valued at $137 million,…
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