OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC today approved the purchase of CHSH-TV-2 Chase from Shuswap Lakes Television Society by Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Ltd. The purchase price was $10. Pattison’s CFJC-TV out... Continue Reading
EDMONTON - The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada presented its regional journalism awards yesterday in Edmonton.The 2004 TELEVISION winners are: Bert Cannings Award - Best Newscast CHAT-TV - Redcliffe,... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Fresh off its recent regulatory win allowing longer-form programming instead of a straight wheel of news, CTV Newsnet has announced its first full hour show. Countdown: With Mike... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The New Country 95.3 announced this week that it has signed Juno Award-winning country artist George Canyon as the headliner of the third annual Canada Day Jam. Taking... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The everyday consumer probably doesn’t understand – or care to understand - what the VOIP decision was all about. They just want better stuff cheaper. In the end,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Having received new applications for radio stations in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and Calgary, Alberta, the CRTC - in accordance with policy - has issued a broad call for... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Canadian VOIP provider Babytel sharply criticized the CRTC for leaving Canadian cable companies unregulated in Thursday’s decision. “This is asymmetrical regulation," said Stephen Dorsey, babyTEL president and CEO.... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – While the cable industry was fixated on the voice over Internet protocol decision yesterday, the CRTC issued another one at the same time which will affect a number... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – At least it won’t be an election issue this time around. The CRTC today added Italian channel RAI International to the eligible satellite list of services for distribution... Continue Reading
EXTON, Pa. - The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) announced today that exhibitor floor space for the upcoming SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2005 is sold out. The Society’s annual flagship... Continue Reading
