TORONTO – Corus Entertainment is banking on its recent acquisitions of Teletoon, Historia, Séries+ and Ottawa-based radio stations CKQB-FM and CJOT-FM to help “provide a solid foundation for…
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OTTAWA – Film and television production in Canada experienced an overall decrease in production volume of 0.8% to $5.82 billion from $5.86 billion between 2011/12 and 2012/13, according to…
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MONTREAL – Bell will donate a further $5.47 million to Canadian mental health programs after Tuesday’s Bell Let’s Talk Day recorded a total of 109,451,718 tweets, texts, calls and…
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NEW YORK – While new viewing platforms like Netflix or iTunes are often blamed for declining levels of cable and satellite subscription services, a new survey from Ipsos MediaCT…
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OTTAWA – Corus Entertainment’s purchase of Ottawa-based radio stations CKQB-FM (The Bear 106.9) and CJOT-FM (Boom 99.7) from Bell Media will close on January 31st , Corus confirmed Tuesday.
Formerly owned…
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WHISTLER, B.C. – While Rogers, Shaw and Telus say they are supportive of an a-la-carte channel environment, executives from each company offered up some cautionary advice during CIBC’s annual…
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TORONTO – Corus-owned Telelatino is rebranding its Spanish-language channel TLN en Español (TLNE) as Univision Canada after finalizing a licensing agreement with Hispanic media company Univision Communications Inc.
Already a…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications said Tuesday that it is offering $500 million principal amount of 4.35% senior notes due 2024 and $300 million principal amount of floating rate senior notes…
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WHILE THE CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTION television market is at the beginning of a decade-long decay, growth is still in the cards for cable and telecom companies in Canada thanks to…
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GATINEAU – The simultaneous substitution of American broadcast signals for Canadian ones, when the programming is identical, has been going on since the 1970s.
Back then, cable operators were often…
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