GATINEAU – Bell Canada and Astral Media say the list of new regulatory safeguards it has agreed to should allay any fears the CRTC has of a combined company –... Continue Reading
CANNES, France – Amidst the glamour of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) announced today it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Screen... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) will be holding regional seminars in Montreal and Toronto entitled “Digital Media: Production to Distribution Using IP.” This seminar... Continue Reading
TORONTO – To help advertisers engage more viewers during televised shows, Shaw is unveiling a new promotion this weekend that bypasses the traditional commercial break and makes the ad part... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Shaw Communications, together with British Columbia's South Asian community, is lending its support to BC Children’s Hospital Foundation by broadcasting the 15th anniversary of A World of Smiles... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Much was made last week during the hearing into Bell Canada buying Astral Media about the combined company needing an exemption from the CRTC’s radio station ownership policy... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – IDNR-TV (Natural Resources TV) is hoping a new survey that shows six in ten Canadians would support free access to the channel devoted to the nation’s natural resources... Continue Reading
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group announced today it has acquired three FM radio stations owned by Bell Media and Astral located in Calgary and Winnipeg. Pattison will... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – In their final written submissions to the CRTC on the proposed purchase of Astral Media by Bell Canada, various interveners say there are no words, no new rules... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Fans of the TV series Nurse Jackie who watch it on Astral’s The Movie Network and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central will be able to access a special digital... Continue Reading
