MAKE NO MISTAKE, it was a long road, but BCE Inc. finally won the right to purchase the most coveted licensed assets owned by Astral Media. However, CRTC decisions…
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TORONTO – Hardcore sports fans will be able to celebrate Canada Day with Sportsnet 360, as Rogers officially debuts the rebranded network from recently-acquired The Score network…
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TORONTO – ?Rogers said today that The Maclean’s Great Canadian Countdown will no longer air on July 1 on City as previously announced.
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GATINEAU – The CRTC today approved the $3.2 billion purchase of Astral Media by BCE Inc., but Bell’s regulatory people have MUCH paperwork to file before July 29th in…
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OTTAWA – Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and musician Carly Rae Jepsen are among a lineup of guests and performers taking part in CPAC’s live Canada Day special…
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TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced Tuesday that Alain Cousineau and Chris Frank, former Bell TV vice-president of programming, have been nominated to the CMF’s…
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OTTAWA – Will the CRTC approve the deal to let BCE Inc. take control of Astral Media? After weeks of speculation (and 15 months since…
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CALGARY – Talk radio host Dave Rutherford of Corus-owned AM770 CHQR in Calgary had his show pulled from the airwaves Tuesday after criticizing the station’s coverage of…
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THE SWIRL OF RUMOURS has to be difficult on the folks who work at Bell Media and Astral Media, what with the flurry of emails, tweets and phone calls…
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ELEVEN MONTHS AGO, the CRTC announced it would get rid of the Local Programming Improvement Fund, a line item applied to the monthly bill of…
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