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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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TORONTO – Comweb Corp., along with member company, equipment provider William F. White International Inc., have announced the purchase of Vancouver-based Telescopic Camera Cranes Ltd., which houses…
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TORONTO – Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund announced today it will fund 27 new and ongoing projects through its script development program.
“Our latest round of script…
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DENVER, COLO. – Telus Optik TV customers in Alberta and British Columbia can now tune into the World Fishing Network (WFN) in HD.
“We’re excited to…
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WHILE DROPPING IN ON the CRTC’s two-week hearing into new and renewed mandatory carriage requests (on cpac.ca) – and poring over some of the transcripts since its conclusion, two…
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TORONTO –? BBC Worldwide Canada has appointed Michael Smith as senior vice-president of TV sales, co-productions and digital distribution.
Smith will be responsible for developing and delivering a five-year growth…
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