TORONTO – In about 30 minutes, Omnicom Canada CEO Fred Forster put a good scare into a room of broadcasters and ad folks Monday afternoon when describing the impending…
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TORONTO – What could be a better place to roll out a Big Brother Canada Slop Truck than in Hogtown? The truck leverages two iconic Big Brother…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has approved Dufferin Communications plan to launch a new English language A/C station in Clarence-Rockland, located about 40 kilometres northeast of Ottawa. The…
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MONTRÉAL – With a promise to spend nearly $170 million over seven years on Canadian programming, TV5 Québec Canada has applied to the CRTC to amend the…
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TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has created a new form for producers to officially record data on gross sales for all television and digital…
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OTTAWA – The Local Programming Improvement Fund, which is to be phased out by September 2014, collected $112.1 million in funding from BDUs in 2012 compared to…
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TORONTO – Top TV creators, business professionals and the participants have been confirmed for the 2013 Bell Media Showrunner Bootcamp. The Canadian Film Centre (CFC)…
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TORONTO – Featuring "speed-of-light access to breaking news, scores and stats, customizable alerts, and premium content" the newly re-designed Sportsnet mobile apps for iOS devices is now…
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WHAT TURNED INTO A banal little experiment happened when I tuned into AMItv last month while guide-surfing. The Bourne Identity caught my eye and I stopped there to give…
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