MONTRÉAL – Astral Media which is supporting a $3.38-billion takeover proposal from BCE Inc. reported that its first-quarter profit was $59.6 million, up from $55.8 million for…
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TORONTO – Astral Radio says it is with a “lot of pride and a little apprehension” that it announces the return of "Humble" Howard Glassman and Fred…
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TORONTO – City Montreal, which debuts February 4, says its schedule will feature the hit series 2 Broke Girls, Revolution, Modern Family, and the original series Seed….
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LAS VEGAS – The FCC is moving to free up a “substantial” amount of additional spectrum for Wi-Fi in order to relieve network congestion issues. FCC Chairman Julius…
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TORONTO – Sportsnet has reached a four-year multiplatform agreement with CONCACAF for the broadcast rights to seven CONCACAF properties, including the 2013 and 2015…
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PASEDENA, CA – Bell Media’s CTV has ordered two new Canadian series, the half-hour ensemble scripted comedy Satisfaction and police drama Played.
Satisfaction takes a “humorous…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC approved a pair of new category B specialty service licenses yesterday for Fantasy Sports TV and Quest.
Fantasy Sports TV is a Fight Network (which is…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment announced today the company has entered into a partnership with NBCUniversal to operate iVillage Canada, and to represent Canadian advertising inventory on the iVillage network…
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TORONTO – Building on an idea that was dubbed “Watch Canada” back in October, the Canada Media Fund, Telefilm Canada and the CRTC on Wednesday announced the creation of…
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TORONTO – For the first time in Canada, the Super Bowl will be streamed live as CTV confirmed today its plans to stream Super Bowl XLVII and its slate…
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