THESE CRTC HEARINGS INTO big acquisitions have simply become giant public negotiating exercises where a lot of dirty laundry is aired in public by those who feel they’ve been…
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WATERLOO – Barrington Broadcasting Group and Time Warner Cable News have selected cellular newsgathering products from Canadian manufacturer Dejero for several of their cable channels.
“Time Warner Cable News and…
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TORONTO – TVO is launching a free Android app for Google TV this week.
The app in addition to a Google TV set top device will allow viewers to stream TVO programs…
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TORONTO – The London 2012 Summer Games helped to boost audiences for CTV News’ national and local newscasts.
CTV National News With Lisa Laflamme and many CTV Evening News broadcasts…
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TORONTO – Registration is now open for Interactive Ontario’s X-Summit conference which this year will take place November 6 – 7 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Toronto.
The conference…
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OTTAWA – The ‘Say No To Bell’ coalition is taking issue with interventions filed by Telefilm Canada and the Terrace, BC detachment of the RCMP in support Bell’s proposed…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has green-lit the sale of sports channels owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) to a company co-owned by Rogers and BCE, effectively closing…
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TORONTO – The Bell Fund is launching three new funding programs designed to encourage the use of digital platforms for television program development.
The first, known as the TV Development…
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MONTREAL – Stingray Digital is buying the Israeli version of linear television channel and video-on-demand service The Karaoke Channel from Ananey Communications.
Financial terms of the deal were not announced. …
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MONTREAL – Responding to widespread criticism, Bell said Wednesday that should its $3.38 billion buyout of Astral be approved, it will pony up $80 million in new funding for…
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