TORONTO – Corus Entertainment has promoted production and development executive Irene Weibel to the role of vice-president, head of Nelvana Studio, effective immediately.
Weibel formerly held the position of VP…
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LAS VEGAS – The National Hockey League has given its blessing to Rogers Communications' and Bell Canada’s acquisition of the Toronto Maple Leafs, as part of the companies' majority ownership purchase…
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OTTAWA – Comments about race relations and riots made during a Sun News Network public affairs program were not unduly discriminatory and therefore did not breach any broadcast codes, the…
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TORONTO – Toronto Blue Jays owner Rogers Communications is sponsoring an application by the MLB Network that could make the baseball network available for distribution in Canada.
The U.S. cable channel has officially…
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MONTREAL – When Cogeco Diffusion purchased three regional music radio stations from Corus Quebec in 2011, they were "moribund," vice-president Richard Lachance told journalists on…
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TORONTO – Bite TV has kicked off a contest that will see the winner fly to Los Angeles to meet the late night TV funny man and attend a week…
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MONTREAL – More than a hundred people demonstrated in front of the Radio-Canada/CBC building in Montreal Wednesday in solidarity with the RCI Action Committee, a union-supported lobby of Radio Canada…
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OTTAWA – The passage of Bill C-11 in the House of Commons trumpeted by the government Tuesday was met with trepidation by some industry stakeholders.
The Bill, known as the…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC will stage a public hearing starting Tuesday morning to consider 18 renewal applications from radio stations that are in apparent non-compliance with the Commission’s radio regulations…
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MONTREAL – Astral’s out-of-home division has launched a new app for advertisers designed to make it simpler for them to plan their next media buy across its portfolio.
Available for…
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