OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The controversial Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF) will be phased out by August 31, 2014, the CRTC announced Wednesday.
Citing the advertising market’s recovery and the completion of the…
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OTTAWA – The use of a racial term used on an American radio program that was heard on a Calgary radio station breached Canadian broadcast codes, the Canadian Broadcast…
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OTTAWA and TORONTO – Reaction from the broadcasting industry to the CRTC’s plan to depose of the Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF) was swift and virtually unanimous.
Mirko Bibic,…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has given the go-ahead to Blue Ant Media to proceed with its acquisition of independent broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV.
High Fidelity owns the specialty services radX…
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PHILADELPHIA – Stream TV Network is trialling its new 3D technology that does not require specialized glasses at various public locations around the globe, just in time for the…
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TORONTO – Sportsnet’s Connected is packing its bags – and studio desk – for the UK to bring Canadians live coverage from downtown London during the 2012 Olympic Games.
Ken Reid…
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TORONTO – Canada’s Olympic broadcast media consortium is helping viewers navigate the plethora of events at the London 2012 Olympic Games via a new interactive program guide.
Known as the…
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OTTAWA – More than 2,000 Canadians have contacted the CRTC to protest the CBC’s plans to shut down 620 analog over-the-air transmitters by the end of this month, according…
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MONTREAL – V Interactions has named Natalie Larivière as its executive vice-president and chief operating officer.
Larivière was previously president of TC Media, president and CEO of Quebecor’s book publishing…
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TORONTO – Television’s popular contractor Mike Holmes and the CEO of his company The Holmes Group, Michael Quast, have decided to part company after more than a decade of…
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