TORONTO – Global is going heavy on the one-hour dramas this fall according to its new programming schedule released Wednesday at the Shaw Media ‘upfront’ presentation.
A modern-day…
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TORONTO – Last Friday’s episode of Canada AM entitled ‘Be A Donor’ generated a spike in online donor registration at Ontario’s organ and tissue donation and transplant agency Trillium…
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WASHINGTON – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has approved a new standard for a backwards-compatible enhancement to digital TV broadcasting that provides a framework for the delivery of…
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TORONTO – CBC Music is now available for Android devices via a new mobile app launched Wednesday.
The free digital music service offers Canadian and international music through 40 genre-specific…
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TORONTO – Shaw Media will launch two new U.S.-based channels in Canada this fall, plus re-brand its History Television as History to match its American counterpart, the company said…
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TORONTO – Rogers-owned Citytv is banking on “LOL funny” to attract even more viewers this fall.
The network was the first to stage its ‘upfront’ presentation this week, unveiling its newly…
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TORONTO – A tripling in the radio ratings at CKSL FUNNY 1410 in London, ON, proves that Canadians love to laugh, says the station’s parent, Astral Radio.
After flipping…
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TORONTO – The end of the 2011/2012 television season sparked a war of press releases from Canada’s private broadcasters headlined by declarations like “we’re the most watched!” and “we’re growing…
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OTTAWA – After considering 11 different radio station applications for Calgary, the CRTC handed out licences to Jim Pattison Broadcast Group and Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) this week.
The…
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OTTAWA – Comments made by the hosts of the Dean Blundell Show, broadcast on CFNY-FM (102.1 The Edge, Toronto), violated the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code of Ethics, Equitable…
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