TORONTO – The Director’s Guild of Canada has written an open letter to Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall urging him to reconsider the government’s decision to eliminate the Saskatchewan Film Employment…
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TORONTO – After listening to most of the nine applicants who have asked the CRTC for the 88.1 FM slot on the Toronto radio dial (of 17 in total)…
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TORONTO – Despite revealing much of its fall lineup last month, CBC made it official Thursday at an event in Toronto.
As Cartt.ca reported, the national broadcaster is bringing back…
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I’VE HEARD SOME CRITICIZE Richard Stursberg’s just-launched book, The Tower of Babble: Sins Secrets and Successes Inside the CBC, as “the gospel according to Richard.” After reading it I’d…
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CAMBRIDGE, MA – Despite a declining number of cable pay-tv subscribers, total pay-TV revenue in North America is expected to grow almost 25% percent in the next five years.
According…
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OTTAWA – Blue Ant Media is paying $85 million to buy independent broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV, according to a CRTC application made public on Wednesday.
As Cartt.ca…
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MONTREAL – Quebec government fees were to blame for a quarterly net loss of $39.3 million, TVA Group said Tuesday in its financial results for the period ended March…
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GATINEAU – Tom Perlmutter has been reappointed as government film commissioner and chair of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) for a second five year term.
Perlmutter was first awarded the…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Broadcasters and television service providers will have to turn down the volume on loud television commercials starting this September.
The Commission published its final regulations on Tuesday after…
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TORONTO – SCN was a publicly-owned educational broadcaster which the Saskatchewan provincial government decided to shutter in 2010. After some local complaints, the politicians instead made the decision to…
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