OTTAWA – The CRTC has approved CHCH’s request to use a new replacement UHF digital television transmitter, specifically the one formerly used by Toronto 1/Sun News Toronto.
The Channel Zero-owned…
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WINNIPEG – APTN has promoted Lisa Squire to director of marketing, effective immediately.
After starting with APTN in June 2007 as the manager of research, Squire led the development of…
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MONTREAL – Astral Radio is banking on the star power of pop singer Katy Perry to push its new on-demand digital musical service.
The promotional campaign, featuring Perry, will be…
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SAN DIEGO – Slacker has launched ‘Canadian Music Week 2012’, the official radio station of next month’s Slacker Canadian Music Week.
The free station, curated and hosted by Alan Cross,…
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OTTAWA – City-TV and CTV Toronto (CFTO-TV) breached the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Violence Code by failing to warn viewers prior to airing disturbing police radio transmissions, the Canadian…
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OTTAWA – Terrestrial pay-per-view service Viewer’s Choice is going national.
The service was granted permission from the CRTC Tuesday to amend its broadcasting licence from a regional service, serving…
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TORONTO – Former CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein has joined the C. D. Howe Institute as an Institute Senior Fellow.
The C. D. Howe Institute is an independent not-for-profit organization…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has received 22 applications for the coveted 88.1 FM slot in Toronto which vary from a $12 million CanCon promise from Newcap, to an all-business…
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TORONTO – CBC broadcaster George Stroumboulopoulos is one of three Canadians named Young Global Leaders for 2012 on Tuesday by the World Economic Forum.
Stroumboulopoulos (pictured) is joined by fellow…
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MONTREAL – Frosty relations between Quebecor Media and CBC/Radio-Canada may be thawing after the two companies finalized a number of agreements aimed at “re-establishing their commercial relationships over the years…
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