OTTAWA – Shaw Communications has received CRTC approval to buy out the half of specialty channels Mystery and The Cave that it doesn't already own.
Both English-language category A channels are…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC on Thursday renewed the licences of the French-language television services operated by TVA Group, Astral Media, and Canal Évasion, plus maintained the existing conditions of…
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TORONTO – The shift by the music and advertising industries towards digital media distribution had a positive impact on Yangaroo’s fourth quarter and 2011 financial results.
The Toronto-based digital media…
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TELEVISION STILL TRUMPS social media, with most respondents saying that they would forego social networks if staying online meant they could no longer watch television, according to a new international…
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TORONTO – Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has launched an online voting system to help choose the next chair of the CBC.
The independent watchdog called the practice of appointing the CBC…
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OTTAWA – A television interview about the student protests in Quebec was fair and balanced and therefore did not breach any broadcast codes, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC)…
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TORONTO – Travel+Escape HD is available in approximately 1.1 million homes across Canada after launching on Rogers, Cogeco, Telus and EastLink on Tuesday.
Owned by GlassBox Television, the travel and adventure…
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MONTREAL – Educational media is a key cornerstone of a strong democracy, according to TVO CEO Lisa de Wilde.
Speaking at the Journalism Strategies conference in Montreal, de Wilde…
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TORONTO – The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) set a royalties distribution record last year of $262 million, the organization said Monday while reporting its 2011…
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TORONTO – Noted as the most ambitious and highest grossing film of all time, Avatar will make its Canadian broadcast television debut on CHCH TV and Montreal’s Métro14 on…
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