OTTAWA – Much has been made about the paradigm shift over the top (OTT) video services are going to bring to the broadcasting system, but a conference in Ottawa…
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HAMILTON – CHCH has asked the CRTC for permission 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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OTTAWA – Former CRTC Commissioner Andrée Noël has been named the new national chair of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC).
She replaces Ron Cohen who announced in June that he…
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OTTAWA – Over the past number of weeks, Canada’s independent broadcasters have been alerting CRTC staff and commissioners that the big, vertically integrated BDUs are all but ignoring the…
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TORONTO – There’s less than a week remaining before nextMEDIA Toronto kicks off its two day event at The Carlu in Toronto.
NextMEDIA is a C-level conference and marketplace for…
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MONTREAL – Astral has kicked off a new national consumer advertising campaign designed to promote the versatility and appeal of its programming and multiplatform entertainment brands.
The humorous campaign rolled out…
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TORONTO – Media Access Canada (MAC) is gathering support from the country’s disability organizations to head up the newly established broadcasting accessibility fund (BAF).
The CRTC mandated the $5.7 million…
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TORONTO – GlassBox’s Aux TV has teamed up with Bacardi on an integrated campaign that mixes exclusive content with a twist of social media.
Known as the Together Tour, the…
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OTTAWA – Banning advertising from CBC/Radio-Canada would not just be bad public policy, it would result in serious ramifications for advertisers and the country’s independent production sector, says a…
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SAN FRANCISCO – Rdio has begun offering pricing in Canadian dollars and new French-language services to its Canadian users.
The digital music service said that its pricing in Canada will…
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