OTTAWA – The CRTC has approved Glassbox Television’s application to launch Glassbox News, a national, English-language specialty category C service.
The news service is to be comprised of mainstream national…
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GATINEAU – One thing the aggregate annual financial returns of Canadian broadcast and distribution companies showed is holding the rights to the Olympics, even a home one, isn’t all…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC’s Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF) is either a necessary source of cash desperately needed to keep some local TV stations on air, or a stimulus…
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TORONTO and BURBANK, CA – Mobovivo, a provider of Social TV technology is offering its video apps transcoding and secure distribution service for TV and film studios that rely…
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MONTEREY, Calif. – A study analyzing Q3 2011 broadcast TV retransmission revenue indicates a group of 16 TV station owners grew their average monthly retransmission fees per multichannel subscriber…
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EDMONTON – Rogers Radio station 91.7 The Bounce today announced the homecoming of Russell James as its new program director later this month.
“We’re excited to have one of Canada’s…
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TORONTO – Edwina Follows has been named director, commissioning and production, Discovery Networks. In her new role, follows will be responsible for the commissioning, development and production of independent…
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DARTMOUTH, NS, – Newcap Inc. has received approval from the CRTC to purchase CIGV-FM (The Giant) in Penticton, BC from Great Valleys Radio Ltd. The $2-million transaction, previously announced on August…
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OTTAWA – As the CRTC prepares to review the relative success of the Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF), it has released new numbers for the…
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OAKVILLE – MétéoMédia and The Weather Network owner Pelmorex Communications officially launched its National Alert Aggregation & Dissemination System (NAAD) for weather and other warnings today. The company also…
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