TORONTO – A cut in funding to the CBC could have a significant impact on its five-year plan and damage the economic spinoffs that the national broadcaster provides, according to... Continue Reading
TORONTO and OTTAWA – Canada’s creative community used words like “optimistic” and “pleased” to describe their reaction to the CRTC’s group-based licencing policy released Wednesday.As Cartt.ca reported, Bell, Corus and Shaw... Continue Reading
WHILE APPLICATIONS FOR smart phones and tablets are now widely embraced, the advent of 'smart TVs' has resulted in consumers adopting on-line TV applications that are integrated into their connected television... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Canada’s largest broadcast companies will inject billions of dollars into original Canadian programming over the next five years after the CRTC renewed the English-language TV licences for Bell... Continue Reading
SANTA CLARA, CA – Retail giant Wal-Mart Inc. added an in-house video streaming service to its substantial inventory after integrating VUDU with its own website on Tuesday.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. bought... Continue Reading
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Stingray Digital has finalized an agreement offering its Galaxie Digital Music Service to the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC).The NCTC is a Kansas-basis, not-for-profit corporation that... Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES - Video distributors that sign up for Fox’s new on-line authentication service can offer their customers an exclusive 8-day window in which to watch new episodes from the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Veteran sports and Olympic host Brian Williams will head up coverage of the 2012 Summer Games in London, Canada’s Olympic broadcast media consortium said Tuesday.In addition to Williams,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC is expected to hand down its decision on group-based licence renewals for English-language television groups this week, Cartt.ca has learned.After a week-long public hearing in April,... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Longtime television host Elwy Yost died at his home in West Vancouver on Thursday. He was 86.Yost, pictured, was best known as the witty host of programs such... Continue Reading
