WASHINGTON – CTV British Columbia, CBNT St. John's, NL, 680News Toronto and CHYM-FM/CKGL-AM Kitchener, ON all received awards for ‘Overall Excellence’ at the 2011 Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Shaw Family continued their buying spree, after entities owned or controlled by them snapped up an additional 250,000 Class B non-voting shares of Corus Entertainment last week.According... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Nearly 7,000 Canadians have told the CRTC that television commercials are too loud, and, that they want the Regulator to do something about it.The Commission got an earful... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is urging Canadians to vote for candidates who will promote and protect Canadian culture if elected.At a press... Continue Reading
IF YOU THOUGHT THE “usage-based billing” debate was loud, just wait until the “regulate Netflix” debate.(Both of those arguments are inextricably linked, of course, but we’ll tackle that part another... Continue Reading
THERE’S JUST TWO WEEKS left before Canada 3.0 2011 digital media forum kicks off for a third straight year.Scheduled for May 2 – 4, 2011 in Stratford, ON, the forum is dedicated to advancing... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Teletoon is partnering with toy car brand Hot Wheels in a promotional campaign that includes a chance to win a trip to this year’s Indianapolis 500 and Honda Indy Toronto.Support... Continue Reading
TORONTO – High Fidelity HDTV and The Walrus Foundation - the charitable non-profit organization and publisher of monthly magazine The Walrus - have announced a cross-platform collaboration that will result... Continue Reading
BANFF - Veteran television director James Burrows will receive the Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award at this year’s Banff World Media Festival.The award recognizes a creative talent that has made... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Rogers Sportsnet has rolled out an app for the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet that it describes as hockey fans’ “ultimate digital companion”.The Hockeycentral App, available now at BlackBerry App... Continue Reading
