IN THE MIDST OF THE RECESSION, when big advertisers like carmakers were hardly spending and traditional media like television and newspapers were bearing the full brunt of the pullback,…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC today asked Canadians what they think about “online broadcasting services,” and to provide it with data and information on the impact of the various over-the-top…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Diffusion said that it is “pleased” that the CRTC has promised to review its application for two new traffic-oriented radio stations “without delay.”
As Cartt.ca reported, the…
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MONTREAL – Startup costs associated with the Sun News Network ate into net income attributable to shareholders in the first quarter of 2011, cutting earnings to $300,000 from $700,000…
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VANCOUVER – Telus has added French, English and Mandarin versions of Fox International’s BabyTV to its Optik TV lineup.
Founded in 2003, BabyTV provides commercial-free, original programming for babies and…
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NEW YORK – Something relatively unique in Canadian television is launching today in New York.
A brand new cable channel, Fight Now TV is launching on Cablevision, the 8th-largest cable operator…
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DARTMOUTH – Newcap is selling its two Winnipeg-based radio stations to Evanov Radio Group subsidiary Dufferin Communications for $5.5 million.
The deal includes news station CKJS AM, K-Rock 100.7 (CHNK FM),…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC will examine a number of new specialty TV channel and radio applications this July.
The applications, made public Thursday, include a new French-language channel from Astral…
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TORONTO – Entertainment One’s Prentiss Fraser has been named board chair of Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) for the upcoming term, replacing outgoing chair Susan Ross.
“WIFT-T…
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TORONTO – A professor and broadcasting researcher at Ryerson University is developing a one-of-a-kind worldwide broadcast network that has been dubbed “the CNN of the university world”.
Using high-speed Internet…
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