MONTREAL - Cogeco Cable urged the CRTC to keep close watch over the potential merger between Bell and CTV in order to “preserve competition and protect consumer interests”.Appearing Wednesday morning at... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Rogers Media has beefed up the websites of two of its top radio stations, allowing them the ability to publish real-time content that can then be easily shared... Continue Reading
MONTREAL and OTTAWA – Just in time for Super Bowl, CTV Montreal has completed the installation of its over-the-air high definition transmitter in Montréal.The station’s programming is now available to viewers... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Seems as though Telus has a thing for former Canadian Cable Television Association presidents...Former CBC executive vice-president Richard Stursberg made his first official industry appearance since he was... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Free Press, one of Canada’s oldest newspapers, and Manitoba’s largest daily, has broken new ground with the launch on Tuesday of its new digital (online) television... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – While producers and others argued how and where the $220-million BCE/CTV benefits package should be spent, the two largest carriers without broadcast or specialty TV divisions warned the... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – At 6 a.m. Wednesday, Montrealers will wake up to a brand new TV station.Well, technically, it’s still on channel 14, but as of today the station takes on... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – When Shaw Communications purchased Canwest Global’s TV assets last year, the Competition Bureau gave the transaction its blessing.The Bureau’s statement on that deal said: “this transaction would not... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Tuesday afternoon, BCE president and CEO George Cope (who looked a little grey as he fought through a bad cold) was unequivocal when it came to MPEG-4 video... Continue Reading
TORONTO – TSN went on a shopping spree this week and picked up a multimedia rights agreement with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), and the English-language broadcast rights for the Tour... Continue Reading
