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…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The Weather Network and MétéoMédia have had their broadcasting licences renewed for a full seven years after pledging to continue to work towards finalizing a national emergency alert system…
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SANTA CLARA, CA – Canadians will soon have another way to get their video content with word that CinemaNow is planning to launch in Canada this fall.
CinemaNow is a…
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TORONTO – Astral’s private film fund has launched a new marketing program designed to help promote Canada’s most internationally successful projects.
For its inaugural year, the program will focus on…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has approved, for the most part, the revised structural and operational plan proposed by the Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC).
The CRFC is a not-for-profit…
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TORONTO – Shaw Media’s proposed new morning news shows and public affairs program have been shelved as the company grapples with a labour dispute that could result in a…
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SO MANY WORDS, so few facts. So much fear. Is OTT the new “Death Star”?
I simply must stop learning to be so hopeful when it comes to these CRTC…
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TORONTO – In advance of their pending merger, XM Canada and Sirius Canada released their consolidated standalone financial results for the third quarter ended May 31, 2011.
Revenue at Sirius Canada…
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OTTAWA – Calling next month’s digital transition “an unprecedented opportunity for community broadcasting, rural broadband and cell service”, the Canadian Association of Community TV Users and Stations (CACTUS) is…
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OTTAWA – Bell Media’s request for a new movie channel, a French-language Discovery Channel and a female-skewing channel called Bella, are among a multitude of new television and radio…
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