OTTAWA – The CRTC has turned down a request from CBC to add a post-transition digital transmitter to its English-language conventional television station CBAT-TV Fredericton/Saint John.
Noting that the proposal…
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TORONTO – In advance of this Sunday’s Juno broadcast, CTV and The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced that they have extended their broadcast partnership for…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) said that it applauds the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage for recognizing the importance of fair terms of trade agreements between…
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OTTAWA – Sports network The Score had most, but not all, of its proposed amendments to its broadcasting licence approved by the CRTC.
The Commission said Tuesday that the…
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TORONTO – Mark Dailey and Ross Kentner will be honoured with 2011 RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Awards in the Central Region, the Association of Electronic Journalists announced Wednesday.
The Lifetime Achievement…
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OTTAWA – Tom Pentefountas, the recently appointed vice-chair of broadcasting at the CRTC, stood firm as opposition MPs on the Standing Committee of Canadian Heritage questioned his ability to…
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OTTAWA – Count CBC, the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) in favour of Tuesday’s 2011-2012 Federal Budget, though its ability to be ratified by…
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OTTAWA – The failure of Séries+ to air sufficient viewer advisories on violent programming breached codes, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has determined.
At issue were four episodes of…
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TORONTO – GlassBox Television has named Marcia Martin to the newly created position of senior vice president creative content, commissioned and in-house programming.
Working with both in-house and independent producers,…
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OTTAWA – Granted, it’s just another in the thousands of oft-ignored parliamentary committee reports, but a new one released today by the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage wants the…
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