OTTAWA – Virgin is out and The Bear is back on radio airwaves in Ottawa.
After flipping to the Virgin format in January 2009, the Astral-owned station said Friday…
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OTTAWA – The Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC) is calling for applications for Canada’s campus and community radio sector.
Contributions are available to the sector under two programs – the…
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OTTAWA – The government is asking Canadians for feedback on its policy on Audiovisual Treaty Coproduction.
Coproduction treaties enable Canadian and foreign producers to pool their creative, technical, and financial…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has a new vice-chairman of broadcasting at last.
Montreal lawyer Athanasios (Tom) Pentefountas was named to the post by Heritage Minister James Moore on Friday. The…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has turned down Corus’ request for a regional, English-language category 2 specialty television network in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Known as Local1, the network…
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GATINEAU – The way the dance works in these CRTC proceedings is the applicant draws a few lines in the sand in its application and presentation, a few in…
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GATINEAU – If BCE is going to own CTV (and with it, French sports channel RDS) plus the piece of the Montreal Canadiens it currently holds, then there must…
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TORONTO – Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) has scooped up the Canadian broadcast rights for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, while wireless upstart Mobilicity will provide direct…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC is calling for comments on a consolidated list of satellite services to be authorized for analog and digital distribution.
Specifically, the Commission hopes to combine…
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MONTREAL – Rob Braide has been named VP of content and regulatory affairs for Stingray Digital Group.
In this role, he will oversee all aspects of the company’s music services…
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