OTTAWA – CTVglobemedia Inc. says that it stands to lose up to $6.5 million in advertising revenue just by airing two public service announcements (PSAs) about the impact of the…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment said that it will oppose Astral’s applications challenging the CRTC’s approval of the sale of Corus’ Quebec radio stations to Cogeco.
Corus said Thursday that like…
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DENVER,CO – WFN: World Fishing Network USA has sold off 50% of its operations to sports media and entertainment company Altitude Sports & Entertainment. Financial terms of the deal were…
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TORONTO – Canada’s largest accessibility organizations are calling on the CRTC to divert a portion of vertical integration transactions – like Bell and CTV – to a fund that would…
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MONTREAL – Astral Radio is appealing the CRTC’s decision to allow Cogeco to maintain a third radio station in the Montreal market, claiming the move “disrupts the competitive equilibrium”.
In a motion…
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TORONTO – Rogers has attached its Sportsnet television brand to its sports radio stations in Toronto and Calgary. Effective immediately, the former FAN stations will be known as Sportsnet…
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HALIFAX – Nova Scotia has begun testing a provincial emergency alerting system that could send urgent public safety alerts directly to air on radio stations across the province.
"This new…
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OTTAWA – The use of a derogatory word for gays in a song breaches broadcast codes, and so does any radio station that plays it, the Canadian Broadcast Standards…
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TORONTO – Teletoon Retro has cracked the 8 million subscriber mark for its English and French services, making it highest penetrated all-digital Canadian specialty channel.
"Teletoon Retro’s founding vision was…
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TORONTO – Gains in its television and radio operations helped to drive up first quarter revenues at Corus by 8% over last year to $240.6 million, the company said…
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