OTTAWA - Quebecor Media Inc. surprisingly revealed yesterday that the company was no longer going to seek “must carry” status for its Category 2 English language all news specialty channel... Continue Reading
TORONTO – OMNI Television raised $247,000 during its broadcast special for Pakistan flood relief which aired last Sunday in Ontario, Alberta and BC. With the funds matched by the Canadian... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Be careful, dig deeper and have a look around at what other information is out there, the final submissions from several interveners tell the CRTC as the Regulator... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Quebecor Inc. president and CEO Pierre-Karl Péladeau said the company is considering removing the "must carry" provision in an application for its English-language all news channel SunTV.Péladeau made... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The CRTC will wade into the choppy waters of a dispute between The Fight Network and its former owners, despite its earlier reluctance to do so.As Cartt.ca reported... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Corus Entertainment is predicting that 2011 will be a year of growth.Speaking to investors at its annual meeting late last week, Corus president and CEO John Cassaday said... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – The Karaoke Channel has launched its video on demand service on MEO's IPTV platform in Portugal.Owned by Montreal’s Stingray Media, the Karaoke Channel features the world’s largest licensed... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The Canada Media Fund celebrated its six month birthday with an event in Ottawa that saw stars of Canada's television industry rub shoulders with senior government officials."Six months into the Canada Media... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – APTN has elected Dan Vandal as chair of its 21-seat board of directors.Vandal, the former deputy mayor of Winnipeg, has served as acting chair for the past year. ... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – The CRTC has asked CTV, Corus, Rogers and Canwest to explain how MTV Canada, Viva, G4 and TVTropolis do not violate their nature of service conditions of license.Letters... Continue Reading
