TORONTO – One of hockey’s best-known personalities has renewed his contract with Hockey Night in Canada through the 2011-2012 NHL season, the CBC has confirmed.
Don Cherry will continue to…
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OTTAWA – CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein used an interview-style keynote as a soap box of sorts to press broadcasters and producers on a number of issues. In responding…
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OTTAWA – Three major actors in the Canadian broadcasting sector say they are bullish on the future of the system in the face of new technologies and changing consumer…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC says it has gotten the message loud and clear from Canadians regarding TV commercials that need to lower the volume.
It’s launching a public consultation, after…
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OTTAWA – The jury is still out on whether the iPad and other tablet devices will irreversibly alter the current Canadian broadcasting environment, but there are signs, even within…
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OTTAWA – After studying the impact of emerging and digital media environment in Canada over the past two years, the federal government’s Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has recommended…
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OTTAWA – After a Parliamentary committee decided yesterday to pull back from a 10-year-old request asking the CRTC broaden its rules applicable to false and misleading news, Commission chair…
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OTTAWA – The Writers Guild of Canada called on the Canadian government to fight for creators’ rights by fixing copyright Bill C-32. Appearing before the parliamentary committee today, the…
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TORONTO, – Asian Television Network has launched nine more South Asian Channels on Rogers Cable, bringing the total to 33. The channels are aimed at Canada’s growing South Asian…
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BY 2015, THERE WILL BE one billion web-enabled, stationary CE devices in operation worldwide, says market research firm In-Stat.
“Smart TVs" and Blu-ray players (that support online apps) will constitute…
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