MONTREAL and GATINEAU – On the first day of the CRTC hearing into the proposed marriage between BCE and CTV, the companies upped the tangible benefits package associated with…
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TORONTO and MONTREAL – The sale of Corus’ Quebec radio stations to Cogeco Inc. was completed on Tuesday as planned, the companies announced.
Cogeco acquired Montreal stations CKAC-AM, CFQR-FM, CHMP-FM,…
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ST. CATHARINES, ON – A new television station is gearing up to take on the cluttered airwaves of the Golden Horseshoe area of Ontario.
Niagara News TV (NNTV), which bills…
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OTTAWA – Shaw Media wants to take a crack at sports broadcasting, while Astral hopes to add two new French-language services to its roster, according to 19 new broadcasting applications…
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TORONTO – Citytv is adding more local programs to its schedule in Toronto and Calgary starting this spring.
CityNews will return to weekends on Citytv in Toronto, and its anchors will…
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TORONTO – Heather Webb has been named executive director of Women in Film and Television – Toronto (WIFT-T), effective February 28, 2011.
Webb is currently executive director of Open Studio, a…
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NEW YORK and TORONTO – Corus has acquired a minority stake in on-line media publisher B5Media Inc., the companies announced Monday.
Amongst its assets, B5Media owns three women’s lifestyle websites…
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BURLINGTON, ON – Crossroads Television System (CTS) has dropped religious talk program Word TV from its schedule after claiming that the show breached the network’s code of ethics.
Word TV producer and…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has revoked the broadcasting licence of CKLN-FM, the community-based campus radio station located at Ryerson University, after finding that it breached numerous regulations and conditions…
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OTTAWA – A news interview with the wife of a driver involved in a vehicle accident breached her right to privacy due to the manner in which her words…
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