BANFF – Veteran television director James Burrows will receive the Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award at this year’s Banff World Media Festival.
The award recognizes a creative talent that has…
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TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet has rolled out an app for the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet that it describes as hockey fans’ “ultimate digital companion”.
The Hockeycentral App, available now at BlackBerry…
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OTTAWA – With the federal election just around the corner, the Canadian Conference of the Arts convinced the major federal parties (except for the ruling Conservatives) to offer up…
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TORONTO – RTNDA Canada, The Association of Electronic Journalists, has named its British Columbia region award winners honouring the best programs, stations and newsgathering organizations in both radio and…
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ST CATHARINES – After less than three months, regional digital specialty channel Niagara News is no more.
The channel laid off its 17 staffers Monday, reports the St Catharines Standard…
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GATINEAU – There were some pretty big surprises as Canada’s large broadcast groups took the stand one last time during the CRTC’s group licensing proceeding in Gatineau last week….
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MONTREAL – The new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet by Research In Motion (RIM) will come pre-installed with a free app from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), the companies…
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TORONTO – In an effort to branch out from its traditional sports properties, Score Media is getting into the music business.
The company has partnered with Warner Music Canada, EMI…
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MONTREAL – Not surprisingly, Quebecor-owned Videotron was the first TV service provider to trumpet the arrival of the Sun News Network, also owned by Quebecor, which launched nationally Monday…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment more than doubled its second quarter profits, citing a combination of strong growth in both advertising and revenue from subscribers.
Net income for the quarter ended…
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