TORONTO – RTNDA Canada, The Association of Electronic Journalists, has named its Prairie region award winners honouring the best programs, stations and newsgathering organizations in both radio and television.
"We’re…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Conventional television stations must kick off their national awareness campaign on the pending digital transition by May 1, 2011, the CRTC said Friday.
Broadcasters that are required to make the…
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MONTREAL – A partnership between the federal agency NSERC and the interactive entertainment product producer Ubisoft has resulted in the formation of a research chair on artificial intelligence at…
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TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet could be mistaken for the baseball network this summer after adding more than 300 new Major League Baseball games to its schedule.
In addition to all…
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OTTAWA – Rogers wants a French language sports channel, while Stingray Digital Group hopes to add to its musical collection with a new channel called Concert TV, according to…
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TORONTO – CBC has revamped its senior TV management team, promoting Wilson, Bristow and Platt.
The Corp said Wednesday that effective April 4th, Christine Wilson will assume the role of…
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TORONTO – The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) has named Gerry Barr as its new CEO and national executive director. He will assume the post in August 2011.
Barr’s wide-ranging…
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TORONTO – Starting this weekend, CP24 Breakfast becomes the first morning TV news show in Toronto to be served up seven days a week.
The CTV-owned local news channel said that starting at…
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MONTREAL – Canada’s public producer has launched Canada’s first film application for the Android platform.
The NFB said that the new app, which is available here or in the Entertainment category…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC is asking for comments on whether to remove the expiry date contained in its general authorization to down-convert digital-only television signals beyond the digital transition.
The…
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