TORONTO – The Movie Network has signed a multi-year, multi-platform deal for Showtime’s acclaimed lineup of original dramas, comedies and documentaries.
The long-term deal (terms of which were not disclosed)…
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TORONTO – Peter Furnish has been hired as vice-president, marketing at Astral Television Networks, effective immediately.
Reporting to Domenic Vivolo, senior vice president, marketing and sales, Furnish will lead the…
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TORONTO – A newly formed coalition of Canada’s largest accessibility organizations, called Access 2020, will be asking the CRTC to adopt a new approach to accessibility in its May…
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TORONTO – Suzanne Carpenter will be the general manager for Corus Radio Toronto, effective January 3, 2011.
Most recently, Carpenter was VP and GM of Corus Radio Eastern Ontario, CHEX TV…
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NEW YORK – Canadians watch more on-line videos than their counterparts from the United States and Great Britain, according to a new opinion poll from Angus Reid. And while…
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TORONTO – Wendy Freeman will be the new president of CTV News, replacing Robert Hurst who announced plans to step down earlier this month.
Freeman is a 17-year veteran of…
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OTTAWA – CTV’s coverage of the fatal luge accident at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games did not violate broadcasting standards regarding the depiction of violence or the respect for…
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MONTREAL – Stingray Digital’s Karaoke Channel has finalized an agreement with Walt Disney Records to distribute Disney songs through its multiple services and products including video-on-demand, on-line streaming, download…
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TORONTO – Released on December 4, Shaw Communications’ Global Television App for iPad was the number one free download on the Canadian App Store during its entire week of…
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OTTAWA – BCE’s proposed tangible benefits associated with its bid for CTV’s television broadcasting assets “falls way short of the mark of what is expected under the CRTC’s tangible…
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