MONTREAL - CHUM Satellite Services has a new name. Ten months after being purchased by Stingray Digital, the company will be known as Stingray360 ‘Digital Solutions for Commercial Spaces’.As part... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Astral Media is launching a French-language version of its Playhouse Disney channel. Featuring entertaining and learning-based programming for younger audiences, the service will debut to Bell TV subscribers on July... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – The Karaoke Channel has joined Virgin Media’s on demand TV platform.Owned by Montreal’s Stingray Media, the Karaoke Channel features the world’s largest licensed karaoke library and karaoke service... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – After issuing its new policy on advertising in the local availabilities of non-Canadian services, the CRTC has agreed to hear Media de Novo’s plans to do just that.The... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Asian Television Network not only recorded a sizeable profit for its first quarter of 2010, it also announced that the company is officially debt free.The South Asian broadcaster... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Add the CBC to the list of programmers to sign on with Rogers.The two companies announced a “programming alliance” Friday which will see some of CBC’s series, news, children's and... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Quebecor Media’s vice-president of regulatory affairs, Édouard Trépanier, is retiring after 16 years with the company.Of course, with an opening at the CRTC for what’s expected to be... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Director Catherine Hardwicke will act as a mentor for the 2010 Kodak New Vision Mentorship, sponsored by industry organization Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T).The mentorship... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Alcohol- and sex-related activities at Spring Break events should not have aired before 9:00 pm, the Canadian Standards Broadcast Council (CBSC) has ruled.The CBSC received a complaint from a... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Industry veteran Jay Switzer will chair the board of directors at GlassBox Television.Switzer, who joined the GlassBox BoD in 2008, also serves on the boards of Comweb Group... Continue Reading
