OTTAWA – Abusive and “anti-female views” comments made by American author Dick Masterson on the morning show of CFBT-FM did not violate any broadcast codes because the hosts immediately…
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BANFF – All TV programming, including news and sports, will be in 3D within five to 25 years, Geneva Film Co. founder James Stewart told Cartt.ca after his keynote…
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CARTT.CA RECENTLY RAN a piece on the soon to be launched Pelmorex early alert service. In this report, Cartt.ca editor Greg O’Brien stated that “the broadcast and distribution…
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TORONTO – Since we live in an age of convergence, where more and more lines are blurring in telecom and media, it doesn’t make much sense to open one…
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EVEN THE NON-SPORTS fan will know there’s a bit of a soccer tournament about to begin in South Africa this weekend. And yesterday was press release day on the…
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TORONTO and OTTAWA – We don’t envy the job that Industry Minister Tony Clement and Heritage Minister James Moore have ahead of them as they try to balance the…
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OTTAWA – Independent producers receive little or no compensation from Canadian broadcasters for the digital rights to their programming, according to a new study released by the Canadian Film…
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WITH THE GENRE protection afforded existing specialty news channels having been set aside by the CRTC last summer, it was only a matter of time until a company put together…
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BANFF – What does 3D, Internet connected televisions and physical computing mean for the future of entertainment? A session at the Banff World Television Festival, which opens this weekend,…
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MONTREAL – Videotron said Tuesday it has renewed its sponsorship agreement with Just for Laughs, making it the official presenter and main sponsor of the comedy fest for the…
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