TORONTO – Not many TV viewers would associate comedy with the Business News Network (BNN).
But that could change starting October 7 when the CTV-owned channel debuts a new original…
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MARKHAM – Duff Roman and Jim Waters are the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients as selected by the Ontario Association of Broadcasters (OAB).
The award honours an individual, (or two,…
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TORONTO – Score Media has bought 20% of mobile and web development firm NuLayer Inc, the company said Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Toronto-based NuLayer specializes…
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MONTREAL and WINNIPEG – In a move that has the industry scratching its collective head, Quebecor Media announced Wednesday morning that Kory Teneycke has left the company.
Teneycke, formerly Prime Minister…
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TORONTO and CALGARY – Add Shaw to the short list of distributors who have added Rogers Sportsnet One to their programming rosters.
Starting Wednesday, Shaw said that “the vast majority”…
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CALGARY – When the CRTC dives into the proposed purchase of Canwest Global’s TV assets by Shaw Communications next week, many industry stakeholders are asking for asking for safeguards and urging the Commission to be…
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VANCOUVER – Popular CTV series So You Think You Can Dance Canada is the first live reality television show in North America to be described for the blind and…
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TORONTO – Make way for real life, with a twist.
CanWest said Wednesday that it will launch a newly branded digital specialty channel called Twist TV on November 1st. Available…
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“One cannot manage change. One can only be ahead of it.” – Peter Drucker
By Bill Roberts
NOW THAT WE HAVE TWO major mergings of BDUs and large national broadcasters…
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TORONTO – CTV will make almost all of its primetime schedule from this season available on-line the day after each show’s television broadcast.
In addition, each of the series available…
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