TORONTO – Hours after Citytv announced that it was cutting news shows and staff, local news channel CP24 trumpeted the arrival of two new early evening news shows…
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TORONTO – Randy Lennox, president and CEO of Universal Music Canada, will be inducted to the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame.
Lennox will be honoured at the…
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TORONTO – The second annual Advertising Week is only two weeks away.
Created to profile the accomplishments of the Canadian communications industry while providing inspiring thought leadership to drive future…
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MONTREAL – The board of directors at Telefilm Canada will jointly make decisions until a new executive director is named, the organization said in a statement.
Former executive director Wayne…
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MONTREAL – Describing its first quarter financial results as “robust”, Astral Media appears confident about the year ahead.
Consolidated revenues totaled $250.7 million for its first quarter ended November 30, 2009, an…
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TORONTO – Rogers Radio is adding Aboriginal content to its programming lineup on select stations across the country.
A new weekly program called Bamoseda will feature national Aboriginal news, current…
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TORONTO – After marking its 17th consecutive quarter of revenue growth, XM Radio was able to shrink its net loss by almost $30 million.
Net loss decreased by $29.8 million…
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WINNIPEG – First quarter profits are up at debt-laden Canwest Global.
For the three months ended November 30, 2009, Canwest reported operating profits increased 29% from $137 million last year…
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TORONTO – At least one Canadian broadcaster is opposing Rogers’ request to carry the digital multicast signals of a U.S. broadcaster.
In a letter to the CRTC, the S-VOX Group…
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A MILLION FEET of broadcast cable. 100 or so cameras. 1,350 people. No tape. All for 17 days of sliding, gliding, jumping and skating.
The broadcast (or, more accurately, broadcasts)…
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