Radio / Television News

NABA names Harding as secretary general

TORONTO – The North American Broadcaster Association has named John Harding as its new secretary general. Harding has been serving as NABA’s executive director since August, 2008.  Prior to his… Continue Reading

Corus applies for local news licence

OTTAWA – Corus is looking to increase its presence in local news. Through its subsidiary Corus Audio and Advertising Services, the company has applied to the CRTC for a broadcasting… Continue Reading

TSN launches NHL trade day app

TORONTO – TSN has launched an iPhone and iPod touch application specifically for the National Hockey League’s trade deadline day this Wednesday. Called TSN Mobile: TradeCentre Edition, the app will… Continue Reading

CTF releases Q3 funding

TORONTO – The Canadian Television Fund has released its third quarter funding results. To date, the CTF has approved $130.6 million applications of its English broadcaster performance envelope (BPE) stream, and… Continue Reading

Canwest brings Wipeout to Canada

TORONTO – Canwest is bringing popular reality show Wipeout to Canada, where it will debut on specialty network TVtropolis during the 2011 broadcast year. The Canadian format of the sometimes painfully… Continue Reading

Viewers find TSN2

TORONTO – TSN2 has crowned itself as ‘Canada’s most watched digital channel’. Citing BBM Canada data from January, the network said that it ranks 21st for overall audience, ahead of… Continue Reading