OTTAWA – CACTUS wants to rally Canadians to “take back” their local community channels from cable companies.
The Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS) says that…
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TORONTO – Audio entertainment company Sirius Canada has surpassed the one million paying customers mark in Canada, the company announced Monday.
"Exceeding one million subscribers is our most significant milestone to-date…
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THUNDER BAY, ON – Thunder Bay’s TV station CHFD-TV has told the CRTC that it plans to drop its affiliation with CTV to become an independent station aligned with CTV…
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by Myron Love
BRANDON, Man. – It’s a good idea (and wickedly cool-looking) but, without an infusion of money, it may not fly.
“We’re sitting on pins and needles,” says Larry…
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TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada may be able to improve the way that electricity is consumed.
As consumers warm up to their utility companies’ “smart grid” technologies as ways to manage power consumption, a…
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WINNIPEG – Canwest Global Communications has filed for creditor protection for its publishing business.
The CCAA filing applies to Canwest Publishing Inc. / Publications Canwest Inc., Canwest Books Inc. (inactive),…
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TORONTO – Food Network Canada has cooked up a new marketing campaign in Ontario which includes vending machine advertising and some unique print creative.
Designed to promote its new series…
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VANCOUVER – As the country gears up to host the Olympics next month, Bell announced plans for the ‘Bell Ice Cube’, a fan zone that it says will serve…
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TORONTO – The online news service for Toronto’s Citytv, Citynews.ca, and The Mark, have inked a content partnership that will provide citynews.ca users with a new stream of local…
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TORONTO – Lowell Schrieder has been named director of marketing and communications for Comweb Group Inc. and William F. White International.
In this new role, Schrieder will be responsible for…
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