GATINEAU – James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, talked up the pending arrival of the new Canada Media Fund at the annual convention of the Association des... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – One of these deadlines has got to be the real one. It’s May 5th and CanWest Global Communications faces yet another deadline with its lenders and bondholders. As... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The new agreement between ACTRA, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) and l’Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec (APFTQ) was brokered quickly... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Astral Media urged the government to proceed with “caution” before amending any broadcast industry regulations, and encouraged a thorough examination of “the broader matrix of rules that serve to produce... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Astral Media raised more than $7 million in its one-day 'radiothon' last Thursday in support of 20 children's hospitals and health care facilities. More than 50 radio stations in 28... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - Like CTV beforehand, Canwest - in its second appearance at the CRTC’s OTA licence renewal hearings - focused on obtaining relief from certain of its programming obligations Thursday... Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Company is buying in to U.S. on-line video service Hulu as a joint venture partner and equity owner. Founded in March 2007, Hulu is currently... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Bell Canada says it has continued to develop an interesting way for the conventional broadcast industry to go digital, but it is bumping up against stiff opposition by... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - This morning, CTV began its second appearance before the CRTC's OTA licence renewal hearing this week with some tense exchanges with the panel's commissioners, some unvarnished attacks on... Continue Reading
TORONTO – About two hours after having been informed by Cartt.ca that an offer to buy three troubled TV stations was coming from Shaw Communications, CTV said it will accept... Continue Reading
