MONTREAL – Astral Media and the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation have partnered on a new academic program to be rolled out to Aboriginal high schools across the country to…
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TORONTO – Corus-owned YTV has teamed up with the YMCA to champion healthy and active children.
The ‘Strong Kids’ program, which kicks off February 15, is an annual fundraising effort…
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TORONTO – A new study on the TV viewing habits of Canadians claims that it has uncovered what women really watch.
Canwest Broadcasting commissioned Solutions Research Group to conduct the…
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VANCOUVER – For the first time in Canadian television history, a domestic Canadian broadcaster will produce and deliver its own coverage of an Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.
The Vancouver 2010…
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BANFF, AB – British comedian and recent Golden Globe host Ricky Gervais will receive the Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award at this year’s Banff World Television Festival.
The award acknowledges outstanding…
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TORONTO – Tom Hastings has been appointed head of drama for CBC Television, effective immediately.
He replaces Sally Catto, who was recently made executive director of arts and entertainment.
Hastings joined…
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TORONTO – Corus will launch its new channel W Movies, Canada’s first movie channel dedicated to women, on March 1st.
A rebrand of diginet Sex TV, W Movies plans to…
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VANCOUVER – With the start of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games just days away, Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium has released its digital viewers guide so that fans can…
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OTTAWA – Fire swept through CTV Ottawa early on Sunday morning causing at least $2.5-million in damage and gutting the newsroom.
The cause of the fire remains unknown and no one was…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment is offering $500 million worth of senior unsecured guaranteed notes.
Due in 2017, the notes offering is expected to close on February 11, 2010. The notes…
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