HAMILTON and MONTREAL – Monday marked the start of a new era at the five former E!-branded television stations across the country.Gone are the remnants of the ill-fated ‘E!’ design... Continue Reading
TORONTO – While the 2010 Winter Games are still months away, pre-Olympic programming started Monday night on Canada’s Olympic broadcast media consortium’s array of television networks and promotional partners.From athlete... Continue Reading
TORONTO - BBM Canada is offering national and regional electronic audience measurement service using portable people meter (PPM) technology in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto.PPM follows television viewers no matter where they... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG - Canwest Global Communications’ subsidiary Canwest Media Inc. (CMI) has been granted another extension by its lenders on a recapitalization transaction.CMI now has until September 11 to meet “certain... Continue Reading
TORONTO – A scrimmage between Team Canada’s red and white teams saw 40,000 unique visitors to “digital hubs” CTVOlympics.ca and RDSolympiques.ca to follow the single-camera, natural-sound live stream last Thursday.In addition,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Toronto Sun is reporting that a dozen employees have been cut from Toronto-based talk radio station CFRB.The cuts were made to producers, news-staffers and on-air personalities at the Astral-owned... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG - Canwest Broadcasting has aligned its sales representation for its conventional and specialty stations in the US under one firm.Starting September 1st, Canadian Television Sales will expand their responsibilities... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Showcase will debut a new logo and on-air look starting Monday, and will roll out a national consumer marketing campaign promoting itself as “the home of bold hits”.Over the last... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Channel Zero has received CRTC approval to assume ownership of former Canwest E! stations CHCH TV Hamilton and CJNT TV Montreal.The independent specialty service operator, which owns short... Continue Reading
VICTORIA – It could be a very long weekend for the employees of CHEK-TV, as they wait to hear whether current owner Canwest Global will accept their offer to purchase... Continue Reading
