I LOVE GOING TO confabs like NextMedia. As Telus’ SVP Michael Hennessy tweeted earlier this week: “Finished 2 days at #nextMEDIA looking to future of digital media. No discussion…
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EDMONTON – The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton will be the place to be for future Alberta sports broadcasters this Saturday morning for the seventh annual Rogers…
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TORONTO – Rogers officially dedicated its new broadcast centre in downtown Toronto in honour of its founder Ted Rogers on Wednesday, the first anniversary of his passing.
The ceremony, which aired…
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TORONTO – The Movie Network launched two additional high-definition channels on Wednesday, MExcess HD and MFun! HD.
Available free of charge to TMN subscribers, the new channels will mirror the programming available…
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DARTMOUTH – Newcap has received CRTC approval to sell its two FM stations in Thunder Bay, ON, to Acadia Broadcasting.
This transaction, which was announced in July, is expected to close…
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TORONTO – The Banff World Television Festival and nextMEDIA conference have teamed up to hold the two popular industry events concurrently at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, AB…
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By Christopher Maule, Professor Emeritus, Carleton University
THE BATTLE BETWEEN CANADIAN BROADCASTERS and cable companies taking place before the CRTC is about the past and the disappearing present and not…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – A new on-line consultation process will allow consumers a different way to express their opinions on the future of television to the CRTC.
The consultation tool, which launched Monday and…
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WINNIPEG – Despite “substantially reduced” operating expenses, Canwest reported a net loss of $1.69 billion for its fiscal year ended August 31, 2009.
The loss included $1.42 billion in non-cash…
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TORONTO – Sunday’s Grey Cup game attracted a record audience of 6.1 million viewers to TSN and RDS, making it the most-watched telecast of the year in Canada.
Preliminary overnight data…
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