TORONTO – Members of the Local TV Matters campaign are encouraging radio stations across Canada to dedicate airtime to the fee-for-carriage debate to help consumers understand the issues.
In a…
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WINNIPEG and TORONTO – The Toronto Stock Exchange will delist Canwest Global Communications’ subordinate voting and non-voting shares on November 13, 2009.
The delisting was imposed after Canwest failed to…
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TORONTO – Astral Media Sales will represent the new Edmonton radio station Hot 107.
Broadcasting from its storefront studio in West Edmonton Mall, the station officially launched on October 6…
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TORONTO – Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the probability of default rating for Canwest Media to ‘D’ in response to the company’s announcement that it, along with its wholly-owned…
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OTTAWA – Canwest has received CRTC approval for a new channel known as Reality TV.
The national, English-language category two specialty channel will air reality-based programs, including competition-based reality and do-it-yourself makeover…
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TORONTO – As of today, Bell TV customers can get The Movie Network everywhere they have broadband with TMN OnLine.
Bell TV’s TMN customers will now be able to access…
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TORONTO – The first-ever collaborative TV production between Canada and China will debut on OMNI Television this Saturday.
Called Once Upon a Time in Toronto, the 20-part Mandarin-language drama series…
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CANNES, France – The international trade association Format Recognition and Protection Association has found that international production volume generated by traded TV formats has grown 45% to top EUR9.3 billion…
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TORONTO – While broadcasters and TV distributors fight it out over fee-for-carriage, ACTRA is calling on them both to commit to supporting Canadian programming.
Noting that private broadcasters spent $740…
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OTTAWA – There could be two more sports network hitting the airwaves in Canada.
The CRTC has received applications from Rogers Broadcasting and Quebecor-owned TVA Group for national, category…
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