TORONTO – Canwest will launch its MovieTime and History Television HD channels on Rogers Cable.
MovieTime, formerly known as Lonestar, will join the cable company’s Digital VIP programming package. History TV…
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TORONTO – The Television Bureau of Canada has announced its 2010 board of directors.
Along with TVB president Theresa Treutler, the board’s executive committee is:
– Rita Fabian, Chair, EVP of…
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NEW YORK – While we don’t have the affiliates-vs.-networks portion of this brewing donnybrook in Canada, a lot of the arguments in a feature story this morning from Broadcasting…
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TORONTO – Corus’ 52 radio stations raised the equivalent of more than $21 million during its fiscal 2009 fundraising initiatives for hundreds of charities and non-profit organizations nationwide.
Through air…
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GATINEAU – One of the things we’re learning at this hearing (if we didn’t know it already) is that consumers have sharp memories for when they felt wronged.
For example,…
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TORONTO – The battle between Canwest Global Communications and its investment partner Goldman Sachs continued on Tuesday.
Both companies appeared in a Toronto court to present factums, their individual versions of…
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TORONTO – Is the advertising market on the rebound? Astral Media thinks so.
Speaking at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Toronto Wednesday, president and CEO Ian Greenberg said that…
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QUIETLY POSTED TUESDAY on the CRTC’s web site were the 2009 aggregate financial data of the large Canadian broadcasters and BDUs. And, as we all knew, the BDUs are…
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GATINEAU – With a light dusting of snow outside and a grey beginning to yet another week of talking about paying for conventional television signals, you’ll hopefully forgive us…
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OTTAWA – The CEOs from three of Canada’s biggest broadcasters have thrown their support behind the skinny basic concept, calling it a “consumer-first solution”.
In a press release issued after their…
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