TORONTO - Breaking news from the CBC: It is no longer a TV network but a "content provider." This, according to the CBC's Richard Stursberg who was a keynote speaker... Continue Reading
TORONTO – It isn’t too often you hear a cableco or telco admit to using a heavy fist when it comes to protecting and maintaining their walled gardens, but at... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Moses Znaimer’s ZoomerMedia is buying VisionTV’s broadcasting assets in a deal worth $25 million.VisionTV (VTV) operates the multi-faith and multicultural channel by the same name that is available... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – An agreement in principle on the recapitalization of Canwest Global Communications was due today, but in keeping with recent history, yet another dollar deadline has been moved. The... Continue Reading
OTTAWA and GATINEAU - Canada's AM and FM radio stations generated $1.58 billion in revenues for the broadcast year ending August 31, 2008, an increase of just over 5% from... Continue Reading
BANFF – Canwest Global will be shutting down its Fine Living Canada specialty TV channel and replacing it on the dial with a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) TV service. “We have never... Continue Reading
BANFF – With Flashpoint, The Listener, The Bridge and Copper, all Canadian shows airing or about to broadcast on a U.S. conventional network, Canada’s creative community was given the low-down... Continue Reading
BANFF – Home Box Office’s (HBO) John Adams was the big winner on Monday as it picked up the Grand Jury Prize as the best of the best – as... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - CBC/Radio-Canada offered its congratulations to the new appointees to the board of the Canada Media Fund (CMF), and wished them well as they set to tackle the “formidable” challenges... Continue Reading
DUBLIN – International pay sports television brand Setanta is facing serious financial trouble in the U.K. Reports out of London and other places say that the Irish company is facing... Continue Reading
