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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GATINEAU – Group licensing has the potential to throw the Canadian broadcasting system on end, while benefiting consolidated broadcasters and hurting small independents, according to Score Media CEO John…
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GATINEAU – Protect Canadian feature films and drama, expand the reach of the Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF), and create a credit system for Canadian content were a few…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian government has pledged $25 million over five years to TV5Monde and TV5 Quebec Canada.
The news came at the conclusion of the two day Conference of…
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GATINEAU – Canadian content again took centre stage at Wednesday’s CRTC hearing.
Both the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) and ACTRA pinned the blame for our broadcasting system’s issues…
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GATINEAU – Canadian cable, satellite and telco TV carriers can now add Al-Jazeera English to their channel lineups.
This morning the CRTC added the international news channel to the lists…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters inducted eight people into its Hall of Fame, it was announced today, calling them “a diverse mix of industry experts who have…
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OTTAWA – Returning community broadcasting back to the community is a cost-effective way to both support and increase local programming content, says The Canadian Association of Community Television Users…
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CONTENT COMPANIES are more and more using their in-house engineering and software capabilities to manage their digital assets, and create approaches that give them increased control, lower the cost…
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